Thesis Topic: The Unequal Landscape of COVID-19 in Toronto
Supervisors: David Fisman, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation; Arjumand Siddiqi, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Thesis Topic: Using Machine Learning to Investigate Homelessness and HIV Vulnerability Among Transgender Women in the United States
Supervisors: Amaya Perez-Brumer, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Susan Bondy, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Thesis Topic: A Biomimetic Tactile-sensing Skin for Prosthetic Digits
Supervisors: Fae Azhari, University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and Heather Baltzer, University Health Network
Thesis Topic: Understanding galaxy evolution using star cluster populations with statistical models
Supervisors: Gwendolyn Eadie, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Joshua Speagle, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Statistical Sciences
Thesis Topic: Speech as a Biosignal: Towards Speech Foundation Models for Respiratory Health and Beyond
Supervisors: Alexander Mariakakis, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Computer Science, and Robert Wu, University Health Network
Thesis Topic: Understanding the fundamental biology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae through an integrated omics approach and metabolic modelling
Supervisors: John Parkinson, The Hospital for Sick Children; Scott Gray-Owen, University of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics
Thesis Topic:Leveraging data science approaches to optimize the efficiency, equity, and user-interaction of patient safety event report classification
Supervisors: Myrtede Alfred, University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University; Eldan Cohen, University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University
Thesis Topic: Mitochondrial Risk Scores for Psychiatric Disorders Towards Multi-omics Patient Stratification From Molecular Etiology
Supervisors: Ana Andreazza, University of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Seyed Mohamad Moosavi, University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
Thesis Topic: Estimating the Value of Reducing Geographical Disparities in Pediatric Cancer Care using Health Administrative Data
Supervisors: Petros Pechlivanoglou, The Hospital for Sick Children; Michael Widener, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Geography and Planning
Thesis Topic: Advancing Mendelian Randomization Methods for Lung Cancer Research
Supervisors: Wei Xu, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre University Health Network; Linbo Wang, University of Toronto, Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University of Toronto Scarborough
Thesis Topic: Efficient Approximate Bayesian Computation for Chemical Reaction Networks
Supervisors: Vianey Leos Barajas, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Statistical Sciences, and Alán Aspuru-Guzik, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Chemistry
Thesis Topic: Joint Modeling of Longitudinal Biomarker and Clustered Survival Data Accounting for Spatial Dependence and Informative Cluster Size
Supervisors: Aya Mitani, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Kuan Liu, University of Toronto, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Thesis Topic: Novel data science methods to understand loss of antigen presentation in pancreatic cancer at single-cell resolution
Supervisors: Kieran Campbell, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute; Pamela Ohashi, University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Thesis Topic:Towards Equitable ZEV mandates: Measuring the public health benefits from Zero Emissions Vehicles
Supervisors: Steve Easterbrook, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Computer Science; Meredith Franklin, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Statistical Sciences; Paul Kushner, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Physics
Thesis Topic: Develop novel statistical methods for analyzing long-read sequencing data to investigate the genetic mechanism of cystic fibrosis
Supervisors: Lisa Strug, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts & Science, Department of Statistical Sciences; Stephen Scherer, The Hospital for Sick Children
Thesis Topic: Galactic Chemical Evolution with Metal-poor Stars and Dwarf Galaxies
Supervisors: Joshua Speagle, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Statistical Sciences, and Ting Li, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Thesis Topic: Transforming Cervical Spine Imaging: Machine Learning Solutions for Rapid Fracture Diagnosis and Triage
Supervisors: Ervin Sejdic, University of Toronto ,Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Errol Colak, Unity Health Toronto
Thesis Topic: Multi-Task Learning for Developing a Robust AI-based Radiation Treatment Planning
Supervisors: Chris McIntosh, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute; Tom Purdie, University Health Network, Techna Institute
Thesis Topic: Toward Occupant-centric Building Operations for Energy Poverty: From Correlation to Causation-based
Supervisors: Seungjae Lee, University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, and Linbo Wang, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
Thesis Topic: A Foundation Model for Stellar Astrophysics
Supervisors: Jo Bovy, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Christopher Maddison, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Computer Science
Thesis Topic: Reducing Online Toxicity through Exposure to Diverse Opinions
Supervisors: Shion Guha, University of Toronto, Faculty of Information; Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Computer Science
Thesis Topic: Discovering middle-aged massive binaries throughout the Milky Way with deep learning
Supervisors: Joshua Speagle, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science,Department of Statistical Sciences; Maria Drout, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Thesis Topic: Longitudinal tracking of cancer drug-tolerant persister populations at single-cell resolution
Supervisors: Gregory Schwartz, University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Geoffrey Liu, University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Thesis Topic: Using Architectural Geometric Data for Sustainable and Equitable Built Environment
