Past Travel Award Recipients
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| Name | Affiliation | Abstract Title(s) | Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | |||
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PhD Students | |||
| Audette, Melanie | University of Toronto | Antenatal glucocorticoid treatment down-regulates system a transport in the murine placenta | The International Federation of Placental Associations Annual Meeting |
| Coulombe, Aimee | University of Western Ontario | Parenting at midnight: preliminary validation of the night-waking strategies scale | International Pediatric Sleep Association joint meeting with the Pediatric Sleep Medicine Conference (IPSA conference) |
| Dhir, Sabine K. | McGill University | The epigenetic mechanism associated with estrogen receptor alpha gene expression as a function of natural variations in maternal care | Behavioral Epigenetics Presented by The New York Academy of Sciences |
| Harvard, Chansonette | University of British Columbia | Phenotypic, genomic and functional characteristics of the 1q21.1 copy number variant (CNV) in multigenerational families. | 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics |
| Noel, Melanie E. | Dalhousie University | A comparison of cut-points in First Nations Mi’kmaq and Non-aboriginal adolescents in rural Nova Scotia | 44th Annual Convention Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Unifying Diverse Disciplines with a Common Thread |
|
MSc Students | |||
| Moisiadis, Vasilis George | University of Toronto | Fetal exposure to synthetic glucocorticoids has transgenerational effects on regulation of central glucocorticoid feedback | 40th Annual meeting Society for Neuroscience |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Cobigo, Virginie | Queen's University | Understanding and defining social inclusion | 3rd Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of the Intellectual Disabilities |
| Fabian, Lacramioara | Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto |
Roles for phosphoinositides in nuclear morphogenesis in Drosophila male germ cells | 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology |
| Hutcheon, Jennifer | University of British Columbia | Optimal timing of delivery in pregnancies with preexisting hypertension | 17th World Congress International Society for the Study of hypertension in Pregnancy |
| Madadi, Parvaz | Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto |
Pharmacogenomic insights into pain management: Implications for African populations | The Joint African/South African Human Genetics Conference |
| Sabra, Sally | University of Toronto | Immunophenotyping of peripheral blood in preterm and term laboring women | 58th Annual meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Investigation Reproduction and Regenerative Medicine |
| June 2010 | |||
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PhD Students | |||
| Ley, Sylvia | University of Toronto | Effects of pasteurization on adiponectin and insulin in human milk | 15th International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation Conference |
| Riddell, Meghan | University of Alberta | The characterization of fibrocytes: A novel fibroblastic cell of the human placenta | 2010 International Federation of Placenta Associations (IFPA) Conference |
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MSc Students | |||
| Racine, Nicole | York University | Relationships between maternal psychopathology, maternal postnatal attachment and infant pain | 13th World Congress on Pain |
| Blouin, Brittany | McGill University | Benefits of delayed umbilical cord clamping are moderated by mother's anemia status | Global Congress of Maternal and Infant Health |
| Danyliw, Adrienne | University of Saskatchewan | Beverage intake of Canadian children 2-18 Years and its relationship to overweight and obesity | Obesity 2010 8th Annual scientific meeting |
| Obeid, Joyce | McMaster University | Circulating stem cells in children: relationship with physical activity, aerobic fitness and body composition | The North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine and the European Group for Pediatric Work Physiology |
| Mercer, Rebecca | University of Alberta | Leptin resistance in Magel2-null mice, a model for Prader-Willi syndrome | 40th Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience’s (SfN) |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Brummelte, Susanne | University of British Columbia | Reelin expression in maternal and umbilical cord blood is associated with maternal SSRI exposure | 4th international conference The Parental Brain: Neurobiology, Behaviour and the Next Generation |
| Gillio Meina, Carolina | University of Western Ontario | WNT/β-catenin signaling interacts with FSH in regulating gap junction assembly and function in granulosa | 56th annual meeting of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society (CFAS) |
