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 | NID |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dr. Robillard studied the impact of aging on a cellular model for learning and memory in the brain. She found that oral supplementation with an antioxidant can restore some of the plasticity deficits observed in aged animals. Her research gives new insights into healthy aging. | Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Roig investigated risk factors, incidence and impact of falls on quality of life in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He found that risk factors and incidence of falls increased in people with COPD. More importantly, falls appear to have a negative impact on some domains of quality of life. The results of this study emphasize the importance of preventing falls. | Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (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. Mueller developed two novel techniques for improving the timing performance of synchronous circuits. He proposed a simple yet effective implementation of these methods that is applicable to the majority of integrated circuits in production today. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Barnes studied the emplacement mechanisms and trace-element geochemical signatures of a swarm of lithium-rich, highly evolved magmatic dikes in the Northwest Territories. She also developed a method for lithium isotopic analysis of these rocks. Her thesis provides a cohesive assessment of pegmatite magma geochemical evolution. | Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Sciences (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Johnston studied the politics of citizenship in the city of Ahmedabad, India. His work contributes to understanding the urban poor's negotiation of constitutional rights within the changing relationship between the Indian state and everyday life. | Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Syyong showed that intracellular calcium oscillations dynamically control regional blood flow in the brains of the young and healthy. He discovered that loss of these calcium oscillations and their compensation by slower enzyme-based signaling is associated with vascular disease and possibly aging, thus explaining loss of function. | Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Dietrich's thesis focused on the synthesis of modified short proteins similar to the mushroom toxin amanitin. These molecules were tested for their effect on RNA synthesis within living cells. They can be used to improve our understanding of how the production of RNA is inhibited. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Aiken examined the causal relationship between identity, transitional justice, and post-conflict reconciliation in the deeply divided societies of South Africa and Northern Ireland. This research promises to help inform 'best practices' for future justice interventions to be used in post-conflict peacebuilding efforts. | Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Pourazad developed algorithms for compression of multiview video streams and conversion of standard video streams to three-dimensional format for 3DTV applications. The results of this study facilitate the introduction of 3D-broadcasting system. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Perez systematically reviewed randomized trials of anti-hypertensive drugs that were administered shortly after an acute cardiovascular event. He found a previously unrecognized mortality reduction associated with nitrate administration after acute myocardial infarction. His research emphasizes the value of checking all-cause mortality the timing of drug administrations. | Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Tran defined a protocol for performing ultrasound-guided epidural needle insertion and developed methods to improve the image quality of lumbar ultrasound images and automatic segmentation of features in the ultrasound images. These techniques have been successfully tested in two clinical trials at BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Fagbongbe studied women's engagement with the African regional human rights regime using a feminist Third World Approach to International Law analysis. She demonstrated the significance of adopting an interdependent and contextual understanding to the women's rights to invigorate the rights protected. Dr. Fagbongbe also emphasizes the role of stakeholders to achieve the objectives of the regime. | Doctor of Philosophy in Law (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Waldbillig's research focuses on making clean energy affordable. He developed a novel manufacturing process to fabricate high-performing solid oxide fuel cell electrolyte layers rapidly and inexpensively. He subsequently used this process to produce working fuel cells with optimized electrolyte layers and then characterized their properties. | Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Guo measured quality of life and treatment preferences among tuberculosis patients, which showed the impact of tuberculosis and its treatment from the patient?s perspective. This research could help inform the patient-centered health care management by understanding patients? personal preferences and values toward disease and treatment. | Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Hanson studied the effects of childhood environment on biological responses to stress in adulthood. She found that individuals from more difficult childhood environments had greater biological responses to daily stressors, including greater cortisol secretion and sleep disturbances. Over time, these increased stress responses may make them more susceptible to disease. | Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Wabnitz built ecological models to understand the role of green turtles in Pacific reef and Caribbean seagrass ecosystems, and developed new methods to map underwater habitats using satellite data. Her findings highlight sea turtles? importance to ecosystem resilience and the current lack of habitat data to meet international conservation targets. | Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Barrett investigated the genetics of adaptation to new environments using a combination of field experiments with threespine stickleback fish and theoretical models of population genetics. He demonstrated that ecological mechanisms play an important role in the origin and maintenance of biological diversity in new environments. | Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Machial investigated the comparative toxicity of selected plant essential oils to four agricultural insect pests, and assessed the effects of the most toxic oil, patchouli oil, on the detoxicative abilities of these insects. Development of reduced risk plant essential oil-based pesticides is warranted despite technical and practical challenges. | Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Science (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Moradifam worked in the area of partial differential equations. He developed a general framework for Hardy and Hardy-Rellich inequalities. Dr Moradifam obtained various results for fourth order nonlinear elliptic eigenvalue problems. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Alexiadis studied environmental concern and behaviour of house occupants in Canada. He created a theoretical model that summarises the principal factors that guide environmental housing behaviour. This research enhances understanding of environmental behaviour and can assist in minimising housing impacts on the natural environment. | Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Sheng Zhong examined how the obsolescent industrial spaces in the inner city of Shanghai had been transformed into new spaces of cultural production and consumption. This research illuminates the processes as well as the roles of the state in China's breakneck pace of urban change. | Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Al-Athel developed new equations and implemented them in an in-house computer code to analyze and simulate metal forming and metal cutting applications. The new code overcomes most of the drawbacks and difficulties associated with commercial codes dealing with this type of analysis. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Shariff studied the impact of racial discrimination on the relationship between acculturation and psychological health among South Asians. She found that higher discrimination related to higher psychological distress. This study highlights the continuing influence of discrimination on Canadian South Asians' mental health. | Doctor of Philosophy in Counselling Psychology (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. LaCroix examined the roles of language, gestures, and material artifacts in mathematical thinking and learning within workplace training. His findings further the understanding of social process and communication involved in mathematics learning in a wide variety of contexts. | Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD) |