Supervisors: Alec Jacobson, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Computer Science; Maria Yablonina, University of Toronto, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
Thesis Topic: Statistical genetics of sex-dependent phenotypes: Applications in the common genetic epilepsies
Supervisors: Lisa Strug, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Statistical Sciences; Linbo Wang, University of Toronto, Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences University of Toronto Scarborough
Thesis Topic: GeneClinTransform: Pretraining a Genomic Foundation Model for Complex Disease Risk Prediction
Supervisors: Wei Xu, University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and Amy
Liu, University Health Network
Thesis Topic: Realistic neuron network modelling to examine network dysfunctions causing memory impairments in Alzheimer’s disease
Supervisors: Kaori Takehara-Nishiuchi, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Psychology ; Jiannis Taxidis,Neurosciences and Mental Health The Hospital for Sick Children
Thesis Topic: A Deep Learning Foundation Model for Predicting Responses to Genetic and Chemical Perturbations in Single Cancer Cells
Supervisors: Lincoln Stein, University of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics; Benjamin Haibe-Kains, University of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biophysics
Thesis Topic: Data science approaches to quantify the reproducibility and significance of hypoxia signatures in pancreatic cancer patient cohorts
Supervisors: Keiran Campbell, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute; Alison McGuigan, University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
Thesis Topic: Risk roadmap: using genome sequence data and simulation-based inference to identify dangerous viral reservoirs––and predict pandemic risk
Supervisors: Nicole Mideo, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Matthew Osmond, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Thesis Topic:A Deep Learning System Classifies Tumour Origins Using Somatic Mutation Patterns From Circulating Tumour DNA
Supervisors: Lincoln Stein, University of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics; Trevor Pugh, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre University Health Network
Thesis Topic: Advanced Spatial Point Process Modeling for Ultra-Diffuse Galaxy Detection
Supervisors: Gwendolyn Eadie, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Patrick Brown, Unity Health Toronto; Roberto Abraham, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Thesis Topic: Using computational models of the DNA damage response to understand cancer evolution
Supervisors: Keiran Campbell, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute; Hartland Jackson, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Thesis Topic: Applying and comparing polygenic and polytranscriptomic risk score methods to examine the relationship between music training and the motor sytem
Supervisors: Michael Thaut, University of Toronto, Faculty of Music; Daphne Tan, University of Toronto, Faculty of Music
Thesis Topic: Development of Predictive Models to Optimize Critical Quality Attributes of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells by Manipulating Critical Process Parameters and Donor Heterogeneity
Supervisors: Julie Audet, University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering; Sowmya Viswanathan, University Health Network, Krembil Research Institute
Thesis Topic: Deep Learning for Galactic Astronomy
Supervisors: Jo Bovy, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Joshua Speagle, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Statistical Sciences
Thesis Topic: Detection of COPD Exacerbations using Wearable Sensors and Extracted Measures
Supervisors: Eyal de Lara, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts & Science, Department of Computer Science; Robert Wu, University Health Network, Techna Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health
Thesis Topic: An Integrated Single-Cell Data Processing Framework for Autism Spectrum Disorder Analysis
Supervisors: Brendan Frey, University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Stephen Scherer, The Hospital for Sick Children, Genetics & Genome Biology
Thesis Topic: Using Data-Driven Population Segmentation to Improve Our Understanding of Patterns of Long-term Mental Healthcare Among Men and Women in Ontario
Supervisors: Laura Rosella, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Jessica Gronsbell, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts & Science, Department of Statistical Sciences
Thesis Topic: Armed conflict and reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health in Mali
Supervisors: Diego Bassani, The Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences; Erjia Ge, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Thesis Topic: Decoding the Evolutionary History of the Milky Way Galaxy
Supervisors: Jo Bovy, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts & Science, David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Gwendolyn Eadie, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts & Science, Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Thesis Topic: Factor Decomposition and Relevance Scoring Using Scalable Linear Mixed Models for Interpretable Single-Cell Transciptonomics Data Analysis
Supervisors: Gary Bader, University of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research; Sonya MacParland, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
Thesis Topic: Application of Bottom-Up Mathematic Modelling to Statistically Describe the Trajectory of CFTR Expressing Cells in Human Lung Development
Supervisors: Amy Wong, The Hospital for Sick Children; Sidhartha Goyal, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts & Science, Department of Physics
Thesis Topic: Investigating Dynamic Functional Connectivity Networks of the Brain via Nonstationary Time Series Analysis
Supervisors: Zhou Zhou, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts & Science, Department of Statistical Sciences; Jun Young Park, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts & Science, Department of Statistical Sciences
Thesis Topic: Mitigating inter-scanner biases in high-dimensional neuroimaging data via spatial Gaussian process
Supervisors: Jun Young, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Statistical Sciences; Elena Tuzhilina, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Statistical Sciences
