• Identifying Determinants of Performance for Females Completing a Paramedic Physical Employment Test 

  Malone, Alexander (University of Waterloo, 2023-06-02)

  Background: Sex disparities exist in employment and injury rates in the paramedic sector. Low success rates among females attempting physical employment standards could explain the elevated injury risk among female paramedics. ...

• Does psychosocial stress experienced at different points across the rat lifespan cause sex-specific changes in spatial learning and memory and plasticity-related proteins? 

  Davari Dowlatabadi, Saeideh (University of Waterloo, 2023-05-23)

  Overview Considering that susceptibility to a range of diseases appears strongly influenced by both sex and exposure to social stress, there is a need to evaluate how adverse experiences across the lifespan (alone and in ...

• Understanding Personal Determinants of Lifting Strategy to Inform Movement-Focused Ergonomic Interventions 

  Armstrong, Daniel (University of Waterloo, 2023-04-26)

  Introduction: Lift training interventions are needed to reduce risk in jobs with non-modifiable demands, but to date have been generally ineffective. The lack of lift training effectiveness has been partially attributed ...

• Coworking through the Pandemic: Flexibly Yours 

  Crouch, Meghan Kathleen (University of Waterloo, 2023-04-17)

  Coworking can be defined as a paid for service (usually) providing shared workspace and amenities to users. When the pandemic hit, owing to the business model’s in-person foundations of physical proximity and shared ...

• History-Dependent Changes to the Structure, Properties, and Function of the Cartilaginous Endplate 

  Zehr, Jackie Doreen (University of Waterloo, 2023-04-12)

  The performance of manual lifting is associated with 33-51% of incidental low back injuries in work, leisure, and sport/exercise contexts. To effectively prevent low back injuries and evaluate the risk of occurrence, ...

• The impact of assistive devices on community-dwelling older adults and their informal caregivers 

  Marasinghe, Keshini Madara (University of Waterloo, 2023-04-12)

  Background Canadians are aging and living longer with chronic conditions, multimorbidity, and disabilities, which can have negative impacts on the health and quality of life of both older adults and their informal ...

• Through the Ups and Downs: Workers' and Families' Experiences with Seasonal Resource Employment in a Prairie Province 

  Carleton, Nicole (University of Waterloo, 2023-04-06)

  Subject to both seasonal patterns and fluctuating market conditions, workers in resource-based industries routinely experience employment volatility as workloads ebb and flow through peak and off-seasons and through ‘boom’ ...

• A Multi-level Analysis on Implementation of Low-Cost IVF in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Uganda. 

  Mutumba Nakalembe , Margaret Joanita (University of Waterloo, 2023-03-30)

  Introduction: Globally, infertility is a major reproductive disease that affects an estimated 186 million people worldwide. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of infertility is considerably high, affecting one in every four ...

• Opportunities for Redress: Re-imagining Relations, Restoration, and Leisure for Uniformed Bodies serving as First Responders 

  Leighton, Jaylyn Joanne (University of Waterloo, 2023-03-17)

  In times of distress, uniformed first responders (UFRs) are the first formal line of care on scene and are responsible for providing care. Due to the obligations required of UFRs, they are considered to be at higher risk ...

• Gait Characteristics Change Following an Acute Exposure to Kneeling and Filtering Considerations for Gait Analysis 

  Weeks, Terri (University of Waterloo, 2023-02-03)

  Following sustained kneeling in young adults, kinetic and kinematic changes at the knee and ankle during gait have been observed (Gaudreault et al., 2013; Kajaks & Costigan., 2015a; Tennant et al., 2014). It is possible ...

• Sacred Memories, Decolonial Futurities 

  Fortin, Kendra (University of Waterloo, 2023-02-02)

  Employing a collective memory work research methodology, this thesis narrates discussions between four Settler-Christians as they grapple with notions of travel, tourism, Christianity, divinity, and settler colonialism. ...

• Exploring the impacts of precarious work and family caregiving on the health of African immigrant women amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada. 

  Amoako, Joyceline (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-30)

  Introduction: Immigrants’ health and wellbeing in host countries have long been an important but controversial issue, hampered by systemic inequalities. In Canada, immigrants constitute over one-fifth of the total population ...

• Visual determinants of postural control and perception during physical and visual motion 

  McIlroy, Robert (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-30)

  The control of balance and posture is a critical task of daily life to limit the risk of falls and potential injury. In order to be successful in the control of balance the central nervous system utilizes sensory feedback ...

• Examining the Application and Use of the Baby-Friendly Initiative within Rural and Urban Health Facilities in Canada among Indigenous Mothers 

  Bacciaglia, Meagan (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-26)

  Background: To prevent infant mortality and morbidity, WHO and UNICEF established the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to support breastfeeding initiation and duration by improving the quality of care provided in ...

• Supramaximal Testing to Confirm the Achievement of V̇O2max in Acute Hypoxia 

  Thompson, Benjamin (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-23)

  Incremental exercise tests are often used to quantify an individual’s maximal oxygen uptake (V̇O2max). To confirm V̇O2max, a bout of supramaximal exercise can be performed after maximal exercise and if V̇O2 is within the ...

• Spatial epidemiology of a highly transmissible disease in urban neighbourhoods: Using COVID-19 outbreaks in Toronto as a case study 

  Nazia, Nushrat (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-20)

  The emergence of infectious diseases in an urban area involves a complex interaction between the socioecological processes in the neighbourhood and urbanization. As a result, such an urban environment can be the incubator ...

• The Association between Social Isolation and Memory Function in Middle-aged and Older Adults: A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Comprehensive Cohort of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging 

  Taqvi, Urooj (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-20)

  Background: Social isolation is a psychosocial risk factor thought to be inversely associated with memory function, although only a small number of published studies exist in the field. These studies report mixed results ...

• Differentiating Gait Behaviors between Early-Stage Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Parkinson’s Disease 

  Mathias, Karen (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-20)

  Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) can be difficult to differentially diagnose, given the overlap in clinical and pathological features. Evidence suggests gait may be a sensitive and selective ...

• The Effects of Trait and State Anxiety on Gait in Healthy Young Adults 

  Norouzian, Pershia (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-13)

  Having an anxious state of mind, often elicited using a height-induced threat, has been consistently shown to alter static and dynamic postural stability in both young and older adults; however, the effects on walking have ...

• Investigating the role of task intensity on motor unit fatigue recovery 

  Veerasammy, Sanjay (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-05)

  Background: It is unclear how the intensity as well as the underlying contributions of larger versus smaller motor units of a performed task impacts fatigue recovery. Therefore, I tested two hypotheses: that the normalized ...

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