| Gomez-Lopez, Nardhy | University of Alberta | Specific microenvironment in the rupture zone of the fetal membranes at term delivery | XI International Congress of Reproductive Immunology |
| April 2010 | |||
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PhD Students | |||
| Bandstra, Nancy F. | Dalhousie University | The behavioural expression of empathy to others’ pain versus others’ sadness in young children | The Child Development 2010 Conference |
| Lanoix, Dave | INRS-Institut Armand Frapier Université du Québec |
Protective effects of human placental melatonin on villous trophoblast | IFPA Meeting 2010 Placenta – Fetus and Placenta: A perfect harmony |
| Moon, Erin | Dalhousie University | The impact of parent and child sex differences on parent-child interactions during an experimental child pain task | 2010 Canadian Pain Society 30th Annual Conference |
| Omari, Shakib | University of Toronto | Characterization of the oocyte phenotype caused by MCL-1 deficiency | Germ Cell meeting |
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MSc Students | |||
| Bertolin, Kalyne | Université de Montréal | The nuclear receptor Nr5a2 coordinates ovulation and female fertility in granulosa cells of different stages of follicle maturation in mice | 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) |
| Brown, Hilary | Queen's University | An examination of the support needs experienced by families of school-aged children with an autism spectrum disorder | International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) 2010 |
| Lala, Neena | University of Western Ontario | Decorin inhibits human trophoblast migration by interfering with VEGF‐induced p38 MAPK and ERK1/2 activation | 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Hitz, Marc-Philip | Université de Montréal | Copy number variations (CNV) in left sided congenital heart disease | Weinstein Conference |
| Li, Patricia | University of Toronto | A population-based study on the association of clinical practice guidelines in the emergency department on childhood asthma admissions and re-visits in Ontario, Canada | Annual Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) Meeting |
| Ruiz-Casares, Monica | McGill University | Children's experiences home alone: results of a Canadian on-line survey | Centre for Research on Families and Relationships 3rd international conference |
| Safavi, Arash | BC Children's hospital | Perinatal management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH): when and how should babies be delivered? | 43rd Annual Meeting of Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons |
| January 2010 | |||
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PhD Students | |||
| Birnie, Kathryn A. | Dalhousie University IWK Health Centre |
Children's and parent's perceptions of participating in the cold pressor task | 8th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain |
| Cleverley, Kristin | McMaster University | Homeless and street-involved youth: The importance of resilience in the presence of adversity | Pathways to Resilience II: The Social Ecology of Resilience |
| Gauchat, Aline | Unversité de Montréal | Bad dream frequency, bad dream distress and psychosocial adjustment in preadolescents | Association for Psychological Science (APS) 22nd Annual Convention |
| Levac, Danielle | McMaster University | Exploring the content of physiotherapy interventions for children and youth with acquired brain injuries: development and validation of a rating instrument | 8th World Congress on Brain Injury |
| Plante, Geneviève | Université de Montréal | Characterization of the binding properties of a recombinant murine BSP homologous protein | 35th Annual Conference of the American Society of Andrology |
| Rueda-Clausen, Christian F. | University of Alberta | Deleterious effects of a western diet on intrauterine growth restricted offspring | The Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI) 57th Annual Scientific Meeting |
| Simonet, Fabienne | Université de Montréal | Urban living is not associated with better birth outcomes among Inuit and First-Nations in Quebec | Society for pediatric and perinatal epidemiologic research 23rd annual meeting |
| Xu, Hairong | Université de Montréal | An international trial of vitamins C and E in the prevention of Preeclampsia (INTAPP trial) | Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine SMFM 30th Annual Meeting |
|
MSc Students | |||
| Hamza, Chole Andrea | Brock University | A longitudinal examination of the reciprocal effects among parenting behaviours, adolescent disclosure and problem behaviour | The 2010 Biennial Meeting Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Kulandavelu, Shathiyah | University of Toronto | eNOS promotes fetoplacental vascularization, fetal oxygen delivery, and fetal growth in mice | The Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI) 57th Annual Scientific Meeting |
| October 2009 | |||
|
PhD Students | |||
