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Learning Research Service Volunteer Engagement

Ashleigh Allen is a UPEI Biology major from Hillsborough, New Brunswick. She is one of 26 science students at UPEI who were awarded an Undergraduate Summer Research Award (USRA) from NSERC (the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council) for 2008. Ashleigh's research project, Protective effects of natural bioactive compounds against cancer cells, was supervised by Dr. Robert Hurta, Associate Professor, Department of Biology.

In 2009, Ashleigh received another Undergraduate Summer Research Award from NSERC. This research project, The Effects of Thyroid Hormone on Amphibian Gonadal Sex Steroid Synthesis, was supervised by Dr. Michael van den Heuvel, Canada Research Chair in Watershed Research.

For more information:
(2008) www.upei.ca/studentresearch/nserc/ashleigh-allen
(2009) www.upei.ca/research/student-research/shleigh-allen