Nazlee Sharmin

Area of Study / Keywords

Augmented Reality Technology in Education Dental Education H5P Whiteboard Animation Virtual Reality Online education Histology Bioinformatics Resilience

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About

Dr. Sharmin is an Associate Teaching Professor at the Foundational Science Discipline. She has completed her PhD in Physiology, Cell and Development Biology from the University of Alberta, followed by Postdoctoral fellowships at McGill and the University of Alberta.

Dr. Sharmin has received multiple teaching awards, including the School of Dentistry Gibb Teaching Scholar Award, the Dental Students’ Association (DSA) Teaching Award, and the University of Alberta Interdepartmental Science Students' Society (ISSS) Outstanding Teaching Award. 

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Research

Dr. Sharmin's current research focuses:

• Application of whiteboard animation in dental education.
• H5P for interactive dental education.
• Application of Augmented reality in dental education.
• Development of multipurpose interactive 3D head model. 
• Application of virtual reality for teaching and learning of embryology.
• Development of a web-based interactive microscope for teaching and learning of histology.
• Student engagement in online education.
• Bioinformatics in dental research and education.
• Understanding the resilience of dental hygiene students.
• Gamification in Dental Education

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Teaching

Dr. Sharmin teaches Biomedical Foundations in the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) and Dental Hygiene (DH) programs.

Dental Hygiene (DH) Courses:

OBIOL 302: Oral Biology II (Course Director)

OBIOL 202: Oral Biology I

OBIOL 203: Survey of Biochemistry (Course Director)

Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Courses: 

DDS 511: Foundations of Dentistry

DDS 512: Dental Disease and Risk Management

DDS 513: Patient Assessment-I (Course Director)

DDS 515: Patient Assessment-II

DDS 516: Diagnose and Manage Early Disease

DDS 521: Oral Health and Nutrition

DDS 531: Clinical Treatment Skills

Thomas R. Stevenson, Shahram Houshyar, Ava K. Chow, Nazlee Sharmin

Journal of Dental Education . 2025 May; 10.1002/jdd.13948

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Ava K. Chow, Nazlee Sharmin

PLOS ONE. 2025 May; 20 (5):e0323412 10.1371/journal.pone.0323412

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Nazlee Sharmin, Shahram Houshyar, Thomas R. Stevenson, Ava K. Chow

The Clinical Teacher. 2025 April; 10.1111/tct.70094

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Ava K. Chow and Nazlee Sharmin

The Clinical Teacher. 2025 March; 10.1111/tct.70068

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Nazlee Sharmin, Alia Wazir, Ava K Chow

Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene (CJDH). 2025 February; 59 (1):73-78

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Ava K Chow, Reid Friesen, Nazlee Sharmin

Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene (CJDH). 2025 February; 59 (1):29-35

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Nazlee Sharmin, Shahram Houshyar, Thomas R. Stevenson, Ava K. Chow

Healthcare Informatics Research. 2025 January; 31 (1):96-106 10.4258/hir.2025.31.1.96

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Kathleen Sauze, Karen K. Yee, Nazlee Sharmin and Ava K. Chow

Journal of Dental Hygiene. 2024 December; 98 (6):27-40

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Sharmin N, and Chow, AK

McGill Journal of Education / Revue des sciences de l'éducation de McGill. 2024 November;

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Nazlee Sharmin, Ida Kornerup, Ava K Chow

Journal of Dental Education. 2024 November; Epub ahead of print 10.1002/jdd.13768

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Zuzanna Apel, Nathalia Carolina Fernandes Fagundes, Nazlee Sharmin, Usama Nassar, Gordon Gow, Dominic Apel, Arnaldo Perez

European Journal of Dental Education. 2024 October; Epub ahead of print 10.1111/eje.13053

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Nazlee Sharmin, Mike Carbonaro, Ava K Chow

Can J Dent Hyg. 2024 October; 58 (3):174-181

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Nazlee Sharmin, Ava K. Chow

Journal of Dental Education. 2024 October; Epub ahead of print 10.1002/jdd.13735

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Zuzanna Apel, Nazlee Sharmin, Cristine Miron Stefani, Adriano de Almeida de Lima, Ahmed Hussain, Lisa Tjosvold, Arnaldo Perez

Journal of Dental Education. 2024 September; Epub ahead of print 10.1002/jdd.13721

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Karen Yee, Nazlee Sharmin, Ava K. Chow

Journal of Dental Education. 2024 July; Epub ahead of print 10.1002/jdd.13671

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Ava K. Chow, Rachel Low, Jerald Yuan, Karen K. Yee, Jaskaranjit Kaur Dhaliwal, Shanice Govia, Nazlee Sharmin

PLOS ONE. 2024 June; 19 (6 ) 10.1371/journal.pone.0303628

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Nazlee Sharmin, Janki Pandya, Thomas R Stevenson and Ava K Chow

