LAB MEMBERS
We are hiring!
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Please see posting for a postdoctoral fellowship in the lab on the Join Us! page. Skills in liquid chromatography and/or mass spectrometry and/or protein biochemistry needed.
Rachael Smith, MSc
graduate student
Biomarkers in FTD
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Co-supervised by Dr. Robin Hsiung, UBC Neuroscience Program. Recipient of a UBC Faculty of Medicine Graduate Award and President's Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award.
Dr. Yara Alkhodair, MD
clinical fellow
Clinical fellow in Behavioral Neurology and Dementia at the Centre for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders at the University of British Columbia
Cyril Helbling, MSc
graduate student
Assay development for synucleinopathies
Recipient of research funding from the Swiss Parkinson Association, Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (UBC), Bert Bauman Parkinson's Disease Research Fund (UBC), 2024 Michael Noble Family Award in Laboratory Quality, 2023 Outstanding Graduate Student Award (UBC)
Rachel Lai, BA
research assistant
Data analysis and statistics, qualitative and quantitative research, study coordination
Willie Wu
research assistant
Data analysis and biomarker evaluation.
Lab Alumni
(position in lab & awards received)
Mennwa Abouelatta, BSc, visiting summer research fellowship, Southern Methodist University
Recipient of the McManus Innovation Award
Colleen Chambers, BA, research assistant, UBC co-op program
Pawan Dhaliwal, BSc, BMLSc directed studies program
Hannah Dreskler, BSc, summer research fellowship & research assistant
Recipient of the UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Summer Student Fellowship and BC Proteomics Network Fellowship; Best Poster, UBC Pathology Day
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Lauren Forgrave, PhD, PhD student
Recipient of a CIHR Banting & Best Canada Grad Scholarship, 2023 Peter Pare Award, 2021 Brain Canada van Tol Travel Fellowship, Canada Grad Scholarship Master's Award, 2019 Outstanding Grad Student Award UBC Path & Lab Med, 2018 UBC Drabinsky Grad Scholarship in Medicine
Jordan Hamden, PhD, postdoctoral fellow
Recipient of the Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Fellowship
Charlie Kuan, MSc, research assistant
Rhoda Lam, BSc, BMLSc directed studies program
Jessica Li, graphic designer, Emily Carr University co-op program
Yun Li, BSc, summer research fellowship, directed studies & research assistant
Recipient of the 2022 Centre for Heart Lung Innovation James Hogg Grant and the 2021 UBC Faculty of Medicine Summer Student Research Program award
John Lim, BSc, BMLSc directed studies program
Phoebe Lu, BSc, BMLSc directed studies program & research assistant
Recipient of the UBC Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Summer Student Fellowship Program, and UBC Faculty of Medicine Summer Student Research Program award
Matthew Ma, BSc, summer undergraduate research fellowship
Recipient of the BC Proteomics Network Fellowship
Matthew Masoudi, BSc MM, research assistant
Raha Masoudi, BSc, undergraduate student
Recipient of the BC Proteomics Network Fellowship
Amy Nguyen, MSc, master's student
Recipient of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging's 2018 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference Travel Award and the BC Proteomics Network Travel Award; Centre for Heart Lung Innovation 2018 Trainee Research Day - Best Poster Presentation
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Khushbu Patel, MSc, graduate student & research assistant
Recipient of the UBC Faculty of Medicine Graduate Award
Taylor Pobran, MSc, graduate student & research assistant
Awarded Master of Science with honors
Serena Singh, PhD, postdoctoral fellow
Recipient of the MSFHR Postdoctoral Fellowship (co-funded by the Pacific Parkinson's Research Institute), and 2018 MSACL Trainee Travel Grant
Junyan Shi, PhD, postdoctoral fellow
Recipient of the MSFHR Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2018 MSACL Young Investigator Travel Grant, 2018 CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health Travel Award, and the American Association for Clinical Chemistry 2018 Student Research Award
Simone Thair, PhD, clinical researcher
Meng Wang, PhD, postdoctoral fellow
Recipient of a Mitacs & Pacific Airway Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, and 2023 Bruce McManus Award
Terry Wong, BSc, BMLSc directed studies program & summer research fellowship
Recipient of the UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Summer Student Fellowship Program
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David Yang, BSc, research assistant
Serena Yeung, BSc, BMLSc directed studies program & research assistant
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Yu Zi (Emma) Zheng PhD, postdoctoral fellow
Recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship from the Alzheimer Society of Canada and the Firefly Foundation Spark Award