Developing and validating a novel in vitro smoke exposure model and investigating the innate immunological impact of cannabis smoke exposure on primary human bronchial epithelial cells See

Accessible in vitro models recapitulating the human airway that are amenable to study whole cannabis smoke exposure are needed for immunological and toxicological studies that inform public health policy as well as medicinal and...

Computational Approaches to State Estimation of Periodic Signals and Control of Switched Systems See

In this thesis, two separate problems are examines. First, sinusoidal signals are quite prevalent in practical applications. For example, any machine driven by a rotary shaft will exhibit periodic behaviour. For this reason, the...

MAPPING PATTERNS AND IDENTIFYING CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS IN GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW See

Background: Global health is a complex, interdisciplinary, and contested field. It is rapidly growing and undergoing ideological and methodological changes. Despite many theoretical claims over what global health research ought to be, th...

Improving Thermal Stability and Intratracheal Delivery of Viral-Vectored Dry Powder Vaccines See

As the global public health community continues to strive for more equitable vaccine access, thermal instability of liquid vaccines continues to be a significant challenge due to strict cold-chain temperature requirements. Dry powder...