| Bethell, Jennifer Margaret | University of Toronto | An inception cohort of young people presenting to the emergency department for deliberate self-harm Identifying indicators for emergency department management of deliberate self-harm in young people |
25th Word Congress on Suicide Prevention of the International Association for Suicide Prevention |
| Brabant, Marie-Eve | Université du Québec à Montréal | Female adolescents with a history of sexual abuse: dissociation, depression and suicidality | 2nd International European Society for Trauma and Dissociation conference |
| Petrovic, Vanja | University of Toronto | Viral infection model imposes a downregulation of drug transporters in pregnant rats | 2009 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPA) Annual Meeting and Exposition |
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MSc Students | |||
| Bloski, Terri G. | University of Saskatchewan | New follicle wave emergence following mid-luteal phase synchronization regimens | Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society (CFAS) 55th Annual Meeting |
| Brunanski, Dana Margaret | University of British Columbia | Counseling with Street-Involved Indigenous Youth in Canada | 9th World Congree of International Association for Adolescent Health |
| Carpe, Nicole | McGill University | Developmental elevation of neutrophils is associated with increased Serpina-1 expression in a rat model of innate airway hyperresponsivesness | American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 59th Annual Meeting |
| MacDonald, Katerine | Queen's University | Investigating the role of DNA double-strand breaks and DNA recombination in Benzene-Metabolite induced hematoxotxicty | Society of Toxicology's 49th Annual Meeting |
| Philbrook, Nicola A. | Queen's University | Investigation of the effects of exposure to either silver or titanium dioxide nanoparticles on reproduction and development in Drosophila melanogaster and CD1 mice | Society of Toxicology's 49th Annual Meeting |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Currie, Katharine Dianne | McMaster University | Reliability of vascular health measures in 3-6 year old children | Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) Conference |
| Ndiaye, Cathy | Université de Montréal | Fertility desire and family planning needs in HIV+ men and women initiating antiretroviral therapy in Mali | International Conference on Family Planning: Research and Best Practices |
| June 2009 | |||
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PhD Students | |||
| Badham, Helen J. | Queen's University | The production of hydroquinone in fetal liver tissue is associated with an increased incidence of liver tumors in mice after in utero exposure to benzene | Benzene 2009: Health Effects and Mechanisms of Bone Marrow Toxicity |
| Kongmanas, Kessiri | University of Ottawa Ottawa Hospital Research Institute |
Roles of sulfogalactosylglycerolipid (SGG) in male reproduction: studies using a proteomic approach | Gordon Conference on Fertilization & Activation Of Development |
| Minor, Agata | University of British Columbia | Analysis of imprinted genes in the sperm of men affected by severe male factor infertility | 25th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) |
| Turchet, Lisa Frances | University of Ottawa Ottawa Hospital Research Institute |
Investigating the molecular effects of superovulation and embryo culture on genomic imprinting in a mouse model system | 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction |
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MSc Students | |||
| Beauchemin, David | Université Laval | Study of the synthesis and receptors of prostacyclin and thromboxane A2 in preeclamptic placentas | 2009 SGI 3rd International Summit - "Preeclampsia" |
| Lalone, Sarah Allen | University of Western Ontario | Characterization of the mouse KCNQ1OT1 noncoding RNA | 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction |
| Nour, Abou Chakra Claire | Université de Montréal | 1-Validation of claims databases for the ascertainment of adverse events: from descriptive to predictive methodologies 2-Reporting of case-series in drug safety: a review of published studies |
International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ISPE) |
| Titman, Rebecca | Queen's University | Sensory-motor deficits in children with FASD assessed using a novel robotic virtual reality platform | 32nd Annual Scientific Conference of the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSoA) |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Market-Velker, Brenna Ann | University of Western Ontario | Investigating the molecular effects of superovulation and embryo culture on genomic imprinting in a mouse model system | 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction |
| April 2009 | |||
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PhD Students | |||
| Ferro, Mark Anthony | University of Western Ontario | A prospective study of depressive symptoms in mothers of children with new-onset epilepsy: preliminary results | Canadian Society of Epidemiology and Biostatistics CSEB/APHEO 2009 Joint Conference |
