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Christina received her HBSc (Genetics), MSc, and PhD in Biology (Molecular Genetics, Dr. Shiva Singh) from Western University
Christina completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Computational Genomics, Dr. Dan Arking), Department of Genetic Medicine

Phyo is a PhD student in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Phyo has a MSc in Physiology and Pharmacology from Western University
He is investigating the effect of mitochondrial DNA variation on the nuclear epigenome and transcriptome
In his free time, Phyo enjoys travelling, running, and cooking

Amanda is a MSc student in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Amanda has a BSc in Biology and a BHSc in Health Sciences with Biology from Western University
Amanda is Ojibwe from Wikwemikong First Nation on Manitoulin Island and is interested in complex disease, particular those that affect Indigenous communities
Amanda enjoys spending time outside, doing beadwork and hanging out with her cat Khloe!

Elly is a MSc student in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Elly has a HBSc in Human Biology: Fundamental Genetics and Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Toronto
She is investigating the mechanism(s) of mito-nuclear crosstalk through metabolomics and direct epigenome editing
Outside of school, Elly enjoys cooking and swimming

Rachel is a 4th year Medical Bioinformatics BMSc student
Her research interests involve investigating atypical mitosis in neoplasms (brain tumours) using computational methods
Rachel enjoys reading, photography, and trying new foods!

Pious is a 4th year One Health BMSc student
He is interested in investigating the connection between epigenetics, mitochondrial DNA, and asthma
Some of Pious’ hobbies include amateur videography, weightlifting, and biking

Maya is a 2nd year Scholar’s Elective student studying computer science and business
Maya is interested in mitochondrial DNA variation and the relationship between DNA methylation and longevity
Maya works primarily on computational data analysis

Ann is a 3rd year BMSc student double majoring in Pathology and Pathology
She is interested in using wet lab techniques to investigate how mitochondrial DNA influences the nuclear epigenome
In her free time, Ann enjoys reading and hiking

Sandra is a 1st year BMSc student
She is fascinated by the relationship between the mitochondria and their impact on the epigenome
During her spare time, Sandra loves to cook new recipes and read classic novels!

If you are a prospective student, please see the opportunities page.

Julia Nguyen, 4th year Honours Thesis Student in Medical Bioinformatics and USRI Summer Student
Tyler Nagano, 4th Year Honours Thesis Student in Medical Bioinformatics
Hasti Gholami, 4th Year Honours Thesis Student in Pathology & Laboratory Medicine co-supervised with Dr. Cameron
Angela Lin, Undergraduate USRI Summer Student
Tiffany Chu, Undergraduate Student
Sarah Lowe, Undergraduate Student
Cristina Turcu, Undergraduate Student
Sam (Si Cong) Zhang, Undergraduate Student
Lantram Hoang, Undergraduate Summer Student
David Leung, Undergraduate Student