Past trainees

Former trainees (last ten years)

• Dr. Ritika Sharma (doctorate, co-supervision with Drs. Marta Antonelli and Silvia Lobmaier)  [publications] | [preprints]

• Dr. Peter Zimmermann, MD (doctorate, co-supervision with Drs. Marta Antonelli and Silvia Lobmaier) [publications] | [preprints]

• Dr. Dario-Lucas Helbing (post-doctoral physician-scientist, co-supervision with Dr. Reinhard Bauer) [preprints]

• Ben Janoschek, undergraduate student [2017-2020, UW] | [preprint]

• Gal Snir, undergraduate student [2018-2019, UW] [preprint]

• Dr. Nathan Gold (PhD, 2015-2020, with Dr. Steven Wang and Dr. Huaxiong Huang, York U | [publications preprints and here])

• Colin Wakefield, undergraduate student [2017-2020, UW; now MD student at Drexel College of Medicine!] | [preprint]

• Deborah Nelson, undergraduate student [2018-2019, UW]

• Yael Frank, undergraduate student [2016-2019, UW] | [preprint]

• Xuan Li (PhD candidate, York U)

  • [statistical modeling of fetal monitoring, with Dr. Steven Wang] | [recipient of the CIHR-supported QTNPR scholarship] [publications]

• Victoria Dahl, undergraduate student [2016-2017, UW]

• Dr. Mingju Cao, PhD, MSc [2010-2016, research associate - THANK YOU for everything! | publications]

• Hai Lun Liu, MSc [2014-2017, first UBC summer BSc student, then co-supervised as MSc student with Dr. Guillaume Sebire, McGill U] - kudos, Helen!!! [publications]

• Dr. Qiming Wang, PhD (2013-2015, postdoc, York U) 

  • [fetal EEG modeling, with Dr. Huaxiong Huang and Dr. Steven Wang] | [sponsored in part by NeuroDevNet and MITACS] [publications]

• Shahin Tavakol (2015-2016, first summer student, then MSc candidate, perinatal neurosciences, UdeM, with Dr. Hau-tieng Wu, U of Toronto)

• Valerie Cesar (2015 fall-winter internship, biomedical sciences BSc program at UdeM)

• Harwood Kwan (BSc candidate, 2015 summer student, UBC) [publications]

• Dr. Daniel L. Durosier, MD, MSc (completed! BRAVO Daniel!) [publications]

  • [fetal heart rate variability monitoring in animal model and humans] | [recipient of the MITACS/NeuroDevNet internship award and the CIHR-supported QTNPR scholarship]

• Mackenzie Michel-Robinson, MSc (with Dr. Jack Antel)

  • [mechanisms of the fetal inflammatory response, with Dr. Jack Antel] [recipient of the CIHR-supported Neuroinflammation Training Network scholarship]

• Tina Shafiee, summer 2014 undergraduate student, UBC (now working in the industry)

• Keven Jean, summer 2014 undergraduate student, U de Montreal (now working for the Government of Canada)

• Dr. Luca Garzoni, MD (2012-2014, postdoc) (now Chef de Clinique, Unité de Gastroentérologie, Hépatologie et Nutrition, Département de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent

• Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland)

  • [NEC and ANS, with Dr. Christophe Faure] | [recipient of the Swiss National Science Foundation scholarship] [publications]

• Jenny Lee, summer 2014 undergraduate student, UBC

• Shikha Kuthiala, summer 2013 undergraduate student, University of Toronto (now M.D. student at Queens) [publications]

• Hai Lun Liu, summer 2013 undergraduate student, UBC (now doing her Master's in our lab)

  • [NEC and ANS, with Dr. Christophe Faure]

• Mathieu Rail, summer 2012 undergraduate student, Ecole Polytechnique 

  • joint project with an industry partner

• Dora Siontas, MSc, 2011-2012, research assistant (now working in the industry)

  • [Fetal neuroinflammation in vitro and in vivo]

• Charles Kathleen, 2012 undergraduate student, U de Montreal

• Dr. Carl Duchatellier, M.D., 2010-2011, research assistant and then MSc student (transferred to continue M.D. residency)

  • [fHRV signature of inflammation]

  • supported by NeuroDevNet/MITACS Accelerate internship program (with industry partner)

• Priyanka Vittal, 2009-2010 undergraduate student, University of Western Ontario, London, ON (now working in the industry)

  • [Quantitative analyses of laser scanning confocal microscopy]

• Ashley Keen, 2007-2010 MSc student (co-supervised with Dr. Bryan Richardson) (now midwife)

  • [Fetal electrocortical activity in the prediction of ante- and intrapartum acidemia] [publications]

• Dr. Mark Szynkaruk, 2007-2009 undergraduate student (later M.D. student at U of T)

  • [Biosignal analyses in the cardiovascular system of fetal sheep] [publications]