| Genier, Lisanne | McGill University | The effects of paternal exposure to cyclophosphamide on the rate of spermatozoal decondensation and the patterning of chromatin remodeling in early post-fertilization zygotes | 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction |
| Hillhouse, Erin | Université de Montréal | Induction of antigen-specific immune tolerance by CD4-CD8-TCR alpha beta T cells | 10th International Congress of the Immunology of Diabetes Society |
| Lisonkova, Sarka | University of British Columbia | 1-Older maternal age and birth outcomes among mothers in rural areas 2-Effect of older maternal age on birth outcomes in twin pregnancies: a population based study |
The 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric and perinatal Research (SPER) |
| Pearson, Erin | University of Western Ontario | The Children's Health and Activity Modification Program (C.H.A.M.P.): Exploring the impact of a 4-week lifestyle intervention on obese children and their families | The International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (IABNPA) Annual Meeting |
| Tung, Emily | Queen's University | Examining the role of chromatin remodeling and oxidative stress in valproic acid-induced teratogenesis | The Teratology Society 49th Annual Meeting |
| Xie, Fang | University of British Columbia | Tool-like receptor signaling: an emerging bridge between innate immunity and preeclampsia | 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Immunology |
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MSc Students | |||
| Abraham, Tamara | University of Western Ontario | Characterizing the role of the ER stress pathway during mouse preimplantation development | 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Xie, Rihua | University of Ottawa | Neurotransmitters and postpartum depression in a cohort of Chinese women | The 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Research (SPER) |
| October 2008 | |||
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PhD Students | |||
| Anthony, Samantha J. | University of Totonto |
The "Lived experience of pediatric heart transplant recipients" ABO-Incompatible heart transplantation - a parents perspective |
14th Annual Qualitative Health Research |
| Carroll, Michelle | McGill University | Null mutation of the transcription factor inhibitor of DNA binding 3 (Id3) causes male infertility and selectively affects gene expression in the mouse epididymis | 48th Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology |
| Lusignan, Marie-France | Université de Montréal | Studies on the mechanism of perm protection by milk during preservation | 54th Annual Meeting Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society |
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MSc Students | |||
| Chan Wong, Edgar | University of British Columbia | IGF2/H19 methylation in placentas conceived by IVF or ICSI | The 64th Annual Meeting American Society for Reproductive Medicine |
| Kirkpatrick, Gordon | University of British Columbia | Segregation and Interchromosomal effects in rare Robertsonian translocations with and without a marker chromosome | 54th Annual Meeting Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society |
| Sakian, Sina | University of British Columbia | The occurrence of Y-chromosome microdeletions in babies born through intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) | The 64th Annual Meeting American Society for Reproductive Medicine |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Stinson, Jennifer | University of Toronto | Double click on health: Internet interventions for teens with chronic health conditions | Society for Adolescent Medicine 2009 Annual Meeting |
| June 2008 | |||
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PhD Students | |||
| Bayrampour, Hamideh | University of Manitoba | Body image during pregnancy among Iranian women | 21st European Congress of Perinatal Medicine |
| Gauvreau, Cindy | University of Toronto | Toward an adapted reference case for developing countries incorporating donor funding impacts in cost-effectiveness analysis | International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) |
| Minor, Agata | University of Britsh Columbia | Methylation analysis at imprinted genes in the sperm of men affected by severe oligozoospermia and azoospermia | 24th Annual Meeting European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology ESHRE 2008 |
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MSc Students | |||
| Ferguson, Kyle | University of British Columbia | Meiotic recombination and sperm aneuploidy in infertile men | 24th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) |
| Larouche, Genevièe | McGill University | Superoxide Dismutase (hSOD1) overexpression partially protects mouse embryos against the embryotoxicity of hydroxyurea | Teratology Society 48th Annual Meeting |
