WHRFC Programs
2022
Amr Abostait
MSc Student (Pharmacy)
Research Title: Safe nanomedicines during pregnancy: Targeted lipid nanoparticles to specific fetal organs
Supervisor: Dr. Hagar Labouta
Supervisor: Dr. Hagar Labouta
2022
Oludolapo Balogun
MSc Student (Community Health Sciences)
Research Title: Prevalence of mental disorders among pregnant women in social housing in Manitoba
Supervisor: Dr. Nathan Nickel
Supervisor: Dr. Nathan Nickel
2022
Kerri-Ann Bochen
MSc Student (Nursing)
Research Title: Moving beyond barriers: Understanding the experiences of women who transitioned to cardiac rehabilitation and subsequently withdrew prior to completion
Supervisor: Dr. Marnie Kramer
Supervisor: Dr. Marnie Kramer
2022
Mimi Brown
MSc Student (Social Work)
Research Title: The WHOLE Leader
Supervisor: Dr. Kendra Nixon
Supervisor: Dr. Kendra Nixon
2021
Moustafa Ali
PhD Student (Pharmacy)
Research Title: Towards safe medicines during pregnancy: Placenta non-crossing nanoparticles
Supervisor: Dr Hagar Labouta
Supervisor: Dr Hagar Labouta
2021
Kayla Joyce
PhD Student (Psychology)
Research Title: Developing a substance use intervention targeting mothers in the perinatal period: Addressing unmet needs using a patient-oriented research approach.
Supervisor: Dr. Leslie E, Roos
Supervisor: Dr. Leslie E, Roos
2021
Cynthia Yamamoto
PhD Student (Sociology and Criminology)
Research Title: An institutional ethnography of occupational therapists' work in publicly funded home-care in Canada.
Supervisor: Dr. Laura Funk
Supervisor: Dr. Laura Funk
2021
Nicole Herpai
PhD Student (Community Health Sciences)
Research Title: A mixed methods analysis of economic empowerment measurements and the effects on sexual and reproductive health outcomes for adolescent girls and young women. Supervisor: Dr. Evelyn Forget
2021
Daniel Gussakovsky
PhD Student (Chemistry)
Research Title: Elucidating the transcriptional initiation of a non-coding RNA implicated in breast, ovarian and lung cancer pathogenesis.
Supervisor: Dr. Sean McKenna
Supervisor: Dr. Sean McKenna
2020
Michelle Ward
PhD Student (Psychology)
Research Title: Like mother, like son: A similarity-fit perspective on motherhood and the broader autism phenotype.
Supervisor: Dr. Jen Thule
Supervisor: Dr. Jen Thule
2020
Quan Liu
PhD Student (Biochemistry and Medical Genetics)
Research Title: Interpretable and extendable deep learning models for identifying prognostic radiogenomic biomarkers from multimodal imaging and genomic data.
Supervisor: Dr. Pingzhao Hu
Supervisor: Dr. Pingzhao Hu
2020
Toby Le
MSc Student (Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases)
Research Title: Effects of DMPA on peripheral blood natural killer cells in sex workers from Nairobi Kenya.
Supervisor: Dr. Keith Fowke
Supervisor: Dr. Keith Fowke
2020
Alekhya Lavu
PhD Student (Pharmacy)
Research Title: Anti-epileptic treatments during pregnancy and neonatal birth weight outcomes.
Supervisor: Dr. Sherif Eltonsy
Supervisor: Dr. Sherif Eltonsy
2020
Gabrielle Fontaine
MSc Student (Physics & Astronomy)
Research Title: Design and development of a portable breast microwave imaging system.
Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Pistorius
Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Pistorius
2019
Maria Isabel Garces Davila
PhD Student (Community Health Sciences)
Research Title: The effect of maternal stress on adverse childhood experiences, mental health and justice involvement of the offspring: And intergenerational analysis of stress. Supervisor: Dr. Tracie O. Afifi
2019
Alanna Johnson
MA Student (Psychology)
Research Title: The impact of a shelter stay on relationship values for women victims of partner violence.
