1. Previous Graduate Students:
Asha Gajaria was a student in the M.Sc. program in Health Systems. Her thesis title is “Patient and provider expectations in healthcare: An qualitative analysis of patient satisfaction data.” She was co-supervised by Dr Wojtek Michalowski. Asha successfully defended her thesis in December, 2013. | ||
Maya Patel was a student in the M.Sc. program in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences. Her thesis title is “An Exploration of the Definitions and Health Impacts of Slum Dwelling in India.” She was co-supervised by Dr Angel Foster. Maya successfully defended her thesis in December, 2014 | ||
Jessica Scott was a student in the M.Sc. program in Health Systems. Her thesis title is “Perceived Barriers to the use of Electronic Health Records for Infectious Disease Surveillance in Canada.” She was co-supervised by Dr Craig Kuziemsky. Jessica successfully defended her thesis in December, 2014 | ||
Fatima Mougharbel was a student in the M.Sc. program in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences. Her thesis title was, “Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Post-Partum Depression : A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis” and was defended in June, 2015 | ||
MacKenzie Turpin was a student in the M.Sc. program in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences. His thesis title is, “Using Administrative and Clinical Data for Ophthalmological Investigation in Rural India.” MacKenzie successfully defended his thesis in June, 2015 | ||
Peter Scalia was a student in the M.Sc. program in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences. Peter’s thesis title is, “Factors Associated With Head Trauma Among Professional Mixed Martial Arts Athletes.” Peter successfully defended his thesis in Aug, 2015 | ||
Elena Yammine was a student in the M.Sc. program in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences. Elena’s thesis title was, “Factors Associated With Employment For Graduates of Canadian Health Sciences Undergraduate University Programs.” Elena successfully defended her thesis in June, 2016. | ||
Ashley Weeks was a student in the M.Sc. program in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, co-supervised by Dr Kristi Adamo. Ashley’s thesis title was, “Weight Gain Counselling in Prenatal Care:”Assessing and Improving Patient-Healthcare Provider Interactions.” Ashley successfully defended her thesis on Nov 19, 2018. | ||
Morgann Reid was a student in the M.Sc. program in Health Systems, co-supervised by Dr Craig Kuziemsky and Dr Michelle Lem. Morgann’s thesis title was, “Describing the rabies management system in an Ontario municipality: A mixed methods study of human and companion animal health outcomes.” Morgann successfully defended her thesis on Oct 29, 2018., and her work was nominated for an award by the examination committee. | ||
Metasebia (Metty) Afework Assefa was a student in the M.Sc. program in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences. Her thesis title was, “Evaluating a Nurse-Led Chronic Pain Self-Management Program.” Metty successfully defended her thesis on March 26, 2019. | ||
Hannah Rivkin was a student in the M.Sc. program in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences. | ||
Louay Khir was a student in the M.Sc. program in Health Systems. He was co-supervised by Dr Craig Kuziemsky. Louay left the program to become a medical doctor. | ||
Julia Hajjar is a student in the Ph.D. program in Population Health. She is now supervised by Dr Sanni Yaya. |
Kelly Butler is a student in the M.Sc. program in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences. | ||
Sorina Hascalovitz is a student in the Ph.D. program in Population Health. |
3. Undergraduate Independent Research Students:
2020 | |
Jeremy Racine | French resources for teaching Health Sciences in French |
Tula Morawska | Exploration of Health-related Policies for Refugees in Countries of Transit |
Aryan Ahmadvand | Outcome of the thoracic aorta team in non-emergent thoracic aortic surgery |
Layal Mounzer | The health of Canada’s Syrian refugees |
2017 | |
Tasnim Abdala | Evaluating income interventions for the homeless and vulnerably housed |
Nicholas de Billy | The frequency and nutritional quality of food and beverage marketing viewed by children in gaming applications on mobile devices. |
