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MEET OUR TEAM

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

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 MSc student in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Rachel has a HBSc in Medical Science: Medical Bioinformatics from Western University.
She is investigating the role metabolites play in mitochondrial DNA copy number variation by leveraging longitudinal cohort models and machine learning frameworks.
Rachel enjoys reading, photography, and trying new foods!

Brent is a 4th year Biochemistry and Pathology BMSc student
His research involves characterizing and optimizing cell line models of mitochondrial DNA variation.
In his free time, Brent enjoys playing basketball, video games, and cooking.

Steven is a 4th year Medical Bioinformatics BMSc student
He is investigating the use of machine learning methods to predict mitochondrial DNA copy number using genomic, metabolomic, and epigenomic data
In his spare time, Steven enjoys birding, playing the piano, and playing sports!

Sandra is a 2nd 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 novel

Stan is a 3rd year BSc student double-majoring in Medical Science and Computer Science
He is currently researching the relationship between mitochondrial DNA and osteoarthritis, as well as developing a pipeline for measuring epigenetic age

Quinn is a 3rd year Medical Bioinformatics BMSc student
He is currently working on optimizing mitochondrial transplantation methods in vitro

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

Ann Sony, Undergraduate Student
Pious Jose, 4th Year Honours Thesis Student in One Health co-supervised with Dr. Cameron
Maya Lekhi, 2nd Year Scholar’s Elective Student in computer science and business
Amanda Morin, M.Sc. Student
David Leung, Undergraduate Student
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