Supervisor: Dr. Diane Hiebert-Murphy
Supervisor: Dr. Diane Hiebert-Murphy
2019
Sarah Petty
PhD Student (Psychology)
Research Title: Women`s anxiety symptoms and psychological treatment-seeking during the perinatal period. Supervisors: Dr. Kristin Reynolds and Dr. Patricia Furer
2019
Claire Morden
MSc Student (Biochemistry and Medical Genetics)
Research Title: Characterizing chromosome instability in chemonaive and chemoresistant high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Supervisors: Dr. Kirk McManus and Dr. Mark Nachtigal
2019
Jordana Sommer
PhD Student (Psychology)
Research Title: A preoperative virtual reality simulation surgery to reduce perioperative psychiatric sequelae in breast cancer patients. Supervisors:
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy and Dr. Kristin Reynolds
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy and Dr. Kristin Reynolds
2018
Abin Chandrakumar
MSc Student (Pharmacology and Therapeutics)
Research Title: Maternal antibiotic use during pregnancy and childhood chronic diseases: a population-based study. Supervisor: Dr. Geert W't Jong
2018
Janelle Boram Lee
MSc Student (Community Health Sciences)
Research Title: The relationship between maternal justice involvement and childhood outcomes of child protective services contact and maltreatment indicators: A Manitoba population-based cohort study. Supervisors: Dr. Marni Brownell and Dr. Nathan Nickel
2018
Lindsey Mazur
MSc Student (Community Health Sciences)
Research Title: Experiences of stigma in prenatal/postnatal dietetic care among women with high BMI. Supervisor: Dr. Deborah McPhail
2017
Chloe Shindruk
MN student (Nursing)
Research Title: Expert Nursing Care: Perinatal Palliative Care during Labor, Delivery and the Immediate Postpartum Period
Supervisor: Dr. Genevieve Thompson; Co-advisor Dr. Susan McClement
Supervisor: Dr. Genevieve Thompson; Co-advisor Dr. Susan McClement
2017
Dhiwya Attawar
PhD student (Community Health Sciences)
Research Title: The Community Health Worker in Maternal, Newborn, Child Health Interventions in Rural South India: Tracing Equity at the Health System - Community Interface
Supervisor: Dr. James Blanchard
Supervisor: Dr. James Blanchard
2016
Elizabeth Wall-Wieler
PhD student (Community Health Sciences)
Research Title: The Maternal Responses to Having a Child Taken Into Care Supervisor: Dr. Leslie Roos
2015
Katherine Kenyon
MSc student (Psychology)
Research Title: How Women in Domestic Violence Shelters Experience Personal Empowerment
Supervisor: Dr. Diane Hiebert-Murphy
Supervisor: Dr. Diane Hiebert-Murphy
2014
Kristene Cheung
MSc student (Psychology)
Research Title: Parental Psychopathology in Families of Children with ADHD: A Meta-analysis
Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Theule
Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Theule
2013
Suzanne Lennon
PhD student (Nursing)
Research Title:
Perception of Pregnancy Risk Among Women with Gestational Diabetes and Their Partners: The Impact of Gender
Perception of Pregnancy Risk Among Women with Gestational Diabetes and Their Partners: The Impact of Gender
2012
Natalie Mota
PhD student (Psychology)
Research Title:
The Experiences of Female Service Members in the Canadian Forces: A Mixed Methods Approach
The Experiences of Female Service Members in the Canadian Forces: A Mixed Methods Approach
2011
Kelli Berzuk
PhD student (Individual Interdisciplinary Program)
Research Title: Evaluation of Increasing Awareness of Pelvic Floor Muscle Function on Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
2010
Christine Henriksen
PhD student (Psychology)
Research Title: The Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Eating Disorders in the General Population
2009
Jonathon R. Walker
MSc student (Physiology)
Research Title: The Cardioprotective Effects of Probucol against Trastuzumab and Anthracycline Mediated Cardiotoxicity
2008
Jennifer Wall
MSc student (Landscape Architecture)
Research Title: Rehabilitation and Meeting Needs of Women in an Institutional Setting Through Programmatic Landscape Design