Krista Castonguay | Patterns of Drug Related Deaths in Eastern Ontario |
Gedaliah Farber | Engineered Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Target Fetal Lungs |
Anastasia Chernykh | SWOT Analysis of Canadian Scholars’ Experience with Knowledge Translation |
Justina Marianayagam | Indigenous medicine access for patients in NWT medical centres |
Clemence Ongolo-Zogo | Critical Research to Advance Infant Feeding (CRAIF): Infant feeding among Black women living with HIV. Community based participatory research. |
2016 | |
Alexandra Rosse | An analysis of medical assistant in dying cases in Ontario: understanding the patient demographics of case uptake in Ontario since the royal assent and amendments of bill c-14 |
Shaezeen Syed | Exploring health behaviours and psychological factors in rehabilitation patients |
Stpehanie Wiafe | Infectious disease modelling |
Meghan Laverty | Librarians’ perceptions of predatory journals |
Lissa Bair | Pain scales |
Imane Foudil-bey | The effect of cyclooxydase 8 nitric oxide on sweating and skin blood flow in individuals with Type 1 Diabetes |
Brian Wong | Using Social Media Analytics to Forecast Mental Health Trends |
Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews | The Risk of Pre-Eclampsia among HIV-positive Mothers: a Systematic Review |
Kristina Baier | The danger of medical care provision in conflict settings: an evaluation of the lessons learned from the Health Care in Danger Project |
Maha Temkit | Light mediated repair of tissue |
2015 | |
Melissa Lavigne | Barriers to Implementing Infectious Disease Control Measure in Canada |
Stefan Litvinjenko | Modelling Ebola in AnyLogic Software |
2014 | |
Cara Elliott | Developing a new population health indicator for mental health responsiveness |
Shehbaz Ahmad | Identifying the risks of cardiometabolic diseases and their markers from sedentary time in South Asian populations |
Margaret Frere | The relationship between temporal trends and demographic realities in organ donation in the USA |
Mona Ahmad | Understanding Dementia Awareness For Tackling Stigma in Cusco, Peru |
Nodine Sangwa | Evaluation of a Health Communications Initiative in Rwanda |
Annalise Mathers | Review of Issues in Global Health Financing |
Gabby Dupuis | Are Facebook Suicide Memorial Pages in Compliance with WHO Suicide Prevention Guidelines? |
Saba Ali | Socio-Economic Characteristics of Ebola Outrbeaks in Africa |
2013 | |
Camille Andrzejewski | Folding Health into Canada’s Climate Change Debate |
Megan Deyman | Analysis of websites of Indian fertility clinics with respect to the provision of PGD services |
Louay Khir | Demographic and Economic Factors Associated With Trends in Large for Gestational Age (LGA) Births in US States |
Priscilla Karnabi | Attitudes regarding physicians’ accessibility via social media |
Luan Tran | Implantation of ABSORBTM Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention |
Sarah Bowers | Comparison of Economic and Health Trajectories of BRIC Nations |
Meghan Perrin | Effects of non-disclosure prosecution on the health and well-being of MSM living with HIV as it related to HIV prevention in Ontario |
Zach Ferrao | A epidemiological and molecular investigation of the gestational weight gain guidelines |
Wynn Peterson | Barriers to village-based training for post-partum haemorrhage |
2012 | |
Eric Ho | Excess deaths avoided by the polio vaccine in Canada |
Andreea Bente | Assisted Reproduction and Cross-Border Maternal Surrogacy Regulations in Selected Nations |
Jessica Silva | Ethics education in oncology residency programs |
2011 | |
Robyn Winterbottom | Undergraduate student journal in the Faculty of Health Sciences: an analysis of student attitudes toward publication and journal expansion |
Lauren Easton | Farming highway medians |
Jillian Gedeon & Tarun Rahman | The methodology of needs assessment using narratives from an international community cooperation placement in Zambia |
Hafsa Khan | Ethics education and training in pediatric residency programs |
Candice Smith | Global policies and actions on counterfeit drugs |
2010 | |
Amar Kuruganti | Water fluoridation: history, chemistry, and an overview of research on fluoride’s adverse effects in humans |
Adrian Herod | A review of non-allopathic treatments for venomous snake bites |
2009 | |
