Name: Adiam Negash
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Social Sciences and Humanities
Supervisor: Richard Kruk
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Attention Resolution and Reading Fluency in Young Children: The Enlightening of Reading Skills through Catching Fireflies

Name: Adline Fernando
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Thomas Klonisch
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Role of CLAUDIN1 and TROP2 in HER signaling in HER2+ Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis (BCBM)

Name: Allyson Paton
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Social Sciences and Humanities
Supervisor: Shaylene Nancekivell
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Children’s Socio-Emotional Understanding of Digital Technology Use

Name: Amir Bani Saeed
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Engineering and Technology
Supervisor: Zahra Moussavi
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Designing a naturalistic and interactive VR museum environment with a realistic avatar as a guide for cognitive treatment of the elderly.

Name: Andrea Minutti-Simoni
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Rebecca Davis
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Accelerating Discovery in Photocatalyst Design and Development

Name: Camille Prefontaine
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Peter Thompson
Funded by: Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba & Research Manitoba
Project Title: Regulation of beta-cell senescence by cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 in type 1 diabetes.

Name: Cara Follows
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Julie Lajoie
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: The impact of sex hormones on T-cell activation and inflammatory response in HPV natural clearance

Name: Carter Williamson
Institution: Brandon University
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Mousumi Majumder
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: An Investigation of the Metabolic Adaptation and COX-2/EP4 Pathway to Modify Chemoresistance in Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Name: Chantelle Chernick
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Debbie Kelly
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Advancing Healthy Aging: Defining Cognitive Age-related Changes During Navigation by Men and Women.

Name: Clare Hibbert
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Sachin Katyal
Funded by: Health Science Centre Foundation
Project Title: Use of a DNA-PK inhibitor as a potential adjunct to targeted therapy in treatment-resistant CLL

Name: Delaram Jebreili Rizi
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Paul Marcogliese
Funded by: Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba & Research Manitoba
Project Title: Understanding SYNGAP1 Using Drosophila melanogaster

Name: Elizabeth Patterson
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Colin Garroway
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Long-term welfare assessment of polar bears in human care from a genomics approach

Name: Emerson Do Nascimento Brazil
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Kirk McManus
Funded by: CancerCare Manitoba
Project Title: Determining the Impact Diminished RBX1 Expression has on Chromosome Stability in Colorectal Cancer.

Name: Emma Cowman
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Social Sciences and Humanities
Supervisor: Lindsay Larios
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: 2SLGBTQIA+ Experiences Accessing Abortion Care in Manitoba

Name: Jasvir Kaur Dhaliwal
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Yannick Molgat-Seon
Funded by: Manitoba Lung Association
Project Title: Evaluating the Physiological and Perceptual Responses to Inspiratory Muscle Training in Healthy Males and Females

Name: Karinne Muniz
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Meghan Azad
Funded by: Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
Project Title: Immune proteins in colostrum: associations with maternal nutritional status and newborn health in a Pakistani population.

Name: Kasuni Abeykoonge
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Social Sciences and Humanities
Supervisor: Johnson Li
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Investigating Confidence Intervals for Effect Sizes in One-Way ANOVA: A Comprehensive Analysis of Eta Squared, Omega Squared, and Epsilon Squared

Name: Lilee Donahue
Institution: University of Winnipeg
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Craig Willis
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Effects of fall roosting habitat enhancement on little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) pre-hibernation fat storage and over-winter survival

Name: Manpreet Kaur
Institution: University of Winnipeg
Field: Engineering and Technology
Supervisor: Qian Liu
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: An Efficient and Robust KPGNN Framework for Predicting Material Properties in Support of the Green Economy

Name: Nicolas Leclerc
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Robert Beattie
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Generating Polar Bear Stem Cells to Study Brain Development and Conservation

Name: Nicole Gerber
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Kirk McManus
Funded by: CancerCare Manitoba
Project Title: Evaluating the Impact of Decreased FBXO30 Expression on Chromosome Instability and Colorectal Cancer Development

Name: Noah Silvaggio
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Frederick Zeiler
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Association Between Commercial Cerebral Near Infrared Spectroscopy Signals and Intra-cranial Pressure Physiology in Humans

