Trainees supported in 2016/2017
Post-Doctoral Fellows:
MOKARRAM HOSSAIN
Sponsor: Dr. Paul Kubes
Department: Physioloty & Pharmacology
Title: The Body Cavity Macrophage: A New Paradigm for Macrophase Recruitment to Injured and Abnormal Tissues
JESSICA SARTHI
Sponsor: Dr. Jennifer Cobb
Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Title: The Function of Scc3 (hSTAG2) in Transcription and Cancer Development
ARJUMAND WANI
Sponsor: Dr. Susan Lees-Miller
Department: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Oncology
Title: PI3K/AKT/mTOR Pathway as a Potential Therapeutic Target in Cervical Cancer
SATBIR THAKUR
Sponsor: Dr. Don Morris
Department: Oncology
Title: MDSC Infiltration in the Tumour Microenvironment in Urothelial Carcinoma and Its Clinical Implication for Disease Stratification and Survival
TANVEER SHEIKH
Sponsor: Dr. Jennifer A. Chan
Department: Pathology & Lab Medicine
Title: The role of CIC in oligodendroglioma development: A mechanistic approach
MAYUKH BANERJEE
Sponsor: Dr. Elaine M. Leslie
Department: Physiology
Title: The role of MRP4 in presenting arsenic-induced toxicity and carcinogenesis
JATINDER KAUR
Sponsor: Dr. Frank Wuest
Department: Oncology
Title: Design, Syntheses and bio-evaluation of Fluorescent Cycloosygenase-2 Inhibitors: Imaging of Cycloosygenase-2 isozyme as Bio-marker of Cancer
YIJUN ALICE WANG
Sponsor: Dr. Samuel Weiss
Department: Cell Biology & Anatomy
Title: Role of the Myc transcription factor in the malignant brain tumor glioblastoma multiforme
ASTRID DEBOECK
Sponsor: Dr. Stephen Robbins
Department: Oncology
Title: Role of tumour microenvironment in the progression of malignant glioma
Clinical Fellows:
MITA MANNA
Sponsor: Dr. Theresa Trotter
SARA BEATTIE
Sponsor: Dr. Theresa Trotter
ANDREA FELDSTAIN
Sponsor: Dr. Theresa Trotter
SARAH QUIRK
Sponsor: Dr. Theresa Trotter
NANCY A NIXON
Sponsor: Dr. Theresa Trotter
WAJID SAYEED
(Lynne Marshall & Wayne Foo Cancer Research Clinical Fellowship)
Sponsor: Dr. Theresa Trotter
BENJAMIN TURNER
(Cameron C. Daye Sarcoma Research Clinical Fellowship)
Sponsor: Dr. Theresa Trotter
MUHAMMAD FAISAL JAMALUDDIN
Sponsor: Dr. Alysa Fairchild
ERIC M KIM
(Michael J Hutchinson Fellowship)
Sponsor: Dr. Alysa Fairchild
ARTHUR GREGORY A. LUI
Sponsor: Dr. Jennifer Spratlin
PETRA GRENDAROVA
(Dr. Anthony Fields Research Clinical Fellowship)
Sponsor: Dr. Marilynne Hebert
Graduate Students:
ROSY DABAS
(Catherine M. Pearson Cancer Research Graduate Studentship & Cameron C. Daye research allowance)
Sponsor: Dr. Jan Storek
Department: Medicine
Title: Toward High Dose Antithymocyte Globulin For Prophylaxis of Both Graft-Vs-Host Disease and Leukemia Relapse After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
MACKENZIE COATHAM
(William Herbert Young Cancer Research Graduate Studentship & Dr. Cyril M Kay)
Sponsor: Dr. Lynne-Marie Postovit
Department: Oncology
Title: Linking Mutations to SWI/SNF Protein Complexes to Aggressive Dedifferentiated Endometrial Carcinoma
HODA SOLEYMANI ABHYANEH
Sponsor: Dr. Afsanah Lavasanifar
Department: Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Title: Nanotechnology for Enhanced Chemotherapy in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
EUGENE YIP
Sponsor: Dr. Gino Fallone
Department: Oncology
Title: Highly Accelerated Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Real Time Lung Tumour Tracking
LAURA LEE
Sponsor: Dr. Lynne-Marie Postovit
Department: Oncology
Title: Epigenetic Role of Hypoxia and Nodal in Dysregulation of cancer Stem cells
OSAMA ELSHENAWY
Sponsor: Dr. El-Kadi Ayman
Department: Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Title: Effect of Arsenicals on Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Regulated Genes
THE (KEVIN) VO
Sponsor: Dr. Roseline Godbout
Department: Oncology
Title: From Basic to Translational Research: Understanding and Targeting Infiltrative Tumour Cells in Glioblastoma
JENILEE WAY