| Tang, Steven | Unviersity of British Columbia | Relationship of abnormal morphology with aneuploidy and DNA integrity in sperm of isolated teratozoospermia | 24th Annual Meeting European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology ESHRE 2008 |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Andersson, Irene | University of Alberta | The effects of maternal stress on vascular function in the adult offspring | Canadian Society of Atherosclerosis Annual Meeting, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (CSATVB) |
| King, Sarah | Dalhousie University | The prevalence of recurrent pain in children and adolescents a systematic review | 12th World Congress on Pain |
| Qiu, Xiangming | University of Alberta |
The apgar score is a poor predictor of outcomes in extremely preterm infants admitted to NICUs Behavioral and emotional risk and resilience among socially disadvantaged children in Canadian cities Comparison of singleton and multiple birth outcomes of infants born at or before 32 weeks |
85th Annual Conference f the Canadian Paediatric Society |
| Zhou, Chenxi | Ottawa Health Research Institute | Mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway controls the activity of intracellualr pH-regulatroy HCO3-/CI-exchanger during meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes | SRF Annual Conference |
| April 2008 | |||
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PhD Students | |||
| Bardai, Ghalib | McGill University | Glyceryl Trinitrate (GNT: A model compound for investigating the mechanism of nitro based developmental toxicity | 48th Annual Teratology Society Meeting |
| Galdones, Eugene | McGill University | Matrix Gla Protein (MGP) is an important mediator of retinoid-induced limb dysmorphogenesis | FASEB Summer Research Conference entitles: Retinoids |
| Goeffroy, Marie-Claude | Université de Montréal | Can non maternal care reduces cognitive inequalities for children from disadvantaged family backgrounds: Evidence from a population-based study | 20th Biennial The International Society for Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) Meeting |
| Lefèvre, Pavine | Université de Montréal | Uterine global gene expression during resumption of embryo development after delayed implantation in the mink | 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) |
| McMurtry, Meghan | Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre | Children's perceptions of parental reassurance: An experimental manipulation of vocal tone, facial expression and content | 12th World Congress on Pain |
| Murawski, Inga | McGill University | A novel locus on mouse chromosome 12 is associated with vesicoureteric reflux | 2008 Pediartic Academic Societies' Annual Meeting |
| Noel, Melanie | Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre | The role of pain in influencing children's recalled procedural anxiety | 12th World Congress on Pain |
| Pépin, David | University of Ottawa | The ISWI protein Snf2L regulates multiple genes involved in the steroid biosynthesis pathway | 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) |
| Petropoulos, Sophie | University of Toronto | Expression and regulation of breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP1) in the mouse placenta and fetal blood-brain barrier | International Federation of Placentas Association |
| Tharkur, Geeta Angeli | McGill University | Maternal smoking and offspring IQ in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder | 28th Annual Conference of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
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MSc Students | |||
| Hewitt, Amy | Queen's University | Chronic prenatal ethanol exposure alters hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function and NMDA receptor subunit expression in the fetal guinea pig | Research Society on Alcoholism and International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism Joint Scientific Meeting |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Delbes, Géraldine | McGill University | Selective induction of glutathione S-transferases in round spematids by the chemotherapeutic regimen for testicular cancer in the Brown-Norway rat | 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) |
| Grégoire, Marice-Claude | Dalhousie University | Pain in adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis | 12th World Congress on Pain |
| January 2008 | |||
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PhD Students | |||
| Anthony, Samantha | University of Toronto | Transitional care perceptions & needs within the paediatric heart transplant population | Canadian Society for Transplantation |
| Badham, Helen | Queen's University | Catalase protects against benzene-induced alterations in hematopoietic progenitor cell number in utero | 48th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society |
| Bélanger, Mathieu | McGill University | Influence of weather conditions on daily and longitudinal variations in physical activity levels of adolescents | 2nd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health |