2007
Mollie Bates
MA student (Psychology)
Research Title: Readiness and Motivation for Change in Women with Eating Disorders
2006
Sandra Dong Huang
MSc student (Community Health Sciences)
Research Title: Case of Three HIV Prevention Programs in Karnataka, India Undertaken by Three NGOs and a Sex Workers Collective
2005
Susy Santos
PhD student (French, Spanish, & Italian – Individual Interdisciplinary Program, IIP)
Research Title: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Mental Health Among Older Adults and Aging Women
2004
Hannah Neufeld
PhD student (Community Health Sciences)
Research Title: Understanding Aboriginal Women’s Experiences with Gestational Diabetes in the Urban Context of Winnipeg, Manitoba
2003
Meta Kreiner
MSc student (Community Health Sciences)
Research Title: Stakeholder Perceptions of Midwifery Integration into the Manitoba Healthcare System
2002
Virginia Spencer
PhD student (Biochemistry)
Research Title: Histone Acetylation and Nuclear Structure in Gene Expression
2001
Sarah Bowen
PhD student (Community Health Sciences)
Research Title: Assessing the Responsiveness of Healthcare Organizations to Culturally Diverse Groups
2000
Lisa Norquay
PhD student (Physiology)
Research Title: Regulatory P Sequences which Direct Expression of Human Growth Hormone Chorionic Somatommotropia Gene Family
1999
Margaret Kozlowski
with Glaxo Wellcome, MSc student (Nursing)
Research Title: Variables that Affect Contraceptive Use in Postpartum Adolescent Females
1999
Maureen Heaman
PhD student (Individual Interdisciplinary Program, IIP)
Research Title: Nursing Research Factors for Preterm Birth
1999
Karen Paroschy
partnership with Pfizer Canada, PhD student (Physiology)
Research Title: Gender Differences in Psychological Distress (Male vs. Female)
1998
Theresa Mayer
MSc student (Community Health Sciences)
Research Title: Gender Differences in Psychological Distress (Male vs. Female)
1998
Farah Sheikh
PhD student (Physiology)
Research Title: Differences in Regenerative Recovery Rate Between Male and Female Myocytes Induced to Divide
1997
Jo-Ann Sawatzky
PhD student (Community Health Sciences)
Research Title: Health Benefits of Exercise in Relation to Cardiovascular Health
1996
Lanette Friesen
PhD student (Chemistry and Physics, NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics)
Research Title: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Procedure for the Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
1995
Amanda Coutts
PhD student (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology)
Research Title: Molecular Biological Approaches Toward Understanding Breast Cancer
1994
Lynda Balneaves
MSc student (Nursing)
Research Title: Use of Alternative Treatments of Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
See the following links for an update on Dr. Lynda Balneaves:
1)http://www.incamresearch.ca/content/cam-newsflash-congratulations-dr-lynda-balneaves
2)http://www.facmed.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/recent-appointments
See the following links for an update on Dr. Lynda Balneaves:
1)http://www.incamresearch.ca/content/cam-newsflash-congratulations-dr-lynda-balneaves
2)http://www.facmed.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/recent-appointments
1993
Gail Marchessault
PhD student (Community Health Sciences)
Research Title: Attitudes Toward Weight Issues of Middle-Aged Women, Their Teenage Daughters and Health Professionals
1992
Deborah Handziuk
MSc student (Educational Psychology)
Research Title: Reporting of Sexual Abuse in Rural Communities
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WHRFC Board of Directors
Executive Members
- Sheri Fandrey, BSP, PhD – President
- Cathy G. Cordileone – Treasurer
- Katelin McDermott, MSc – Secretary
- Matea Tuhtar – Communications Officer
Members-at-large
- Melissa Muir, MMFT
- Gaynor Williams, DPhil, MD
- Lynn Scruby, RN, BN, MS, PhD
- F. Carleen MacKay, BA, FCMA, FCPA
- Donna Chow, PhD
- Danessa Peters, CPA
- Tessa Gauthier