Graduate Students

Interdisciplinary Studies
Thesis: Intergenerational effects of maternal health on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in Nova Scotian children
Dr. Christy Woolcott, thesis co-supervisor (with Dr. Bruce Smith)
Dr. Stefan Kuhle, thesis committee member

Department of Community Health & Epidemiology
Thesis: Is the association between known risk factors for preterm birth and subsequent preterm birth modified by a family history of preterm birth?
Dr. Christy Woolcott, thesis co-supervisor
Dr. Stefan Kuhle, thesis co-supervisor

Department of Community Health & Epidemiology
Thesis: Prediction of cerebral palsy in very premature infants
Dr. Stefan Kuhle, thesis supervisor
Dr. Christy Woolcott, thesis committee member

Department of Community Health & Epidemiology
Thesis: The Proportion of Preterm Birth Attributable to Modifiable Risk Factors (Thesis at DalSpace)
Dr. Christy Woolcott, thesis supervisor
Dr. Stefan Kuhle, thesis committee member

Department of Community Health & Epidemiology
Thesis: Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Twin Pregnancies Complicated with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Compared to Twin Pregnancies without Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A population-based Retrospective Cohort of Nova Scotia Births (Thesis at DalSpace)
Dr. Christy Woolcott, thesis supervisor
Dr. Linda Dodds, thesis committee member

Department of Community Health & Epidemiology
Thesis: Do pregnancy characteristics help predict the future risk of maternal hypertension? (Thesis at DalSpace)
Dr. Christy Woolcott, thesis supervisor; Dr. Linda Dodds, committee member

Department of Community Health & Epidemiology
Thesis: The association between food security status and academic performance in elementary school children in Nova Scotia (Thesis at DalSpace)
Dr. Stefan Kuhle, thesis co-supervisor (with Dr. Sara Kirk)

Department of Community Health & Epidemiology
Thesis: The association between gestational diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease and possible mediation by type 2 diabetes mellitus (Thesis at DalSpace)
Dr. Christy Woolcott, thesis supervisor
Dr. Linda Dodds, thesis committee member
Dr. Stefan Kuhle, thesis committee member

Department of Community Health & Epidemiology
Thesis: Maternal exposure to phthalates and male reproductive system development in the offspring: Results from a Canadian birth cohort study (Thesis at DalSpace)
Dr. Linda Dodds, thesis supervisor
Publications:
1) Romao RLP, Dodds L, Ashley-Martin J, Monnier P, Arbuckle T. Prenatal exposure to phthalates and male reproductive system development: Results from a Canadian pregnancy cohort study. Reprod Toxicol. 2020 Aug;95:11-18. (Abstract on PubMed)

Department of Community Health & Epidemiology
Thesis: The association between birth by caesarean section and otitis media in Nova Scotian children (Thesis at DalSpace)
Dr. Stefan Kuhle, thesis co-supervisor
Dr. Christy Woolcott, thesis co-supervisor
Publications:
1) Hartley M, Woolcott CG, Langley JM, Brown MM, Ashley-Martin J, Kuhle S. Birth by Caesarean section and otitis media in childhood: a retrospective cohort study. Sci Rep. 2020 Mar 23;10(1):5219. (Abstract on PubMed)
 

Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Thesis: Risk estimation using Random Forests (Thesis at DalSpace)
Dr. Stefan Kuhle, thesis co-supervisor (with Dr. David Hamilton)