Team

Principal Investigator

Andrea M. Haqq, MD, MHS, FRCP(C), FAAP

Andrea Haqq is a Pediatric Endocrinologist at the Stollery Children’s Hospital, Professor of Pediatrics and Adjunct Professor of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Alberta.  Dr. Haqq completed her MD at the University of Calgary and pediatric residencies at BC Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Following a pediatric endocrinology fellowship at Oregon Health and Science University, Dr. Haqq held a clinical and academic position at Duke University.  She re-located to Edmonton in July 2009. Dr Haqq has a strong clinical and research interest in hormonal regulation of food intake, particularly in childhood obesity and Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). 

Active Members

Robyn Masters, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow

Flavio Vieira , PhD, RD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Reena Duke, BSc 

Research Coordinator

Lucila Triador, MSc 

Research Assistant

Nandini Basuray, MSc Student

Camila Orsso, PhD Student

Past Members

Research Associates

Hayford Avedzi, PhD

Eloisa Colin Ramirez, PhD

Michelle MacKenzie, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Scientists

Seun Akindehin

Edward Deehan

Zhengxiao (Terry) Zhang 

Krystal Irizarry 

Kathryn Potter 

Anna Lam 

Scott Somerville 

Chelsey Grimbly 

Dorothee Newbern 

Evelyn Artz 


PhD Students

Maha Alsaif 

Q. Tan

MSc Students

Camila Orsso

Khushmol Dhaliwal

Shima Afhami

Usha Rai 

Krista Macdonald

Rose Kalu

Jeffrey Bennett

Andrea Duran

Sara Weselake 

Undergraduate Students

Krishna Shah

Leah Rusnell

Rachelle Eggert

Irtiza Oyon

Benjamin Coutu

Xiao Tian He

Camila Orsso

Hayley Gulayets

Jasmeena Gill

Ancuta Nastase

Vivian Kwan

Steven Ainsley

Sarah Cecchini

Paige Snetsinger 

Stephanie Theroux

Jace Dergousoff

Carley Canuel 

Jean Dorran

Laura White