Name: Ramiza Nausheen Zaman
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Liam O’Neil
Funded by: Health Science Centre Foundation & Research Manitoba
Project Title: Influence of Post-Translational Modifications in Neutrophil Proteases in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Name: Raya Turner
Institution: Brandon University
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Christophe LeMoine
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: A Metabolic Master: Investigating the Role of Estrogen-Related Receptor α in Zebrafish Metabolism

Name: Rebecca Franklin
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Trisha Scribbans
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Elbow Flexor Regional Muscle Hypertrophy in Response to Resistance Training at Short and Maximal Muscle Lengths

Name: Shubhpreet Ubbi
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Soheila Karimi
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Evaluating a novel neural stem cell therapy for repairing spinal cord injury.

Name: Simrat Dhaliwal
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Henry Dunn
Funded by: Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba & Research Manitoba
Project Title: Molecular mechanisms underlying rare neurodevelopmental disorders

Name: Termeh Shakery
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Lyle McKinnon
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Exploring the Bidirectional Relationship Between Vaginal Microbiome and HPV Persistence: A Comprehensive Study

Name: Yimeng Han
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Social Sciences and Humanities
Supervisor: Daniel Bailis
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Harnessing Secondary Control to Sustain Pro-Environmental Behaviours: Mitigating Disappointment in Climate Change Action

Name: Zainab Husain
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Nandika Bandara
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Sustainable and Novel Technologies for Protein Extraction from Sunflower Meal with Improved Performance and Protein Functionality.

Name: Alana Slike
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Galen Wright
Funded by: Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba & Health Science Centre Foundation
Project Title: FAN1 as a Genetic Modifier in Rett Syndrome

Name: Angela Copete
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Zulma Rueda
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: The silent impact of Mycoplasma genitalium, an emergent cause of sexual infections and increasing antimicrobial resistance profile

Name: Ashraf Kadar Shahib
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Mojgan Rastegar
Funded by: Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba & Research Manitoba
Project Title: Investigating the impact of MeCP2 mutation on the epigenetic landscape of brain cells

Name: Aurora Robert
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Johnson Li
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Assessing the Robustness of Interval Estimates for Structural Equation Modeling Fit Indices: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study

Name: Courtney Marshall
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Neeloffer Mookherjee
Funded by: Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba & Health Science Centre Foundation
Project Title: Sex as a Biological Variable in the Modulation of Airway Inflammation by Innate Defence Regulator (IDR) Peptides.

Name: Dario Libero Lorenzoni
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Evan McDonough
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Testing Cosmic Inflation: the case for the running of the spectral index in multifield models

Name: Erin Sinclair
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Social Sciences and Humanities
Supervisor: Katherine Starzyk
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Educational Interventions to Increase Support for Change about First Nations Water Rights

Name: Farshid Ghiyamihoor
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Hassan Marzban
Funded by: Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba & Research Manitoba
Project Title: Fate-Mapping of α-Synuclein-positive (SNCA+) Early Subset of the Cerebellar Nuclei Neurons in the Developing Mouse Cerebellum

Name: Hannah Zhang
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Amir Ravandi
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Lipidomics analysis of cardiogenic shock

Name: Havva Afshari
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Rene Zahedi
Funded by: Health Science Centre Foundation & CancerCare Manitoba
Project Title: Determining kinase activation states in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) through multiplexed mass SPECTOMETRY

Name: Jack Dunsford
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Yannick Molgat-Seon
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Determining the impact of rib cage morphology on respiratory muscle mechanics and metabolism

Name: Jasmine Pipella
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Peter Thompson
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Exploring how the immune system impacts beta cell stress in type 1 diabetes

Name: Jennifer Sebring
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Social/Population Health
Supervisor: Christine Kelly
Funded by: Centre for Healthcare Innovation
Project Title: Undoing disorder: An artistic engagement with the paradigm shift of functional neurological disorder

Name: Katherine Dyck
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Social Sciences and Humanities
Supervisor: Jessica Cameron
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: A longitudinal examination of friendship relationship quality on the transition to romantic couplehood