| Bell, Christine | University of Western Ontario | MAPK regulation of aquaporin (AQP) expression and embryonic apoptosis following exposure to hyperosmotic conditions | World Congress on Reproductive Biology Meeting and Society for the Study of Reproductive Biology Meeting |
| Bérubé-Simard, Félix-Antoine | Université Laval | Transcriptional regulation of Hoxa5: multiple elements for correct lung and gut expression | 4th Canadian Developmental Biology Conference |
| Chapman, Karen | University of Toronto | Threonine requirements in human neonates receiving total parenteral nutrition | Federation of American Sciences Experimental Biology (FASEB) conference |
| Gonzalez, Andrea | University of Toronto | Neuropsychology and physiology as intervening mechanisms between early life adversity and current maternal functioning | International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD) |
| Sankaralingam, Sowndramalingam | University of Alberta | Role of arginase in the pathophysiology of preeclampsia | Federation of American Sciences Experimental Biology (FASEB) conference |
| Stanley, Joanna Lucy | University of Alberta | Effect of diabetes on mechanisms of endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in uterine arteries of pregnant mice | 55th Annual Society for Gynecologic Investigation Conference |
| Tomlinson, Chris | University of Toronto | Arginine in synthesized from proline not glutamate in enterally fed preterm human infants | Federation of American Sciences Experimental Biology (FASEB) conference |
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MSc Students | |||
| Giannatselis, Holly | University of Western Ontario | Na-K ATPase pump as a receptor for ouabain induced signaling via SRC during preimplantation development | World Congress on Reproductive Biology Meeting and Society for the Study of Reproductive Biology Meeting |
| Lau, Annette | Queen's University | Investigating gamma-H2AX expression after acute and in utero benzene exposure | 47th Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Ebenezar, Kesavarao Kumar | University of Calgary | Pressor and renal haemodynamic responses to angiotensin II (ANG II) in conscious lambs: Role of nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandins (PGs) | Federation of American Sciences Experimental Biology (FASEB) conference |
| Potvin, Eric | Université Laval | GATA factors regulate N-myc expression in the branchial arches | 4th Canadian Developmental Biology Conference |
| October 2007 | |||
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PhD Students | |||
| Fayed, Nora | McMaster University | Comparing quality of life measures in childhood epilepsy: What's in the measures? | 30th Anniversary Meeting of the Canadian League Against Epilepsy |
| Petrovic, Vanja | University of Toronto | The effect of endotoxin-mediated inflammation on rat maternal hepatic drug transporters | Annual Meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) |
| Salmaso, Natalina | Concorida University | Hormones and maternal experience, but not parturition, are necessary for the upregulation of basic fibroblast growth factor and glial fibrillary acidic protein seen in lactating rats | Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting |
| Tung, Emily | Queen's University | Effect of maternal folic acid supplementation on valproic acid induced teratogenesis in cultured mouse embryos | 47th Annual Meeting of The Society of Toxicology |
| Zahradnik, Marc | Dalhousie University | Creating a collaborative understanding of pathways to adolescent alcohol misuse in a Mi'Kmaq community | Canadian Centre of Substance Abuse Conference (CCSAC) |
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MSc Students | |||
| Kirkpatrick, Gordon | University of British Columbia | Interchromosomal effects in sperm of three heterozygous carriers of structural chromosomal abnormalities | 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) |
| June 2007 | |||
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PhD Students | |||
| Brabant, Marie-Eve | Université du Québec à Montréal | Depression and suicidal ideations in female teenager victims of sexual abuse | International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference |
| Chen, Mandy Yao-Min | University of British Columbia |
Relationship between parental attributions and adolescent depression as moderated by adolescent gender The ole of the father in the etiology, prevention and treatment of child psychopathology |
The World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies |
| Connor, Kristin | University of Guelph | Effect of maternal periconceptional undernutrition and twinning on placental 11B-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD)-1 AND - 2 activity across gestation | 5th International Congress on the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease |
| Dugas, Véronique | Université de Montréal | Genetic and molecular study of a rare T cell subset implicated in autoimmune diabetes resistance | FASEB Summer Research Conferences "Autoimmunity" |
