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Current graduate students
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Cameron Hodinka
MSc student 2022-present
hodinkac_at_myumanitoba.ca

​​My research focuses on whether trematode parasites change the behaviour of their snail hosts to promote transmission. I am recording several aspects of behaviour to determine if parasitism alters attraction between snail hosts. I am also investigating if parasitism affects the chemical profiles of hosts and whether these changes are of host or parasite origin. My research will improve our understanding of the role that chemical ecology has in parasite-modified behaviour. 
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Sidney Mann
MSc student 2022-present
manns5_at_myumanitoba.ca

I study the transmission of parasitic nematodes from gastropods to moose. To predict where moose are most at risk of parasitism, I am determining whether the diversity and abundance of snail hosts can be predicted by abiotic factors such as temperature and soil chemistry. My results can be used by wildlife managers to estimate where moose are at highest risk of nematode parasitism (i.e., where they are most likely to consume infected snail hosts).
Current undergraduate students
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Maya Derksen
NSERC Research Award, 2023
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Fong Ma
NSERC Research Award, 2023
Former postdocs and graduate students
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​Dr. Olwyn Friesen
Weston Postdoc 2019-2021, Postdoc, 2022
NOW: Aquatic Science Technician, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
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Ashley Pidwerbesky
MSc 2019-2022
USRA research award, 2019

NOW: Research Technician, Ducks Unlimited
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Emma Rempel
MSc 2019-2021
​NSERC research award, 2019
NOW: Research Technician-4, National Microbiology Lab


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Lauren Wiens
MSc 2016 - 2018, Honours, 2014 - 2015
NOW: Biologist II, Dept of Fisheries & Oceans 
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Demi Gagnon
MSc 2017 - 2019
Co-op Research Assistant 2016 - 2017
NOW: Biodiversity and Reclamation Specialist, Ktunaxa Nation Council Lands and Resources Sector
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Asma Sultana
MSc student 2016 - 2018
NOW: PhD candidate, University of Manitoba

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Dr. Chenhua Li
MSc student 2015 - 2017
NOW: Founder, Global Parasitologist Coalition, 
https://www.globalpc.org/
Former undergraduate students
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Kael Steuart
Honours, 2022-2023
Undergraduate Research Award 2022


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Ellyse Olafson
Summer co-op research assistant, 2022

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Elias Bowman
Summer research assistant, 2022

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Carly Gair
Co-op Research Assistant, Summer 2020, Winter 2021, Summer 2021
NOW: Research Assistant, Health Sciences Centre-Winnipeg. 
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Caitlyn Friesen
Summer research assistant, 2022

Naomi Derksen
Summer Research Assistant, 2021
NOW: Technician, Native Plant Solutions
Mackenzie Medeiros
Summer Research Assistant 2021 NSERC Indigenous Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2021

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Angela Rasmussen-Berrington
Summer Research Assistant, 2021
Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2021
NOW: MSc student, University of Guelph
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Ali Kandil
Summer Research Assistant, 2020
Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2020; Mick Burt Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation in the PIE section, Canadian Society of Zoologists, 2021; William C. Marquardt Award for Best Paper Presentation by an Undergraduate Student, Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists, 2020
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Emily Slicer
Summer Research Assistant, 2021
Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2021
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Josh Kowalchuk
Summer Research Assistant, 2020
NOW: Field Breeding Research Assistant, Bayer
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Charith Karunatilake
Summer Research Assistant, 2020
Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2020
NOW: University of Manitoba Medical School
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Min Xian Ngae
Summer Research Assistant, 2019
NOW: Lab Analyst, ALS Environmental
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Catherine Unrau
Summer Research Assistant, 2018


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Mark Kristian Jovero
Summer Research Assistant, 2018


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Jia Ming Tan
Summer Research Assistant, 2016 - 2017
Undergraduate Research Award, 2017; Faculty of Science Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2016
NOW: PharmD program, College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
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Osasumwen (Osy) Osifo
Summer Research Assistant, 2017
Faculty of Science Undergraduate Student Research award, 2017
NOW: Admissions Counselor, Booth University
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Laura Eliuk
Honours student, 2015 - 2016
NSERC Research Award, 2016; Faculty of Science Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2015
NOW: MSc, University of Victoria 
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Carmen Tse
Summer Research Assistant, 2015
NSERC Research Award, 2015
NOW: MD (U of Manitoba Medical School)
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Kate Parkinson
Co-op Research Assistant, 2015
Faculty of Science Undergraduate Student Research award, 2015
NOW: MD (U of Manitoba Medical School)
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Yuya Miyashita
Research Assistant and Skills student, 2015


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Tamaghna Chakraborty
Research Assistant, 2015 - 2016



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Parisa Selseleh
Summer Research Assistant, 2015 - 2016
NSERC Research Award, 2016; Marc Dresden Student Travel grant, American Society of Parasitologists, 2016; Undergraduate Travel Support, 2016; ICAN-WISE scholarship, 2015
NOW: MD (U of Manitoba Medical School)
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David Almeida
Research Assistant, 2015
Science Without Borders student, 2015
NOW: Health agent, Maceió municipal government, Brazil
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Rachel Donnelly
Honours student, 2014 - 2015
Marc Dresden Student Travel grant, American Society of Parasitologists, 2015; Undergraduate Travel Support, University of Manitoba, 2015
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Nikola Svitlica
Honours student, 2014 - 2015
Undergraduate Travel Support, University of Manitoba, 2015
NOW: University of Manitoba Medical School
Collaborators
Dr. Harold Aukema
Fatty acid analysis/signaling molecules  

University of Manitoba                   
Dr. Jim Roth
Stable isotopes

University of Manitoba 
                                          

Drs. Charles Criscione & Isabel Caballero - parasite mating systems and pentastomes
Texas A&M University
                                          

Dr. Lisa Belden - ecology of trematodes
Virginia Tech                                  

Dr. Russell Wyeth - snail behaviour analysis
St. Francis Xavier University            

Drs. Charlene Berkvens and Trent Bollinger - parelaphostrongylid parasites in deer and moose
Assiniboine Park Conservancy; Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative           
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