Janet Cheung
PhD
Assessing how biomarkers can be applied in a human biomonitoring study to evaluate arsenic exposure and its associated health outcomes
Bai Li
PhD
Evaluating and comparing the effects of methylmercury and northern contaminant mixture on human embryonic stem cells.
Understanding the effects of methylmercury on endodermal development.
Jake Drouillard
PhD
Investigating the relationship between the human gut microbiome and methylmercury.
Allison Loan
PhD
Focus on the underlying mechanism that triggers alterations in neurogenesis after exposure to low-dose methylmercury.
Lin Feng
PhD
Research on the bioavailability of MeHg in rice.
Joseph Wai-Hin Leung
Post Doctoral Fellow
Focus on the impact of prenatal exposure to low-dose methylmercury on early neurodevelopment.
Tyler Eng
MSc
The validation of the use of human embryonic stem cells as a screening tool for developmental toxicity of environmental contaminants.
Chathumi De Silva
MSc
Determining the relationship between environmental factors and the quality of berries grown in the Fort McKay region, Alberta.
Elizabeth Wallace
MSc
Using ecological modelling to trace PFAS through a Beaufort Sea marine ecosystem, looking at how climate change may impact the bioaccumulation of PFAS through the food web.
Hannah Klassen
MSc
Understanding the relationship between regional biodiversity and traditional food dietary diversity of First Nations living in Canada.
Anik Martin
MSc
Investigating the lipid profile of eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) and how different methods of fish preparation and grease processing change the nutritional quality.
Galen Guo
PhD
Exploring microbially-mediated pathway(s) involved in methylmercury degradation in the human gut environment
Sonja Gray Campbell
MSc
Elucidation of the protective effects of selenium against methylmercury neurotoxicity in a primary cell culture.
Amanda Juric
MSc
Assessing dietary exposures to environmental contaminants in traditional foods consumed by Ontario First Nations.
Tiff-Annie Kenny
PhD
Development of a quantitative modelling strategy for linking natural resource management and policy to health & nutritional outcomes in the North.
Enoch Lam
PhD
Investigating obesogenic properties of short-chain chlorinated paraffins and pentachlorophenol.
Lihua Liu
PhD
Endocrine toxicity of short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) by using the zebra fish embryos.
Lesya Marsha
PhD
Exposure to persistent organic pollutants through traditional foods and type 2 diabetes among First Nations.
Ria Saha
MSc
Role of diet in shaping up the human gut microbial community structure and how it affects mercury metabolism.
Tania Sharin
MSc
Oxidative stress and impairments in mitochondrial bioenergetics following methyl mercury exposure
Yueting Shao
Post Doctoral Fellow
Methylmercury exposure and neurotoxicity in different species.
Kavita Singh
PhD
Biomonitoring and epidemiological analysis of persistent organic pollutants in Northern Canada.
Jocelyn Truong
MSc
Interspecies comparison and the effect of methylmercury on cardiomyocyte cells.
Paulin Junior Vanié
MSc
Biotransformation of methylmercury by human intestinal bacteria using the Simulator of Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SHIME).
Rami Yassine
MSc
The speciation of mercury as well as its effects on the Gastrointestinal tract.
Kristin Eccles
PhD
Geospatial modelling of ecological health indicators.
Claudia Tanamal
MSc
The Impacts of Legacy Giant Mine Activities to Freshwater Food Chains and to Humans.
Philippe J. Thomas
PhD
Impacts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (and their alkylated homologues) on food web trophic structure of an apex predator, the river otter, inhabiting watersheds impacted by Canada's oil sands.
Pu Xia (Sharp)
Post Doctoral Fellow
Cross-species comparison of transcriptomics in human, avian and fish neural cell lines exposed to MeHg.
Sarah Khan
Undergraduate Thesis
Research project concerning hatcheries and food security in Nunavik.
Terresa Kim
Undergraduate Thesis
Marine Fish Consumption in the South China Sea: Public Health Perspectives.
Rhiannon Ng
MSc
Environmental health and the effects of environmental contaminants on food security in rural communities. Piloting community-based data collection methodologies for remote collaborative environmental research.
Nicole Washuck
MSc
Studying the role small extracellular vesicles play in arsenic induced carcinogenesis and identifying candidate biomarkers of arsenic exposure.