
TEAM
Current Members
Karim Mekhail, PhD
Professor, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Member, Royal Society of Canada
Janet Chan, MSc
Super-technician
Previous institution: University of Toronto
Hails from: Hong Kong
Guillaume Laflamme, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Previous institution: IRIC, University of Montreal
Talya Yerlici, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Previous institution: Princeton University / Columbia University
Mia Stanic, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Previous institution: Heidelberg University
Tamari Chkuaseli, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Previous institution: York University
Negin Khosraviani, BSc
PhD Student
Previous institution: University of Toronto
Select awards: CIHR Vanier, CIHR Masters, OGS
Mitra Shokrollahi, MSc
PhD Student
Previous institution: McMaster University
Select awards: SGS, OGS
Chris Jordan, BSc
PhD Student
Anisha Hundal, BSc
PhD Student
Select awards: Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Award, OGS, SGS
Defne Urman, BSc
MSc Student
Select awards: OGS, SGS
Michelle Cao
BSc Student
Former Members
Graduate & Postgraduate:
Dr. Karan Joshua Abraham (CIHR Vanier, Ruggles, Sedra); Next step: clinician-scientist fellowship at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Jayesh Salvi (CIHR Vanier, CIHR CGS, OGS, SGS, & Stuart Alan Hoffman awards); Next step: instructor at Stanford University.
Dr. Roxanne Oshidari (NSERC & OGS awards); Next step: postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Lauren Ostrowski (OGS awards); Next step: NSERC postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo.
Kirk Szafranski (OGS & SGS awards); Next step: Project Manager, EVERSANA.
Daniel Chung (NSERC, SGS, & GRC awards); Next step: Student at University of Toronto, & Performing Artist.
Dr. Amanda Hall (CIHR & OGS awards); Next step: academic administrator, Canada.
Dr. Nurussaba Khanam (Postdoctoral Fellow); Next step: Scientist, University of Toronto.
Betty Poon (CIHR, OGS, GRC, & SGS awards); Next step: Research Associate, University of Toronto.
Sasha Ebrahimi (NSERC Vanier award); Next step: Researcher, University of Toronto.
Undergraduate:
Christopher Pettigrew; Next step: graduate student at Oxford University, CEO of Cytospan Technologies, & GSK Corporate Strategy Director.
Elva Vidya; Next step: doctoral student, McGill University.
Richard Huang; Next step: MD/PhD student, University of Toronto.
Daniel Ghali; Next step: medical student, United States
Ashley Wang; Next step: medical student, McMaster University.
Andy Samman; Next step: medical student, University of Toronto.
Atikaran Krishnamoorthy; Next step: medical student, University of Toronto.
Tony Liu; Next step: medical student, University of Western Ontario.
Jane Wu; Next step: dentistry student, University of Toronto.
Kevin Liu; Next step: researcher, The Hospital for Sick Children.
Chen Li; Next step: graduate & law student, University of Toronto.
Christian Krustev; Next step: graduate student, University of Toronto.
Ben Kim; Next step: graduate student, University of Toronto.
Samuel Killackey; Next step: graduate student, University of Toronto.
Nancy Liu; Next step: student, University of Toronto.
Thomas Lu; Next step: research assistant, University of Toronto.
Jackie Tang, Summer Student, 2012; Next step: graduate student, University of Toronto.
Ying Quan; Next step: student, University of Toronto.
Bessie Xue; Next step: pharmacy student, University of Toronto.
Kevin Zhang; Next step: statistics graduate student, University of Toronto.
Daniel Abd Assamad; Next step: public health and genetic counselling graduate student, University of Toronto.
Will Jeong; Next step: medical student, Western University
Sean Jeong; Next step: medical student, Western University