MSc Alumnus
Research Interests
Rachel Redekop completed her Master's of Science in Public Health in the the School of Health Sciences January 2021. Her research focused on the associations between subjective and objective health and retinal imaging of amyloid-beta in Alzheimer's disease.
Education
BSc (Hons) 2017, Life Physics (specialization in Medical Physics), University of Waterloo
MSc 2021, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
Thesis: Subjective Health as a Predictor of Physical Function in Older Women
Selected Publications
- Osei, E., Darko, J., Fleck, A., White, J., Kiciak, A., Redekop, R., & Gopaul, D. (2015). Dosimetric evaluation of whole-breast radiation therapy: Clinical experience. Medical Dosimetry, 40(4), 355-365.
- Grigorov, G., Darko, J., Kitor, M., Redekop, R., & Osei, E. (2015). SU‐E‐T‐100: An Approach to Improving the Dynamic Delivery Accuracy for Breast IMRT. Medical physics, 42(6), 3354-3354.
Selected Presentations
- Campbell, M. C., Ren, J., Mason, E., Redekop, R., Kitor, M., Emptage, L., ... & Mackenzie, I. R. (2019). Distribution of amyloid deposits across the retina in association with Alzheimer’s disease as a function of disease severity. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 15(7), P111-P112.
- Campbell, M. C., Emptage, L., Redekop, R., Corapi, F., Mason, E., Hirsch-Reinshagen, V., ... & Mackenzie, I. R. (2018). Amyloid deposits imaged in postmortem retinas using polarimetry predict the severity of a postmortem brain based diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 14(7), P774-P775.
- Redekop, R., Corapi, F., Emptage, L., Kitor, M., & Campbell, M. C. (2018). Auto-fluorescence signals of pure amyloid-β and presumed retinal amyloid deposits. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 59(9), 4320-4320.
- Corapi, F., Campbell, M. C., Emptage, L., Redekop, R., Kitor, M., Hirsch-Reinshagen, V., ... & Mackenzie, I. (2018). Correlation between amyloid beta deposits in ex vivo retinas and severity of Alzheimer’s brain pathology. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 59(9), 1582-1582.
- Redekop, R., Cookson, C., DeVries, D., & Campbell, M. C. (2017). Imaging hemozoin and amyloid beta in the retina of individuals with malaria using polarised light. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 58(8), 3366-3366.
- Campbell, M. C., Emptage, L., Corapi, F., Redekop, R., Shah, N., Kitor, M., ... & Mackenzie, I. (2017). Amyloid beta deposits in ex vivo retinas correlate with the severity of Alzheimer’s brain pathology. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 58(8), 1255-1255.
- Campbell, M. C., Corapi, F., Emptage, L., Redekop, R., Shah, N., Kitor, M., ... & Mackenzie, I. R. (2017). The relationship between amyloid in the retina and a brain-based post-mortem diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 13(7), P284-P285.
- DeVries, D., Campbell, M. C., Emptage, L., Cookson, C., Kisilak, M., Avila, F. J. Redekop, R., ... & Wilson, M. (2015). Polarization properties of amyloid beta deposits in ex vivo human retinas from those with Alzheimer’s disease differ from surrounding retina. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 56(7), 2385-2385.