Liam Sutherland successfully defends his thesis

Congratulations to Liam Sutherland who successfully defended his thesis “Development and internal validation of a risk prediction model for high-risk adenomas among average risk colorectal cancer screening participants”. He provided a very clear presentation and did an excellent job at answering the questions from his examiners. In particular, he really nailed some challenging statistical questions,…

Devon Boyne passes his doctoral defense

Congratulations to Devon Boyne who passed his doctoral defense for his thesis project entitled: Predicting adjuvant chemotherapy discontinuation and its impact on survival among stage Ill colon cancer patients. Devon has been enrolled in the Department of Community Health Sciences for the past four years and has distinguished himself during this time through his excellence…

Renee Kokts-Porietis successfully defends her MSc Epidemiology thesis

Congratulations to Renee Kokts-Porietis who successfully defended her MSc Epidemiology thesis entitled “A Prospective Cohort Study of Metabolic Syndrome and Endometrial Cancer Survival”. Her oral defense went very smoothly and her thesis was accepted without revisions which is a rare occurrence. The examiners were unanimously positive and complimented Renee on her thesis which has also…

Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia and colleagues awarded a one year grant from the Alberta Cancer Foundation

Congratulations to Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia and her research team members (Drs Sara McKillop, Colleen Cuthbert, Winson Cheung) on being awarded a one year grant from the Alberta Cancer Foundation in their recent competition for projects in sarcoma and pancreatic cancer. Miranda’s team project is entitled “Symptom burdens and trajectories among adolescent and young adult sarcoma…