The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Aug. 25 and Friday, Aug. 29.<\/p>\n
Master of \u200bScience in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Kinesiology) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n McKenna Faragher, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cAge-Related Difference in Maximal Strength, Muscle Fatigue and Recovery: Association with Motor Unit Activation Patterns\u201d on Tuesday, Aug. 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in STH 361.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Nicole Chimera, Chair; Bareket Falk, Supervisor; Trent Herda, External Examiner (University of Kansas); and Shawn Beaudette and Michael Holmes, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of \u200bScience in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Kinesiology) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Am\u00e9lie Marais, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cPartial GSK3 knockdown improves muscle performance in mdx mice: investigating the cellular mechanisms\u201d on Wednesday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in CRN 427.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Rene Vandenboom, Chair; Val Fajardo, Supervisor; Newman Sze, External Examiner (Brock University); and Paul LeBlanc and Rebecca MacPherson, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of \u200bScience in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Kinesiology) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Sewar Saabni, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cSalivary Cytokine Concentrations Following Resistance Exercise in Children and Adults\u201d on Wednesday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in WC 204.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Sean Locke, Chair; Nota Klentrou, Supervisor; Dimitris Vlachopoulos, External Examiner (University of Exeter); and Bareket Falk and Phil Wilson, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of \u200bScience in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Kinesiology) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Ilektra Retsidou, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cEffects of Post-Exercise Serum from Healthy Males on the hFOB 1.19 Human Osteoblastic Cell Line\u201d on Thursday, Aug. 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in WC 204.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Toby Mundel, Chair; Nota Klentrou, Supervisor; Rebecca MacPherson, External Examiner (Brock University); and Bill Gittings and Mike McAlpine, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of \u200bScience in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Health Sciences) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Afra Nehchiri, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cInvestigating the Role of Exercise in Reducing Carbamylated Proteins: Implications for Health and Disease Management\u201d on Thursday, Aug. 28 from 2 to 5 p.m. in STH 361.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Kelli-an Lawrance, Chair; Newman Sze, Supervisor; Val Fajardo, External Examiner (Brock University); and Litsa Tsiani and Nota Klentrou, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of \u200bArts in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Sport Management) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Mackenzie Bloem,\u00a0a Master of\u00a0\u200bArts in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “There’s a whole new wave of thinking:\u00a0 Sports journalists’ perspectives on the implications of sports analytics for their work practices and profession\u201d on Tuesday, Aug. 26 from 2 to 5 p.m. in STH 361.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Michele Donnelly, Chair; Brad Millington, Supervisor; Jay Sherer, External Examiner\u00a0(University of Alberta); and\u00a0Mike Naraine and Taylor McKee, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of \u200bArts in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Sport Management) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Jacob Morris,\u00a0a Master of\u00a0\u200bArts in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “An equal opportunity to watch, read about, meet and hear from: An Analysis of CBC’s Gender Balance in Sport Programming Commitment\u201d on Wednesday, Aug. 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. in STH 361.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Erik Lachance, Chair; Michele Donnelly, Supervisor; Cheryl Cooky, External Examiner\u00a0(Purdue University); and\u00a0Lisa Kikulis and Brad Millington, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of \u200bArts in Applied Health Sciences (Recreation and Leisure Studies) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Alicia Kuhr,\u00a0a Master of\u00a0\u200bArts in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cProspects of the Good Lives Model: An Exploration of its Applicability in Guiding Therapeutic Recreation Services in Forensic Psychiatry\u201d on Friday, Aug. 29 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in STH 361.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Shalini Singh, Chair; Pei-Chun Hseih, Supervisor; Emily Messina, External Examiner\u00a0(Florida International University); and\u00a0Sanghee Chun and Colleen Whyte, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of Science in Computer Science thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Md. Sirajum Munir Prince, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cHigh-Order Graph Neural Networks and Contrastive Meta-Learning for Few-Shot Node Classification\u201d on Wednesday, Aug. 27 at 2 p.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Ke Qiu, Chair; Renata Queiroz Dividino, Supervisor; Robson De Grande, External Examiner (Brock University); and Rahnuma Islam Nishat, Committee Member.<\/p>\n Master of Science in Biotechnology\u00a0thesis defence <\/strong><\/p>\n Jennifer Kujani, a Master of Science candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend the thesis \u201cA Study of Lipid-Protein Binding Assays With \u03b1-Tocopherol Transfer Protein Using Surface Plasmon Resonance\u201d on Thursday, Aug. 28 at 1 p.m. in TH 253.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Jeff Stuart, Chair; Jeffrey Atkinson, Supervisor; Jason Baardsnes, External Examiner (National Research Council), and Dustin Duncan and Stephen Glasgow, Supervisory Committee Members.<\/p>\n PhD in Biological Sciences thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Ryan Douglas Hallam, PhD in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cInvestigating \u03b2- and \u03b3-secretase function and processing of APP with genetic and pharmacological tools\u201d on Friday, Aug. 29 at 11 a.m. in CRN 207.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Philip Sullivan, Chair; Aleksandar Necakov, Supervisor; Margaret Fahnestock, External Examiner (McMaster University); Newman Sze, Internal External Examiner; and Stephen Glasgow and Rebecca MacPherson, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of Arts in Psychology thesis defence\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Doug Chabot, a Master of Arts in Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cAttentional Breadth Measurement: A Latent Variable Approach\u201d on Monday, Aug. 25 from 10 a.m. to noon in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Jessica Cauchi, Chair; Karen Arnell, Supervisor; Dan Smilek, External Examiner (University of Waterloo); Karen Campbell, Graduate Program Director and Committee Member; and Stephen Emrich, Committee Member.<\/p>\n Master of Arts in Psychology thesis defence<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Andrew Sheehan, a Master of Arts in Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cIncreased social reward behaviour in adolescent male and female rats prenatally exposed to alcohol is associated with altered dopamine receptor expression\u201d on Monday, Aug. 25 from 2 to 4 p.m. in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Joshua Jessell, Chair; Charlis Raineki, Supervisor; Jibran Khokhar, External Examiner (University of Western Ontario,); Karen Campbell, Graduate Program Director; and Cheryl McCormick and Paula Duarte Guterman, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of Arts in Psychology thesis defence\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Luke Atack, a Master of Arts in Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cThe Role of Attention in Image Memorability: Evidence from the Attentional Blink\u201d on Wednesday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m. to noon in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Marilyne Carrey, Chair; Stephen Emrich, Supervisor; Keisuke Fukada, External Examiner (University of Toronto Mississauga); Karen Campbell, Graduate Program Director and Committee Member; and Karen Arnell, Committee Member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Aug. 25 and Friday, Aug. 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,188,55,41,38],"tags":[28,3404,8907,567,996,546,4753,7488,13121,522,1512,29,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103904"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103975,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103904\/revisions\/103975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}