PhD Graduate Student
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Academic Background and Interests:
Brienne is a PhD candidate in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology whose thesis focuses upon the role of inflammasome activation and pyroptosis in multiple sclerosis (MS) and its preclinical model, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Her doctoral research highlighting the role of pyroptosis in MS and EAE was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). She has co-authored ten papers, including three first author manuscripts.
Education:
BSc Biomedical Sciences, University of Calgary
MSc Cancer Biology, University of Calgary
Awards:
Ivy and William Thompson Graduate Scholarship
Queen Elizabeth II Doctoral Award
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Banting and Best Doctoral Award
Alberta Innovates Health Solutions Graduate Studentship