| Dumont, Frédéric | Université Laval | Implication of the vagus nerves in the effects of neonatal maternal separation on cardiorespiratory responses to hypercapnia in adult male rats | The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference |
| Jordan, Patricia L. | University of Western Ontario | Individual differences in information processing in childhood: Coherence among measures and relations to child temperament | Convention of the Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) |
| Moisan, Vanessa | Université Laval | Expression of the ladybird like homeobox 2 (LBX2) factor during ovarian development in the mouse | Society for the Study of Reproduction 2007 |
| Munir, Sadia | York University | Nodal inhibits trophoblast cell invasion and migration by TIMP1-MMP2/9 pathway | 13th IFPA/2nd PAA Conference "Placenta-Platform for Life" |
| Nadeem, Lubna | York University | Nodal inhibits trophoblast cell invasion and migration by TIMP1-MMP2/9 pathway | 13th IFPA/2nd PAA Conference "Placenta-Platform for Life" |
| Usongo, Macalister | McGill University | The mouse ovarian surface epithelium is heterogeneous and contains a population of beta-catenin signaling and cytokeratin-14 positive cells | Society for the Study of Reproduction 2007 |
| Wei, Yuhong | McGill University | Transcriptional regulation of the human growth hormone receptor (hGHR) gene by its V2 promoter in human adipocytes | FASEB summer conference on "Energy Balance, Body Fat and Disease" |
| Xu, Hongbin | Ottawa Health Research Institute | Impairment of sperm fertilizing ability of arylsulfatase A (ASA) knockout mice | Gordon Research Conference on Fertilization & Activation of Development |
| Yan, Jin | McGill University | The Inhibition of p38 MAPK activation enhances fetal mortality induced by hydroxyurea (HU) in organogenesis stage mouse embryos | Teratology Society Annual Meeting |
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MSc Students | |||
| Frasch, Martin | University of Western Ontario | Electrocortical activity with worsening acidemia in the ovine fetus near term | The society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference |
| Kobayashi, Noriko | Ottawa Health Research Institute | Regulation of rat preantral follicular development by FSH and thyroid hormone: involvement of growth differentiation factor-9 | The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society |
| Pollock BarZiv, Stacey | The Hospital for Sick Children | Outcomes after fetal listing for heart transplantation at SickKids | Canadian Cardiovascular Congress |
| Rezaei, Elham | University of Saskatchewan | Ultrasonographic image analysis of human dominant and 1st subordinate ovarian follicles | The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society |
| Ye, Gang | York University | Regulation of trophoblast cell proliferation and apoptpsis by microna-368 | 13th IFPA/2nd PAA Conference "Placenta-Platform for Life" |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Beauchamps, Claudine | Université de Montréal | CD4-CD8- T cells associated to tolerance to autoimmune diabetes | FASEB Summer Research Conference " Autoimmunity" |
| Bourque, Danielle | University of British Columbia | Hypomethylation at the H19/1GF2 1CR1 in the human placenta is associated with fetal intrauterine growth restriction | 57th American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting |
| Guimont-Desrochers, Fanny | Université de Montréal | Dendritic cells in NOD mice: Unexpected decrease in Th1 phenotype | FASEB Summer Research Conference "Autoimmunity" |
| Kwolek. Erin Marie | University of Alberta | Phenotyping a Magel2 knockout mouse: A model for Prader-Willi Syndrome | 57th American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting |
| April 2007 | |||
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PhD Students | |||
| Cornejo, Salomon | McGill University | The balb/c mouse as a model of steroid resistance in asthma | The World Asthma Meeting |
| de Oliveira, Claire | McMaster University | Understanding the income gradient in children's physical health: Revisiting the Canadian case | International Health Economics Association Conference |
| Nguyen, Cat Tuong | Université de Montréal | Contextual factors of depression among young Canadians: Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) | 13th International Congress of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
| Tennese, Alysa | University of Alberta | The role of the Prader-Willi syndrome protein necdin in the development of the sympathetic nervous system | 29th Annual Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) Conference |
| Tong, Amanda | University of Western Ontario | Involvement of undocked connexin43 connexons in mouse folliculogenesis: Analysis in an in vivo model | 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction |
