GSRD 2016 ‑ Posters (Master's)

Room 170, CHEB - main level

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Student

Department/
School/ 
College

Abstract Title

1

10:00

Budden, Emily

Nursing

Key Predictors of Self-­Rated Health and Use of Health Services Among Different Ethnic Groups of Undergraduate Students in Maritime Canada: Proposed Masters Research

2

10:15

Hundert, Amos

CHE

Emergency department health service use for mental disorders in Nova Scotia children and youth aged 0 to 18 years, 1997 to 2015

3

10:30

Monaghan, Joelle

Nursing

Secondary Analysis of Self-Rated Health and Health Service Use of Female Bisexual Undergraduate Students on Maritime Campuses (Work in Progress)

4

10:45

Parent, Marianne

CHE

Biomonitoring for assessing human exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in matched adults, children and companion animals: Evaluating VOCs biological markers in household pets

5

11:00

Wilson-Pease, Emma

CHE

Examining the association between subtle degrees of frailty and cardiac surgical outcomes in the elderly

6

10:00

Malone, Mariah

Health & Human Perf

To be continued: Preliminary findings on the importance of intimacy in later life, as told by older long-term care residents

7

10:15

de Champlain, Rebecca

Nursing

Examining the Relationship Between Cognitive and Affective Components of Empathy to Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and Compassion Satisfaction in Pediatric Nurses

8

10:30

Madden, Laura Lee

CHE

Health and Safety of Foreign Seasonal Farm Workers in Nova Scotia

10

11:00

Relja, Nicholas

Pharmacy

Pilot study of jadomycin pharmacokinetics in Balb/C mice

11

11:15

O'Brien, Siobhan

Microbiology& Immunology

Regulation of Cell Growth Control by the KSHV vGPCR Protein

12

10:00

Kampen, Rachel

Microbiology& Immunology

B1 cells migrate to the draining lymph node and modulate host responses to Chlamydia infection in a sex-specific manner

13

10:15

Legere, Stephanie

Microbiology& Immunology

Mast cells are regulators in the development of cardiac fibrosis: in vivo and in vitro perspectives

14

10:30

MacDonald, Eilidh

Physiology & Biophysics

Stretch-Induced Changes in Sinoatrial Node Function in the Isolated Zebrafish Heart

15

10:45

Mackasey, Martin

Physiology & Biophysics

Role of NPR-C in Regulating Atrial Fibrosis in Hypertrophic Heart Disease

16

11:00

Martin, Louis

Pharmacology

Expression and functionality of bitter taste receptors on ovarian and prostate cells

17

11:15

Nzirorera, Carine

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Lysophosphatidic acid signaling in hypertrophy and metabolic remodeling of the myocardium

18

10:00

Philpott, Holly

Pharmacology

Elucidating the analgesic properties of the endocannabinoid breakdown inhibitor JZL184 in rat models of arthritis

19

10:15

Porter, Brittany

Microbiology& Immunology

A proteomic approach to elucidate the mechanism of action of influenza virus host shutoff protein pa-x

20

10:30

Rasul, Amna

Pharmacology

Curcumin-Loaded Nanoparticles Augment Heme Oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in Human Endothelial Cells

21

10:45

Runté, Cameron

Microbiology& Immunology

The Impact of Bacterial Tyrosine Phosphorylation as a Regulatory Mechanism of Type Three Secretion and Pathogenesis

22

11:00

Taeb, Behzad

Physiology & Biophysics

The role of mechanical stimulation in norepinephrine (NE) release in the isolated rabbit heart and its potential role in arrhythmias during acute ischemia

23

11:15

Thapa, Dinesh

Pharmacology

Investigating the role of phytocannabinoids in the treatment of corneal neuropathic pain

24

10:00

Zetrini, Abdulmottaleb

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Disruption of phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis inhibits autophagy in ras-transformed intestinal epithelial cells

25

10:15

Sparavalo, Sara

Biomedical Engineering

Investigating the presence of discrete plasticity in human sartorius tendons

26

10:30

Slaine, Patrick

Microbiology& Immunology

Discovery and Development of New Host-Targeted Antiviral Drugs

28

11:00

Gao, Tiandai

Pharmacology

Influence of Age and Frailty on Intestinal Bile Acid Transport

29

11:15

Filiaggi, Corey

Pathology

Fishing with a transgenic line: using the zebrafish to model high-risk, nup98-nsd1 induced pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

31

10:15

Eadie, Ashley

Pharmacology

Heme regulatory enzymes are altered in pressure and volume overload induced heart failure

32

10:30

Landoni, Lauren

Medical Neuroscience

Locomotor Compensation in Severe Motor Neuron Loss during ALS Disease Progression

33

10:45

Aboushawareb, Sarah

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Recognition of ‘Minimal’ Ligands by Enolase Superfamily Enzymes

34

11:00

Tram, Cynthia

Microbiology& Immunology

A vital control of intracellular Chlamydia muridarum infection requires interleukin-17 receptor-mediated signaling

35 11:15 MacKenzie, Duncan Microbiology& Immunology High content screening implicates the AKT pathway as a cellular mediator of FAST mediated Cell-to-Cell Fusion

 

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