Lindsay Cahill

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Lindsay Cahill
Born
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater McMaster University
AwardsBanting Research Foundation Discovery Award
Scientific career
Institutions Memorial University of Newfoundland
McMaster University
Warwick University
Hospital for Sick Children
Thesis Solid-state NMR Studies of Lithium Ion Dynamics in Cathode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries  (2008)
Doctoral advisor Gillian Goward

Lindsay Cahill is a Canadian chemist who uses Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI ) to study metabolic abnormalities in pregnancy. [1] She has published more than 70 articles on her research related to nuclear magnetic resonance in studying electrochemical materials and for imaging animal fetuses and placenta. [2] She has published widely-used protocols for the imaging of mouse brains. [3]

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Education and early career

Cahill completed her B.Sc. and Ph.D. in chemistry at McMaster University. In her Ph.D., she used solid-state NMR to study lithium ion batteries. [4] She employed 6Li and 7Li solid-state NMR to study the dynamics of the transport of lithium ions through materials. [5]

After completing her PhD, she held a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Physics at Warwick University under the supervision of Mark Smith (physicist). In 2009, she moved to the Mouse Imaging Center at the Hospital for Sick Children. [6] One of her contributions at the Mouse Imaging Center was the identification of a mouse model for autoimmune encephalomyelitis that may serve as a better model for multiple sclerosis in humans than previous models. [7] Prior to her scientific career, she was a captain in the Barrie Safety Patrol.

Independent career

.Cahill was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Memorial University of Newfoundland in January 2020. [8] She received the Discovery Award from the Banting Research Foundation and a Discovery Grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. [9] [10] In 2022, Cahill was the project leader for a grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation to establish the Micro-Ultrasound Lab at Memorial University. [11] She was also named one of the 2022 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Program by the Brain Canada foundation. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Foss, Kelly (2020-08-28). "Born too soon". Gazette - Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  2. ↑ "Lindsay Cahill - Google Scholar". scholar.google.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  3. ↑ Cahill, Lindsay S.; Laliberté, Christine L.; Ellegood, Jacob; Spring, Shoshana; Gleave, Jacqueline A.; van Eede, Matthijs C.; Lerch, Jason P.; Henkelman, R. Mark (2012-04-02). "Preparation of fixed mouse brains for MRI". NeuroImage. 60 (2): 933–939. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.01.100. ISSN   1053-8119. PMID   22305951. S2CID   17540273.
  4. ↑ Cahill, Lindsay s. McMaster University (Canada). "Solid-state NMR studies of lithium ion dynamics in cathode materials for lithium ion batteries". Dissertation Abstracts International: 71–05.
  5. ↑ Cahill, L. S.; Chapman, R. P.; Britten, J. F.; Goward, G. R. (April 2006). "7Li NMR and Two-Dimensional Exchange Study of Lithium Dynamics in Monoclinic Li3V2(PO4)3". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 110 (14): 7171–7177. doi:10.1021/jp057015+. ISSN   1520-6106. PMID   16599482.
  6. ↑ "MICe - Contact Us". www.mouseimaging.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  7. ↑ Cahill, Lindsay S.; Zhang, Monan Angela; Ramaglia, Valeria; Whetstone, Heather; Sabbagh, Melika Pahlevan; Yi, Tae Joon; Woo, Laura; Przybycien, Thomas S.; Moshkova, Marina; Zhao, Fei Linda; Rojas, Olga L. (2019-11-05). "Aged hind-limb clasping experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis models aspects of the neurodegenerative process seen in multiple sclerosis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (45): 22710–22720. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1915141116 . ISSN   0027-8424. PMC   6842635 . PMID   31641069.
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  11. ↑ Green, Jeff (2022-02-22). "Accelerating discoveries". Gazette - Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  12. ↑ Goulart, Brielle (2022-10-28). "2021 Future Leaders receive $2M from Brain Canada Foundation". Brain Canada. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
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  14. ↑ Goulart, Brielle (2022-10-28). "2021 Future Leaders receive $2M from Brain Canada Foundation". Brain Canada. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
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