Premal Patel | Factors that influence a student to submit a manuscript for publication in a student-run journal |
Mai Elramly | Measuring and comparing diabetes-related literacy among immigrants and refugees |
Jeavana Sritharan | Post War: the knowledge, attitudes, and expectations of Sri Lankan Tamil post-secondary students |
Francois Nguyen | Paper Mercury levels and Alzheimer’s Disease |
Brendan McCullough | Healthcare professionals’ attitudes toward Aboriginal health care and the H1N1 pandemic |
Asha Gajaria | Vaccine compliance rates in health care workers |
Arthi Vasantharoopan | Civil strife in Sri Lanka: breeding ground for a Dengue Fever epidemic? |
2008 | |
Neil Vaid & Kultar Singh | HIV/AIDS trends in Canada and the United States |
4. Students with research fellowships attached to my projects:
2014
- Clive Velkers: “The epidemiology of ophthalmological disease among school age children in rural India”, 2014
- Mostafa Abdul-Fattah: “The HSS Buddy Program – an in-depth overview of its achievements and shortcomings”, 2014
- Helena Bleeker: “Factors Influencing Guyanese Health Worker Migration to Canada”, 2015
- Sheridan Parker: “Improving knowledge translation between health researchers and professionals: a SWOT of the CIHR funding process”, 2016
5. Students volunteering on projects:
- Amber Backwell: “Driving Deaths and Injuries Post-9/11”
- Samantha Green: “Ethical Concerns for Maternal Surrogacy and Reproductive Tourism”
- Amanda van Beinum: “Ethical Concerns for Maternal Surrogacy and Reproductive Tourism”
- Tania El-Hindi: “The Arab Uprising: Indicators of Female Health, Development and Empowerment”
- Idil Abdulkadir: “An Approach to Comparing Nations for Inclusion of Studies in Health-based Systematic Literature Reviews”
- Marya Jaleel: “The Global Decline in Semen Quality: Ignoring the Developing World Introduces Selection Bias” and “Health Questions Posed by Amerindians in Guyana’s Deep Interior”
- Jenny Doswell: “A Pilot Study for Case-Based Learning Among Undergraduate Students in Global Health”
- Rita Hafizi: “The Buddy Program”
- Robert Blanchard: “A Pilot Study: Research Poster Presentations as an Educational Tool for Undergraduate Epidemiology Student”
- Asha Gajaria: “Factors Associated With Staff and Physician Influenza Immunization at a Children’s Hospital in Ontario, Canada”
- Andreea Bente: “India’s Assisted Reproduction Bill and the Maternal Surrogacy Industry” and “Survey of International Laws around Reproductive Tourism”
- Mirhad Loncar: “Measuring Reproductive Tourism Through an Analysis of Indian ART Clinics’ Websites”
- Prinon Rahman: “Measuring Reproductive Tourism Through an Analysis of Indian ART Clinics’ Websites”
- Sabrina Omar: “Measuring Reproductive Tourism Through an Analysis of Indian ART Clinics’ Websites”
- Brenna Mahony: “Clinical Complaints Amongst Patients in a Guyanese Prison”
- Rachael Braund: “Trauma Among Child Survivors of The Sri Lankan Tsunami and Civil War”
- Nadine Overhoff: “Climate Change in Guyana”
- Samantha DiRaimo: “Demographic Profile of Travellers Seeking Reproductive Tourism Services”
- Jessica Chippior: “Ethics Education for OB-GYN Residents”
- Zing-Wae Wong: “Comparison of Economic and Health Trajectories of BRIC Nations”
- Saurav Barua: “Comparison of Economic and Health Trajectories of BRIC Nations”
- Setareh Rouhani: “Can India Sustain an Emergency 911 Service?”
- Myriam Saboui: “Dating Site Statistics”
- Daniella Kachur: “Can We Predict the Winner of The Biggest Loser?”
- Andrea Nwsou: “Family Physicians’ Sharing of Personal Information on Facebook”
- Amaal Popat: “Economic burden of blindness in India”
- Carissa DuPuis: “Dental injuries in equestrian sports”
- Kyle Curtis: “A review of non-allopathic treatments for venomous snake bites”
- Stefan Litvinjenko: “Extraterrestrial Disease- Fact or Fiction? The Panspermia Hypothesis”
- Karine Landry: “Climate Change in Guyana”
- Patrick Saunders-Hastings: “Climate Change in Guyana”
- Iryna Borzilova: “Comparison of Economic and Health Trajectories of BRIC Nations”
- Katherine LeMay: “Literature Review of Barriers fo Implementing Contraception Programs in India”
- Vanora D’Sa: “Literature Review of Barriers fo Implementing Contraception Programs in India”
- Erin Liu: “A Piece of the Pie: An Analysis of Canadian Federal Funding for Research on Autism Spectrum Disorder”
- Nicole Haywood: “The Future of Global Health”