Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Master's Studentships 2009 - 2010

 
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario is pleased to announce the students who were awarded funding in the 2009/2010 Master's Studentship competition.

These scholarships are awarded annually in Ontario to students enrolled in a Master's level program in cardiovascular/cerebrovascular research. The scholarships are valued at $18,500 per year for up to two years.

The results posted below are to be considered preliminary only. An official letter will be sent to all award recipients the week of June 1, 2009. The Foundation requests that applicants do not write or telephone with any enquiries before receiving this letter.


 Student and Project

  Supervisor
 Matthew G. Andrusiak

 The role of pRb in the regulation of neural stem cell
 fate.

  Ruth Slack

 University of Ottawa
 Julia Assini

 Prevention of dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis by
 the citrus flaveonoid, nobiletin.

  Murray W. Huff

 University of Western Ontario
 Beca Bogdan

 High-throughput screening of heart valve tissue
 engineering systems.

  Craig A. Simmons

 University of Toronto
 Karen E. Britto

 The role of macrophage collagen receptor DDR1 in
 the progression of atherosclerosis.

  Michelle P. Bendeck

 University of Toronto
 Jordan S. Chou

 Novel binding partners of calpastatin and calpain.

  Peter L. Davies

 Queen's University
 Candi J. Flynn

 Exploring the exercise dose-response relationship in
 women involved in cardiac rehabilitation programs.

  Neville Suskin

 University of Western Ontario
 Allison Gates

 Assessment of food intake and physical activity in
 Cree school children.

  Leonard Tsuji

 University of Waterloo
 Michelle Gates

 Assessment of Cree children's food intake using an
 innovative web-based survey.

  Rhona Hanning

 University of Waterloo
 Celine Giordano

 Functional comparison of circulating progenitor cell
 subpopulations for cell-based angiogenesis.

  Marc Ruel

 University of Ottawa
 Allison Gregory

 Generation of a soluble form of endoglin for
 structural and biological studies.

  Michelle Letarte

 University of Toronto
 Steve Hawley

 Functional role of ShcD in neural crest lineages.

  Nina Jones

 University of Guelph
 Sai Fai Bosco Law

 Improving effectiveness of cardiac resuscitation
 through high fidelity simulation and team training.

  David Musson

 McMaster University
 Ilya M. Mukovozov

 The role of Slit and Robo in vascular inflammation.

 Lisa Robinson

University of Toronto
 Anna Rosen

 Understanding the role of the transcription factor
 Iroquois 3 in the ventricular conduction system.

 Peter H. Backx

University of Toronto
 Farzaneh F. S. Safarpour

 The potential role of Parkinson's disease gene PINK1
 in stroke-induced cellular damage.

  David Park

 University of Ottawa
 Alina J. Sobiesiak

 Mechanism of the anti-hypertrophic function of RGS2
 in cardiomyocytes.

  Peter Chidiac

 University of Western Ontario
 Tanja Sofrenovic

 Enhanced matrix for recruitment of circulating
 progenitor cells to the heart.

  Erik Suuronen

 University of Ottawa
 Andrew J. Syrett

 Bioactive glycerophospholipids and their role in
 modulating neuronal vulnerability following
 ischemia.

  Steffany Bennett

 University of Ottawa
 Anna Vainshtein

 Effects of endurance training on apoptotic
 susceptibility in cardiac muscle.

  David A. Hood

 York University
 Kaley J. Veerman

 Investigating the role of the vasa vasorum in the
 development of diabetic atherosclerosis.

  Geoff Werstuck

 McMaster University

 
Last Updated ( Monday, 08 June 2009 )