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LAB MEMBERS

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We are hiring!

postdoctoral fellow

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.

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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.

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Dr. Christopher Hennecker, PhD

research assistant

Biomarker assay development and evaluation

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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)

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Rachel Lai, BA

research assistant

Study coordination, qualitative and quantitative research, data analysis and statistics

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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

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