Professor Michael Taylor
Department of Physics
Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR)
Wednesday February 7 - Friday February 9
Powering Development through Partnerships in Research and Innovation
Throughout Jamaica and the Caribbean, researchers at the University of the West Indies are making a difference. Through their work, we are advancing our understanding of our nation and environment, maximising benefits to our society, and enhancing the quality of life of our people. The annual awards presented traditionally on the last day of the Research Days event, are for work that embodies the best of the cutting-edge research undertaken in the academic year under review.
Professor Michael Taylor
Department of Physics
Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR)
Professor Mohammed Bakir
Dr Peter Nelson
Department of Chemistry
Article: "Spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of di-2-thienyl ketone thiosemicarbazone (dtktsc): electrochemical reactions with electrophiles (H+ and CO2)"
Dr Sheena Francis
Dr Chukwuemeka Nwokocha
Dr Rupika Delgoda
Natural Products Institute and Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Article: Treatment of Rats with Apocynin has Considerable inhibitory effects on Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase activity in the Liver
Dr Andre Coy
Professor Michael Taylor
Dr Jane Cohen (and collaborator)
Departments of Physics and Life Sciences
Article: Increasing the Accuracy and Automation of Fractional Vegetation Cover Estimation from Digital Photographs
Professor Mohammed Bakir
Department of Chemistry
Synthesis, spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic properties of manganese compounds of ketoandenol-coordinated di-2-pyridyl ketone benzoyl hydrazone (dpkbh). Reactions of [Mn(CO)5Br] with dpkbh. | Polymer-supported CuPd nanoalloy as a synergistic catalyst for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to methane | Spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of group 12 acetates of di-2-pyridylketone thiophene-2-carboxylic acid hydrazine (dpktch-H) complexes. The structure of [Cd(g3-N,N,O-dpktch-H)2] | “Spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of group 12 acetates of di-2-pyridylketone thiophene-2-carboxylic acid hydrazone (dpktch-H) complexes.
Dr Cónall Kelly
Department of Mathematics
Almost sure instability of the equilibrium solution of a Milstein-type stochastic difference equation | Corrigendum On the use of a discrete form of the It^o formula in the article ‘Almost sure asymptotic stability analysis of the Maruyama method applied to a test system with stabilising and destabilising stochastic perturbations' |Stochastic stability analysis of a reduced galactic dynamo model with perturbed α-effect | Stabilisation of difference equations with noisy prediction-based control | Asymptotic and Transient Mean-Square Properties of Stochastic Systems arising In Ecology, Fluid Dynamics, and System Control
Dr Venkateswara Rao Penugonda
Department of Physics
Influence of Sb2O3 on tellurite based glasses for photonic applications | Transport and spectroscopic properties of nickel ions inZnOB2O3P2O5 glass system | Enhancement of orange emission of Co2+ ions with Bi3+ ions in lead silicate glasses
Dr Lawrence Nicholson
Mona School of Business and Management
Book: Understanding the Caribbean Enterprise: Insights from MSMEs and Family Owned Businesses
Dr Eris Schoburgh
Dr Sonia Gatchair
Department of Government
Edited Collection: Developmental Local Governance: A Critical Discourse in ‘Alternative’ Development
Dr Delroy Chevers
Professor Evan Duggan
Mr Stanford Moore
Mona School of Business and Management
Article: An Evaluation of Software Development Practices among Small Firms in Developing Countries – A Test of a simplified software Process Improvement Model
Dr Trevor Smith
Mona School of Business and Management
Article: Customer value proposition, corporate transformation and growth in Caribbean financial firms
Dr Clinton Hutton
Department of Government
"Colour for Colour, Skin for Skin, Marching with the Ancestral Spirits in War Oh at Morant Bay | Leonard Percival Howell and the Genesis of Rastafari"
Dr Lloyd Waller
Mr Stephen Johnson
Ms Shinique Walters
Ms Nicola Satchell
Department of Government
Project: Jamaica Social Investment Fund Poverty Reduction Programme – Baseline Desk Study Research and Analysis
Dr Saran Stewart
School of Education
Article: Schooling and Coloniality: Conditions underlying “extra lessons’ in Jamaica
Dr Paulette Ramsay
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Book: Afro-Mexican Constructions of Diaspora, Gender, Identity and Nation
Professor Stafford Griffith
School of Education