Name: Kenneth Osafile
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Jody Haigh
Funded by: CancerCare Manitoba
Project Title: Molecular Crosstalk between LMO2 and ZEB2 in Early Thymic Progenitor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia(ETP-ALL) with the aim of discovering novel therapeutic targets and drug combinations to treat ETP-ALL

Name: Kristine Doell
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Social/Population Health
Supervisor: Genevieve Thompson
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: “Understanding the Lived Experience of Being Separated from your Partner During the Transition into Long-Term Care: A Phenomenological Study”

Name: Mahin Hasan
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Social/Population Health
Supervisor: Abdullah Al Maruf
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Pharmacogenomics of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor-Induced Behavioural Activation in Children and Adolescents (PGx-SImBA)

Name: Meher Kantroo
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Jillian Stobart
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Investigating the contribution of astrocytic NMDA receptors in modulating cortical neuron activity via ATP gliotransmission

Name: Melissa Krook
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Social Sciences and Humanities
Supervisor: Corey Mackenzie
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Examining social connectedness and mental health among Canadian older adults: A mixed methods study

Name: Metogbe Ahonon
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Social Sciences and Humanities
Supervisor: Lindsay Larios
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Navigating Patriarchy Across Borders: Exploring the Impact on Sexual and Reproductive Decision-Making Among West African Migrant Women in Manitoba

Name: Olga Kuzmychova
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Tanveer Sharif
Funded by: CancerCare Manitoba & Research Manitoba
Project Title: Therapeutic Targeting of Metabolic Adaptations to Circumvent Therapy Resistance in Glioblastoma

Name: Padmanie Ramotar
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Neeloffer Mookherjee
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Innate Defence Regulator (IDR) Peptides: An immunomodulatory approach to rescue steroid-unresponsive airway inflammation

Name: Riley Greenslade
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Thomas Murooka
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Investigating the impact of TCR signaling events on HIV reservoir dynamics

Name: Ruppagawa Gedara Thilini Nuwandhara Dissanayake
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Nandika Bandara
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Hemp protein-based nanodelivery systems for co-delivery of bioactive compounds

Name: Saeid Maghsoudi
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Shyamala Dakshinamurti
Funded by: Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba & Research Manitoba
Project Title: Cysteine Nitrosylation Inhibits Adenylyl Cyclase Isoform 6 in Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension: Rescue with Novel Forskolin Derivatives

Name: Shubham Goyal
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Gerd Prehna
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Molecular characterization of type VI secretion system effector-immunity pairs from diverse Salmonella serovars

Name: Xingying Zhang
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Engineering and Technology
Supervisor: Qian Liu
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Injectable and Adhesive Triboelectric Nanogenerator-based Cardiac Patch for Myocardial Infarction Repair and Spatiotemporal Monitoring

Name: Youssef Ekladuce
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Jonathan Marotta
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Navigating a World in Motion: Exploring How Perception and Action Interact in Anticipating the Direction of Moving Objects

Name: Amir Barzegar Behrooz
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Ted Lakowski
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Targeting HOX gene interactions for the treatment for acute myeloid leukemia

Name: Anne Manson
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Health – Basic Biomedical
Supervisor: Meghan Azad
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Characterization of human milk oxylipins and their association with childhood asthma risk

Name: Manoela Mallmann
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Social Sciences and Humanities
Supervisor: Leslie Roos
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Exploring developmental trajectories of mental health in preschool children of mothers with depression: links with key risk and protective family factors

Name: Manpreet Kaur
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Nandika Bandara
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Utilizing Modified Protein Complexes from Manitoba Crops as Green Emulsifiers for Sustainable Emulsion Stabilization, Prevent Oxidation, and Extended Shelf Life

Name: Mansoor Hayat
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Engineering and Technology
Supervisor: Frederick Zeiler
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: Computer Vision for Continuous Data Extraction and Digitization in Health Care

Name: Melina Jobbins
Institution: University of Manitoba
Field: Natural Sciences
Supervisor: Ricardo Ferreira Louro Silva
Funded by: Research Manitoba
Project Title: The influence of environments on the evolutionary origin of teeth and scales