(Dr. Cyril M. Kay Graduate Studentship Award)
Sponsor: Dr. Frank Wuest
Department: Oncology
Title: Molecular Imaging of Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Through Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 Alpha and Carbonic Anhydrase IX
KATHERINE JENSEN
Sponsor: Dr. Samuel Weiss
Department: Oncology
Title: Molecular Imaging of Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Through Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 Alpha and Carbonic Anhydrase IX
SARANYA NAVANEETHA KRISHNAN
Sponsor: Dr. Ki-Young Lee
Department: Cell Biology & Anatomy
Title: Targeting Cycin-Dependent Kinase 5 for Synthetic Lethal Killing of Breast Cancer Cells
BRITTANY UMER
Sponsor: Dr. David Evans
Department: Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Title: Use of an oncolytic pox virus combination therapy with guided radiation tumor treatment
FANGWU WANG
Sponsor: Dr. Karl Riabowol
Department: Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Title: Epigenetic regulation of tumour differentiation by ING5
CHARLES SHESNELONG
Sponsor: Dr. Samuel Weiss
Department: Cell Biology & Anatomy
Title: Investigation of the relationship and role of STAT3 and SNAI2 in the promotion of an EMT-like process in Flioblastoma Brain Tumor Stem Cells multiforme
JEAN-DAVID JUTRAS
Sponsor: Dr. Nicola DeZanche
Department: Biochemistry
Title: 3D magnetic resonance imaging for improved target delineation and tissue classification in image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
REBECCA MERCIER
Sponsor: Dr. Paul LaPointe
Department: Biological Sciences
Title: Investigation of Hsp90 regulation by the Aha type co-chaperone family
JAIN SAKET
(Dr. Herbert Meltzer Memorial Fellowship)
Sponsor: Dr. Alan Underhill
Department: Oncology
Antoine Noujaim Scholarship
BRYSON DIETZ
Sponsor: Dr. Alexander McEwan
MIN HSUAN WU
Sponsor: Dr. Alexander McEwan
SANG HO (Damion) CHOI
Sponsor: Dr. Alexander McEwan
Six additional scholarships in this category will be confirmed shortly.
Summer Students
REGAN MAH
(Betty K. Brown Summer Studentship)
Sponsor: Dr. Ing Swie Goping
Department: Biological Sciences
Title: Using a Three Dimensional Cell Culture Model to Elucidate the Molecular Signaling Pathway of a Prognostic Marker for Breast Cancer
SONYA SOH
(Cathy Compton McNabb Summer Studentship)
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Overduin
Department: Biochemistry
Title: Structure-based Design of SHP2 Inhibitor to Specifically Target Leukemia
RADHIKA SINGH
(Lynda Doiron Summer Studentship)
Sponsor: Dr. Sunita Vohra
Department: Pediatrics
Title: Oncology SONAR: Researching Interactions Between Natural Health Products and Pharmaceutical Drugs Used in Cancer Therapy
ERIN BALCOM
(Victor Osten Summer Studentship)
Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Power
Department: Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Title: Inflammasome Activation in Glioblastoma Multiforme
AMY DUONG
(Mark Ariss Summer Studentship)
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Weinfeld
Department: Oncology
Title: Synthetic Lethal Partnerships of Human Polynucleotide Kinase/Phosphatase
SHI GE
(Linda Singleton Summer Studentship)
Sponsor: Dr. Alan Underhill
Department: Oncology
Title: Epigenetic Dysfunction in Breast Cancer
CYNTHIA LAM
(David C. Stokes Summer Studentship)
Sponsor: Dr. Jan Storek
Department: Medicine
Title: Epstein – Barr virus Specific T Cells Predicting Relapse of Leukemia after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
CHIDERA NWAROH
(Hopewell Residential Cancer Research Summer Studentship)
Sponsor: Dr. Don Morris
Department: Oncology
Title: Development of a Predictive Diagnostic Test for Cancer Immunotherapy
AMIT MANOCHA
(Richard Singleton Summer Studentship)
Sponsor: Dr. Faisal Khan
Department: Pathology & laboratory Medicine
Title: Influence of Killer Immunoglobulin Like Receptors (KIR) Gene Signatures on Anti-EBV Functions of Natural Killer Cell