Congratulations to the 2023 Graduates in Pathology & Laboratory Medicine!

April 28, 2023

	Student	Degree	Thesis/Dissertation Title
	Terri Ser	MSc	The role of Glut1 in glucose-restricted CD8+ T cells
	Chae Young Shin	MSc	Investigating molecular mechanisms of dedifferentiation and mutations in dedifferentiated endometrial carcinoma
	Lucas Starchuk	MSc	Purine catabolism as a modulator of macrophage activation
	Aaron Mah	MSc	Free tissue transfer monitoring using a novel near infrared spectroscopy system
	Megan Pawluk	MSc	Granzyme B : a novel therapeutic target for radiation dermatitis
	Kevin Gonzalez	MSc	The development of an anti-thrombotic and anti-inflammatory coating for medical devices
	Khushbu Patel	MSc	Patient and care partner experiences with Alzheimer’s disease cerebrospinal fluid biomarker testing
	Farnaz Sahragard	MSc	Safety assessment of a novel implantable optical sensor designed to monitor spinal cord hemodynamics and oxygenation
	Loic Caloren	MSc	Exploration of rare mitochondrial DNA mutations in lymphocyte subsets of people living with human immunodeficiency virus
	Tianna Sihota	MSc	Characterization of SNF2 histone linker PHD RING helicase as a tumor suppressor gene in lung adenocarcinoma
	Nancy Yang	MSc	The impact of chronic and latent viral infections on aging in people living with HIV
	Sreeparna Vappala	PhD	Polycationic inhibitors to target prothrombotic nucleic acids in vitro and in mouse models
	Kevin Kuchinski	PhD	Discovery and surveillance of viral spillover threats using probe capture-based targeted genomic sequencing
	Lorenz Nierves	PhD	Exploring cell surface-associated proteolytic proteoforms in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
	Lauren Forgrave	PhD	Biomarker discovery for frontotemporal dementia with TDP-43 pathology
	Haisle Moon	PhD	Novel cell surface engineering methods towards universal blood donor cells
	Rachel Cederberg	PhD	Investigating the role of myeloid cells within the tumor microenvironment