Book: School-Based Assessment in a Caribbean Public Examination
Dr Disraeli Hutton
School of Education
Article: Critical Factors Explaining the Leadership Performance of High-Performing Principals
Dr Paulette Stewart
Department of Library and Information Studies
Article: Synchronous and asynchronous tools optimizing online learning in the English-Speaking Caribbean”
Dr Saran Stewart
School of Education
Articles: A mixed-method study of extra lessons in Jamaica: Methodological experiences and reflections | Advancing a critical and inclusive praxis: pedagogical and curriculum innovations for social change in the Caribbean | An alternative approach to standardized testing: a model that promotes racial equity and college access | Speaking from the margins: the experiences of a special educator’s praxis with culturally and linguistically diverse students | Predictors of student retention at the University of the West Indies | Schooling and Coloniality: Conditions underlying “extra lessons’ in Jamaica
Dr Shazeeda Ali
Book Chapter: "Economic crime and terror: spinning a web of greed and fear" in Research Handbook on International Financial Crime
Dr Celia Blake
Book Chapter: “The Legal Matrix Governing Directors and Officers of Financial Supervisors: Understanding their Role in Governance”
Dr Derrick McKoy
Book Chapter: “Public Sector Governance: Change, Crisis and Dysfunction”
Professor Stephen Vasciannie
For producing three publications: "Arguments and Facts: Caribbean Public Law, Governance, Economy and Society” | "The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Reform and the Question of Universality" | "Constitutional Renewal in Jamaica: Republicanism?"
Professor Gilbert Kodilinye
For producing a book on Commonwealth Caribbean Civil Procedure
Dr Monika Asnani
Professor Marvin Reid
Caribbean Institute for Health Research
Article: “Predictors of renal function progression in adults with homozygous sickle cell disease”
Dr Paul Brown
Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Article: “Multiple antibiotic resistance, fitness and virulence potential in respiratory isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Jamaica”
Dr Monika Asnani
Caribbean Institute for Health Research (CaIHR)
For producing: “The Clinical Care Guidelines of the Sickle Cell Unit.” | “Pain, Sexual Activity and Partner Support in Jamaicans with Sickle Cell Disease.” | “Exploring Antecedents of Quality of Life of Sickle Cell Patients Using a Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Process Model based Framework.” | “Predictors of renal function progression in adults with homozygous sickle cell disease.” British Journal of Haematology | “Increased rates of body dissatisfaction, depressive symptoms and suicide attempts in Jamaican teens with sickle cell disease” | “Utility of paediatric quality of life and revised illness perception questionnaires in adolescents with sickle cell disease”
Dr Chuckwemeka Nwokocha
Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Inhibition of cytochrome P450 1 enzymes by apocynin and other Jamaican natural products: Assessing potential for chemoprevention and drug-herb interactions. In-vitro Bioassays and Chromatographic Analyses used to screen natural Products from Jamaica in the 21st century | Bioactive Plant Molecules, Sources and Mechanism of Action in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease | Hydroalcoholic extract and pure compounds from Senecio nutans Sch. Bip (Compositae) induce vasodilation in rat aorta through endothelium-dependent and independent mechanisms | Treatment of Rats with Apocynin has Considerable Inhibitory Effects on Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase Activity in the Liver | Hypotensive and antihypertensive effects of a hydroalcoholic extract from Senecio nutans Sch. Bip. (Compositae) in mice: Chronotropic and negative | Synchronization in the Heart Rate and the Vasomotion in Rat Aorta: Effect of Arsenic Trioxide. Cardiovascular Toxicology | Single Adult human Equivalent Dose of Intramuscular Chloroquine did not Lower Blood Glucose Level in Fasted Wistar Rats | Effect of Vitamin C Supplementation on Platelet Aggregation and Serum Electrolytes Levels in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Mellitus in Rats
Dr Tamara Thompson
Department of Medicine
“Adherence to Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART): A Trans-Caribbean Study"
Dr Angela Rankine-Mullings
Professor Marvin Reid
Dr Deanne Soares
Mrs Karen Aldred
Caribbean Institute for Health Research (CaIHR)
“Prevention of conversion to abnormal transcranial Doppler with hydroxyurea in sickle cell anemia: A Phase III international randomized clinical trial.”
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