| Tucker, Patricia | University of Western Ontario | Environmental influences on physical activity behaviours in youth | IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion & Health Education |
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MSc Students | |||
| Mircea, Carmen | University of Saskatchewan | Imaging ovarian follicles and corpora lutea in the mouse using ultrasound biomicroscopy: A pilot study | The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Lujan, Marla E. | University of Saskatchewan | Improving inter-observer variability in the identification and quantification of ultrasonographic features of polycystic ovaries | The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society |
| Thanh Tu, Mai | University of British Columbia | Maternal factors mediate cortisol reactivity to immunization in very preterm but not full-term infants | 38th Annual International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) Conference |
| November 2006 | |||
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PhD Students | |||
| Good, Marie | Brock University |
The role of family and friends in the risk-taking perceptions of adolescents with different religious/spiritual orientations The moderating effect of identity style on the relation between adolescent problem behaviour and well-being The moderating effect of identity style on the relation between adolescent problem behaviour and well-being |
The Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child |
| Martel, Marie-Josée | Université de Montréal |
Influence of the control and severity of maternal asthma during pregnancy on the incidence of asthma in the offspring Control and severity of maternal asthma during pregnancy and the incidence of allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis in the offspring Diagnostic patterns of atopic conditions in children: Administrative health databases study from Quebec |
Conference of the American Thoracic Association |
| Nantel-Viver, Amelie | McGill University |
Prosocial development in early adolescence: A cross-cultural perspective Investigation of interinformant agreement on adolescents' prosocial and physically aggressive behaviours: Longitudinal analyses |
The Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child |
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MSc Students | |||
| Morneau, Mélanie | Université Laval | Analysis of Hoxa5 gene function during mammary gland development | 27th Great Lakes Mammalian Development |
| Wong, Chan | University of British Columbia | Incidence of chromosome aneuploidy in mature spermatozoa from asthenozoospermic and teratozoospermic men | 2006 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Patil, Crystal L. | University of Toronto | Global strategies and local realities: Perspectives from Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania | Annual Meeting for the Society for Applied Anthropology |
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PhD Students | |||
| Flanders, Joseph | McGill University | The Rough-and -Tumble play questionnaire | 19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development |
| Gladstone, Brenda McConnell | University of Toronto | Parent and child accounts of the experience of familial mental illness | International Conference of Childhood and Youth |
| Nadeau, Katia | McGill University | LGL1 mRNA levels are regulated by glucocorticoid, retinoic acid and TGF-b1 in postnatal lung cell cultures | American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting |
| Wan, Joanne | Queen's University | Benzene alters embryonic Pim-1 signalling and induces oxidative stress in CD-1 mice | 46th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society |
| Xie, Fang | University of British Columbia | TLR-2 and -4 expressions in pre-eclampsia | 15th World Congress of International Society for the study of Hypertension in Pregnancy |
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MSc Students | |||
| Lafoyiannis, Constantina | York University | Maternal thyroid disease and offspring color vision | Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology's Annual Meeting |
| Menzies, Jennifer | University of British Columbia | Current CHS and NHBPEP criteria of 'severe' pre-eclampsia do not uniformly predict adverse maternal outcomes | 15th World Congress of International Society for the study of Hypertension in Pregnancy |
| Zhang, Ting | University of Western Ontario | KGF is a novel mitogenic factor in 3T3-L1 and rat primary preadipocytes | Endocrine Society Annual Meeting |
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Post Doctoral Fellows | |||
| Bergeron, Annick | Université de Montréal | Milk caseins prevent the binding of the major proteins of bovine seminal plasma to sperm and lipid efflux from the sperm membrane during sperm preservation | 10th International Symposium on Spermatology |
| Hanna, Salma Toma | University of Saskatchewan | Effect of emergency contraceptions at the follicular phase: a preliminary report | Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society |
