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: 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: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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
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: 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
