Members
MEET OUR TEAM
Christina Castellani, Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cross-Appointment, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Associate Scientist, Children’s Health Research Institute
- 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
Graduate students
Phyo Wei Win, Ph.D. Student
- 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 Shin, M.Sc. Student
Amanda Morin, M.Sc. Student
- 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!
THESIS STUDENTS
Julia Nguyen, Undergraduate Student
- Julia is a 4rd year Medical Bioinformatics BMSc student
- Her research interests include using bioinformatic tools to study human diseases
- Julia works primarily on computational data analysis
Undergraduate students
David Leung, Undergraduate Student
- David is a 3rd year Pathology BMSc student
- His research involves investigating the effects of altered mtDNA using a cell model.
- Outside of school, David enjoys playing the violin, volleyball, and building keyboards
If you are a prospective student, please see the opportunities page.
PAST MEMBERS
- 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