Current Team
Fatemeh Ahmadi Harchegani, PhD Student
Research interests: biostatistics, data science, rare diseases, machine learning.
Fatemeh joined our group in Sep 2023.
Welcome Fatemeh!
Dr. Wangshu Tu, part-time Research Associate
Research interests: Knowledge mobilization/translation in rare diseases, Statistical/machine learning, Model-based clustering, microbiome data analysis.
Feedback welcome on www.mdbiomarkers.com
Mithun Manivannan, MSc Student
Research interests: biostatistics, unsupervised learning, digital biomarkers and clinical trials
Mithun joined our group in Sep 2025.
Welcome Mithun!
Kaitey Guite, MSc student
Research interests: muscular dystrophies, health outcomes, clinical trials, biostatisticsÂ
Kaitey joined our group in Sep 2024.
Kaitey started an MSc in Sep 2025.
Ella Fracker, BSc Honours student
Research interests: muscular dystrophies, health outcomes, proteomics, data science
Ella joined our group in May 2026.
Deborah Aliyu, BSc Honours student
Research interests: muscular dystrophies, health outcomes, proteomics, data science
Debra joined our group in May 2026.
Previous
Dr. Pengqi Liu (Postdoctoral Fellow; co-supervised)
Adnan Alfarra (MSc student)
Adel Yasin (research assistant)
Nazanin Nasiri (MSc HSTP student)
Isen McDonald (undergraduate research assistant)
Kevin Giddings (undergraduate research assistant)
Rebecca Tobin (MSc student; OGS, CIHR scholarships)
Amanda Pace (MSc HSTP student)
Sarah Haunton (undergraduate research assistant; iCUREUS)
Nicola Leppinen (undergraduate research assistant)
Leenah Abdelrazeq (undergraduate thesis)
Domenico Gorgoglione (visiting PhD student)
Aalyah Eshaq (directed studies)
Sarah Haunton (directed studies)
Dr. Wangshu Tu (Postdoctoral Fellow; co-supervised)
Romika Subedi (NSERC USRA; iCUREUS)
Khalil Kain (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Dr. Shefa Tawalbeh (co-supervised; Master's, PhD)
Dr. Yuan Fang (Research Assistant)
Vanja Davidovic (co-supervised; summer research, directed studies)