Can J Dent Hyg. 2024 June; 58 (2):88–97

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Thomas R Stevenson, Ava K Chow, Shahram Houshyar, Nazlee Sharmin

Journal of Dental Education. 2024 May; 10.1002/jdd.13595

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Nazlee Sharmin, Ava K. Chow

Journal of Dental Education (JDE). 2023 December; 10.1002/jdd.13441

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Sharmin N, Chow, AK and Dong, AS

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology (CJLT). 2023 November; Vol. 49 (2 ):1-20 10.21432/cjlt28270

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Nazlee Sharmin, Karen K Yee, Jaskaranjit Kaur Dhaliwal, Ava K Chow

Journal of Dental Education (JDE). 2023 November; 10.1002/jdd.13421

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Nafisa Atiah, Paulette Dahlseide, Nazlee Sharmin, Seema Ganatra, Arnaldo Perez

Journal of Dental Education (JDE). 2023 October; 10.1002/jdd.13396

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Arnaldo Perez, Jacqueline Green, Mohammad Moharrami, Silvia Gianoni-Capenakas, Maryam Kebbe, Seema Ganatra, Geoff Ball, Nazlee Sharmin

PLOS ONE. 2023 October; 18 (10) 10.1371/journal.pone.0293206

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Nazlee Sharmin PhD, MEd, Janki Pandya BDS, MDS, Thomas R Stevenson BSc, DDS, MSc, Ava K. Chow PhD

Journal of Dental Education (JDE) . 2023 October; 10.1002/jdd.13391

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Nazlee Sharmin and Ava K Chow

The Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene (CJDH). 2023 October; 57 ( 3):197-202

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Sharmin N, Chow, AK

Journal of Dental Education (JDE). 2023 August; 10.1002/jdd.13361

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Sharmin N, Dong, AS, Milos, NC, Chow, AK

Journal of Dental Education (JDE). 2023 August; 10.1002/jdd.13358

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Nazlee Sharmin, Mike Carbonaro, Ava K. Chow

Journal of Dental Education (JDE). 2023 April; 10.1002/jdd.13215

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Sharmin, Nazlee, Ava K Chow, and Sharla King

Canadian Medical Education Journal (CMEJ). 2023 March; 14 (4):70–88 10.36834/cmej.74978

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Nazlee Sharmin, Ava K. Chow, Shanice Govia

Healthcare Informatics Research . 2022 October; 28 (4):387-393 10.4258/hir.2022.28.4.387

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Sharmin, Nazlee, and Ava K Chow

Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene (CJDH). 2022 June; 56 (2):90-97

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Sharmin, N., Chow, A. K., Votta, D., & Maeda, N

Healthcare Informatics Research. 2022 April; 28 (2):170-175 10.4258/hir.2022.28.2.170

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Chow A.K., Sharmin N.

Healthcare Informatics Research. 2021 October; 27 (4):335-340 10.4258/HIR.2021.27.4.335

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Sharmin N., Chow A.K., Dong A.S., Milos N.C.

Healthcare Informatics Research. 2021 April; 27 (2):146-152 10.4258/HIR.2021.27.2.146

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Shawn M Lamothe, Nazlee Sharmin, Grace Silver, Motoyasu Satou, Yubin Hao, Toru Tateno, Victoria A Baronas, Harley T Kurata

eLife. 2020 November; 10.7554/eLife.54916

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Nazlee Sharmin, Ava K. Chow

Healthcare Informatics Research . 2020 July; 26 (3):238-242 10.4258/hir.2020.26.3.238

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Alice W. Wang, Michael C. Yau, Caroline K. Wang, Nazlee Sharmin, Runying Y. Yang, Stephan A. Pless, Harley T. Kurata

Journal of General Physiology (JGP). 2018 August; 150 (10):1432-1443 10.1085/jgp.201812014

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Nazlee Sharmin, Warren J. Gallin

Journal of Experimental Biology . 2017 February; 220 (3):469–477 10.1242/jeb.144089

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Detian Gao, Rheanna Sand, Hao Fu, Nazlee Sharmin, Warren J. Gallin, Dennis G. Hall

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 2013 August; 23 (20):5503-5506 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.08.0705503-5506

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Rheanna Sand, Nazlee Sharmin, Carla Morgan, Warren J. Gallin

Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2013 February; 288 (14):9686-9695 10.1074/jbc.M112.437483

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Nazlee Sharmin

Journal of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Research. 2012 April; 4 (3):34-38 10.5897/JCBBR12.001

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Sharmin N, Kabir S

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science. 2011 March;

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Sharmin N, Kabir S

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science. 2009 September; 15 (2):125-133

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Jesmin D, Sharmin N

Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology. 2006 November; 23 (2 ):107–113 10.3329/bjm.v23i2.872