Loretta.hursin

Biography

I received a MSc in Mathematics at Carleton University and a PhD in Statistics under the supervision of Professor Wiens at the University of Alberta. I joined the Department of Dentistry in 2004, and have a cross appointment in the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences. I have co-supervised six students with Professors Gannon, Gombay, Schmuland, and Wiens, in the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences. The students’ names are Mike Kowalski, Ming Jie Yang, Paul Bogowicz, Jennifer Gamble, Ya Meng, and Kate Yaraee. My current students are Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic (MSc in Statistics) and John Fedoruk (BSc in Statistics). I would like to recruit 2-3 graduate students from mathematics and statistics. I like to analyse multidimensional complex data that often arise in Brain or Maxillo-facial images or gene sequences. I like to combine statistics, probability, computational topology and combinatorics in figuring out interesting features of complex data. Research collaborators are from broad disciplines; clinicians, neurologists, neuropsychologists, computing scientists, engineers and mathematicians. My favourite sports are swimming, yoga, and walking. My best records for walking are 3:01:17 (1/2 marathon) and 6:29:18 (full marathon). 

Research Interest

Amelogenesis Imperfecta, Bmp signaling, bone development, Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, Cleft Palate, comparative gene expression analysis (incl. NGS), craniofacial malformation, Developmental Biology, Differential gene expression, Disease Model, Embryology, ex vivo explant cultures, Extracellular matrix, Eye physiology, Gene expression, Hard tissue histology, Lineage Tracing, morphometrics, Mouse Genetics, Mouse transgenesis, Periodontal disease model, Periodontal tissue, Pierre Robin Sequence, Retina, RNA in situ hybridization, Transplantation under kidney capsule