Award Recipients 2011
2011 Father Sean O’Sullivan Research Awards
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Award Recipient
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Type of Award
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Area of Research
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Supervisor
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Ms. Imtisal Al-Bondokji
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Studentship
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Cardiovascular –Renal disease
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Dr. Richard Austin
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Mr. William Simpson
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Studentship
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Women’s Health, Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Major Depression, Pregnancy
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Dr Meir Steiner
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Mr. Chenglin Ye
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Studentship
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Statistical Methods, Longitudinal Analysis, Outcome Measurers, Multilevel Models, Bootstrapping, Missing Data
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Dr. Lehana Thabane
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Meet the Studentship award recipients
lmtisal Al-Bondokji
I’ve received my Master’s of Science degree in the Medical of Science physiology and pharmacology at McMaster University in 2009 after completing a Biomedical Sciences honours program at University of Guelph in 2007. I’m currently a Ph.D. student in the Medical Science blood and vasculature program at McMaster University under the supervision of Dr. Richard Austin. My research focuses on delineating the genetic factors and mechanism underlying the development of vascular smooth muscle calcification and trans-differentiation into an osteoblast-like cell type associated with chronic renal failure. Vascular calcification is one of the major risk factors that lead to the development of cardiovascular disease related morbidity and mortality in chronic renal failure patients. Results from this project will aid in better understanding the pathological development of vascular calcification and result in potential therapeutic targets to reduce the high risk of cardiovascular disease occurrence. Outside of the academics, I instruct swimming lessons and continue to competitively swim. I also have a black belt in taekwondo and I was an elite gymnast. Additionally, I enjoy oil painting, photography, soccer and playing the piano. I’ve learnt and became fluent in French, Arabic and Turkish; and currently I’m interested in learning Italian and Spanish. William Simpson B.Sc (Hons)
William completed his B.Sc in Psychology at McMaster University, graduating in 2007 with a specialization in behavioural neuroscience. Following his B.Sc, William worked for 3 years as a research assistant in an outpatient anxiety disorders clinic where he worked on a variety of research projects, including industry sponsoured clinical trials. William returned to McMaster in 2010 and is currently an M.Sc candidate in the MiNDS Neuroscience program, under the supervision of Dr. Meir Steiner and Dr. Benicio Frey.William’s primary research interest is the biology behind psychiatric diseases, particularly major depression. His current research examines the role of sleep disturbances and systemic inflammation in the development of depressive symptoms during pregnancy. Results from his project may help to partially explain why the risk for depression increases substantially during this time and what can be done to reduce this risk.
Chenglin received his MSc. degree in statistics from McMaster University. Subsequently, he worked as a statistician with a group of researchers and community partners to conduct research for guiding policy makers to build more efficient health and social services to better serve the vulnerable populations. Chenglin started his PhD. Study in the Health Research Methodology program with specialization in Biostatistics at McMaster University in 2010, under the supervision of Dr. Lehana Thabane.
Chenglin likes swimming, hiking, running and playing tennis. He also enjoys paintings and has learnt Chinese traditional painting for 6 years.
Chenglin Ye, BSc (Hons), MSc
Chenglin received his MSc. degree in statistics from McMaster University. Subsequently, he worked as a statistician with a group of researchers and community partners to conduct research for guiding policy makers to build more efficient health and social services to better serve the vulnerable populations. Chenglin started his PhD. Study in the Health Research Methodology program with specialization in Biostatistics at McMaster University in 2010, under the supervision of Dr. Lehana Thabane.His research mainly focuses on the development of new methodology in the design and analysis of health-related studies. He has developed an original method for measuring the integration of health service networks, which helps policy makers to modify their planning strategy and improve the coordination of care. His other research includes: analyzing longitudinal data using multi-level modeling; applying resampling techniques in estimating treatment effects; and developing methods for dealing with patients who want to withdraw their data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
