
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
Tamari Chkuaseli, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Previous institution: York University
Chris Jordan, BSc
Graduate Student
Previous Institution: University of Toronto
Anisha Hundal, BSc
Graduate Student
Select awards: CIHR Doctoral Award; Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Award, OGS Award, SGS Award
Previous Institution: University of Toronto
Defne Urman, BSc
Graduate Student
Select awards: OGS, SGS
Previous Institution: University of Toronto
Jonas Lehar, BSc
Graduate Student
Previous Institution: McGill University
Joshua Freimanis, BSc
Graduate Student
Previous Institution: Laurentian University
Araad Algouneh
Undergraduate Student
Previous Institution: York University
Abdul Solangi
Undergraduate Student
Previous Institution: University of Toronto
Former Members
Graduate & Postgraduate:
Dr. K.J. Abraham (CIHR Vanier, Ruggles, Sedra); Next step: clinician-scientist fellowship at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. N. Khosraviani (CIHR Vanier, CIHR Masters, OGS); Next step: postdoctoral fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Dr. J. Salvi (CIHR Vanier, CIHR CGS, OGS, SGS, & Stuart Alan Hoffman awards); Next step: instructor at Stanford University.
Dr. R. Oshidari (NSERC & OGS awards); Next step: postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. L. Ostrowski (OGS awards); Next step: NSERC postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo.
K. Szafranski (OGS & SGS awards); Next step: Project Manager, EVERSANA.
D. Chung (NSERC, SGS, & GRC awards); Next step: Student at University of Toronto, & Performing Artist.
Dr. A. Hall (CIHR & OGS awards); Next step: academic administrator, Canada.
Dr. N. Khanam (Postdoctoral Fellow); Next step: Scientist, University of Toronto.
B. Poon (CIHR, OGS, GRC, & SGS awards); Next step: Research Associate, University of Toronto.
S. Ebrahimi (NSERC Vanier award); Next step: Researcher, University of Toronto.
Dr. M. Stanic (joined from Heidelberg University); Next step: Medical Lead, CTC.
Dr. G. Laflamme (joined from IRIC, University of Montreal; FRSQ Fellowship); Next step: Health Science Professional, INESSS Québec
Dr. T. Yerlici (joined from Princeton University & Columbia University); Next step: Startup venture, Toronto.
Dr. M. Shokrollahi (joined from McMaster University; SGS & OGS Awards).
Undergraduate:
C. Pettigrew; Next step: graduate student at Oxford University, CEO of Cytospan Technologies, & GSK Corporate Strategy Director.
E. Vidya; Next step: doctoral student, McGill University.
R. Huang; Next step: MD/PhD student, University of Toronto.
D. Ghali; Next step: medical student, United States
A. Wang; Next step: medical student, McMaster University.
A. Samman; Next step: medical student, University of Toronto.
A. Krishnamoorthy; Next step: medical student, University of Toronto.
T. Liu; Next step: medical student, University of Western Ontario.
J. Wu; Next step: dentistry student, University of Toronto.
K. Liu; Next step: researcher, The Hospital for Sick Children.
C. Li; Next step: graduate & law student, University of Toronto.
C. Krustev; Next step: graduate student, University of Toronto.
B. Kim; Next step: graduate student, University of Toronto.
S. Killackey; Next step: graduate student, University of Toronto.
N. Liu; Next step: student, University of Toronto.
T. Lu; Next step: research assistant, University of Toronto.
J. Tang, Summer Student, 2012; Next step: graduate student, University of Toronto.
Y. Quan; Next step: student, University of Toronto.
B. Xue; Next step: pharmacy student, University of Toronto.
K. Zhang; Next step: statistics graduate student, University of Toronto.
D. Abd-Assamad; Next step: public health and genetic counselling graduate student, University of Toronto.
W. Jeong; Next step: medical student, Western University
S. Jeong; Next step: medical student, Western University
M. Cao; Next step: grad student, University of Toronto