A doctoral citation summarizes the nature of the independent research, provides a high-level overview of the study, states the significance of the work and says who will benefit from the findings in clear, non-specialized language, so that members of a lay audience will understand it.
| Year | Citation | Program |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Dr. Foroud studied a fungal disease of wheat known as Fusarium Head Blight. She contributed to the understanding of mechanisms of disease resistance by oserving that different molecular mechanisms of resistance are conferred in different genetic backgrounds. This knowledge will help breeders to select better resistance for wheat farmers. | Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Science (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. LaMonde demonstrated the important contribution of neuroscience in educational fields through a study on movement, which holds primacy in learning from imitating to creativity. Her interdisciplinary study sheds light on the central role of movement in the human development of cognitive, social, and emotional reasoning. | Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Bergère explored how prospective elementary teachers made sense of university science courses. Her research demonstrated the need for teachers to better understand science as a highly tentative, subjective, and socially constructed enterprise and the deleterious effect of ignoring the concept of the 'nature of science' in university curricula. | Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Pina developed a methodology for the seismic risk assessment and risk reduction of schools in British Columbia. It provides a better understanding of how risk can be deaggregated according to earthquake types and how site conditions can be incorporated in probabilistic risk assessment. His ready-to-use methodology can determine whether or not a retrofit is required for schools. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Rivera Vasquez researched ways to improve the dissolution of refractory copper sulfides using wet processes. Combining single-particle electrochemical and microscopic strategies, he identified possible passivation mechanisms and proposed novel techniques to improve copper extraction using different catalysts. The findings provide a path to enable future hydrometallurgical processes for the treatment of arsenic-bearing copper sulfides. | Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. De Stefano studied processes of diamond formation in different geodynamic contexts. By analyzing diamonds from Jericho, Nunavut and from Wawa, Ontario in their morphology, nitrogen content, mineral inclusions content and stable isotopes, she contributed to the understanding of the role of subduction and metasomatism in the formation of diamond in the earth's interior. | Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Sciences (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Brochu showed how statistical optimization techniques can be used to help artists and animators set parameters for complex tools and simulations. The technique uses data from previous users and Machine Learning to anticipate the user's requirements, generating examples for the user to rate according to their own aesthetic criteria. | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Benesch examined the creation and development of the Japanese ethic of bushido, or the "way of the samurai." Dr. Benesch argues that bushido is essentially a modern construct that first developed largely as a response to foreign ideas during Japan's modernization process in the late nineteenth century. | Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Studies (PhD) |
| 2011 | Using quantitative and qualitative methods, Dr. Shandro's research demonstrated that British Columbia mining communities face unique challenges related to the economic mining cycle, including: population fluctuations, economic dependency and vulnerability, increases in disease rates, equal employment and income opportunities for women, and strains to health service delivery. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Liu examined representations of female Daoists in poetic works from the eighth to the twelfth centuries in China. This study contributes to our knowledge of Daoist women and male intellectuals' views about them as well as the social and literary milieus from the Tang to the Song dynasties. | Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Studies (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Maxwell developed novel tools and strategies for analyzing the composition of complex mixtures by combining electrophoretic separations with mass spectrometry detection. These improved techniques were used to solve to a variety of challenging analytical problems relevant to medical and pharmaceutical research. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Esseh investigated Africa's scientific publishing practices. He identified new possibilities for digital technologies in strengthening research capacity, improving the quality of research, reducing Africa's isolation from the global scholarly community, and ultimately narrowing the information divide. A Center for the Study of Online Scholarly Publishing in Africa was established. | Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Hadizadeh developed a theory that describes the statistics of the protein folding and polymer collapse processes. Her theory was used to study the effect of dense cellular environment on the folding of proteins whose proper function is essential for life. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Kelleher studied Hume's theory of belief and judgment. Although Hume's belief theory has long been analyzed in term of force and liveliness, Dr. Kelleher argues that recognizing the central role of feeling and affect will enable us to better understand crucial aspects of Hume's moral and aesthetic theories, as well as his epistemology. | Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Ngai studied a Buddhist board game of a gambling nature developed as propaganda in ancient China and similar religious devices found in other Asian countries. She drew new attention to the device's basic didactic function and rediscovered this otherwise unknown cross-border cultural phenomenon that has been neglected by historians. | Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Studies (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. El-Basyouny examined predictive road safety models and new methods to analyze the results of safety intervention schemes. Using new techniques, he evaluated traffic safety-based countermeasures, assessing the safety countermeasures apart from site-related factors to generalize on treatment effectiveness and transferability. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Marin examined the effects of stressful life experiences on endocrine and immune activity in young people. She found that the impact of stressful events is accentuated in a subgroup of youth with chronic interpersonal difficulties. Interventions aimed at helping youth manage stress could have health implications later in life. | Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Lindsay developed novel techniques for the analysis of a class of partial differential equations known as eigenvalue problems. The application of these new methods facilitated the resolution of several problems in the fields of Micro Engineering and Mathematical Ecology, one of which had been outstanding for over 20 years. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Hruska examined factors that influenced spawning success in Pacific salmon. She found that the physiological condition at the start of spawning affected how long salmon lived on spawning grounds and how many eggs were fertilized. She concluded that ocean and river migration conditions likely play pivotal roles in spawning physiological condition. | Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Dragojlovic investigated the way in which the United States? and the U.S. President's global image impacts their ability to persuade foreign publics to support their preferred policies. This research helps us to understand how countries and other global political actors can use soft power to achieve their policy objectives. | Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Klimek investigated the association between defective hormone production in insulin-producing beta-cells of the pancreas and dysfunction of these cells when transplanted into patients with type 1 diabetes. Her research led to the discovery of two potential biomarkers of beta-cell function which may be used to predict the onset of islet transplant failure. | Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Sanchez developed several novel methods for efficient storage, transmission and on-demand access of multidimensional medical images. His contributions enhance the provision of health care, by integrating multimedia signal processing techniques into the management of medical imaging data for tele-medicine applications. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Hammond's research engaged lay women and dietitians in a collaborative participatory process to develop nutrition education resources. The research identified multiple benefits and specific challenges in applying community-based participatory processes to professional dietetic practice-based activities. | Doctor of Philosophy in Human Nutrition (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Eslami researched the molecule alpha-V beta-6, a receptor that is expressed in some cells in a wound. It interacts with another molecule, transforming growth factor-beta, which plays several important roles during wound healing. Such an interaction may potentially determine whether a wound heals normally or produces scars. | Doctor of Philosophy in Craniofacial Science (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Chang studied the role of a protein called Notch in the development and maintenance of blood vessels. She found that Notch activation ensures vessel integrity through its involvement in the formation of the muscular wall of embryonic arteries from precursor cells and the increased survival of adult cells lining the blood vessel. | Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD) |