Principal Investigator |
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Dr. Ming Tsao, FRCPC, MD Principal investigator Scientific Director, Princess Margaret Living Biobank Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Contact: ming.tsao@uhn.ca |
Administrative Assistant |
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Annie Hum Administrative assistant Contact: annie.hum@uhnresearch.ca |
Scientific Associates |
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Dr. Roya Navab, PhD Scientific Associate Research interest: Tumor microenvironment in lung cancer Contact: Roya.Navab@uhnresearch.ca |
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Dr. Nhu-An Pham, PhD Manager of the Applied Molecular Pathology Lab (AMPL) Princess Margaret Living Biobank - PDX Core Manager, Staff Scientist Alumni Research interest: Primary lung cancer xenograft culture and therapies Contact: Nhu-an.Pham@uhnresearch.ca |
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Dr. Nikolina Radulovich, MSc, PhD Scientific Manager Princess Margaret Living Biobank - PDO Core Manager, Staff Scientist Alumni Research interest: Pancreatic Cancer and cancer organoids Contact: nikolina.radulovich@uhnresearch.ca |
Graduate Students |
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Khadija Jafarova, BSc (Co-supervised with Dr. Geoffrey Liu) PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics Research Interest: Organoids in non-small cell lung cancer Contact: khadija.jafarova@mail.utoronto.ca |
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Kristyna Gorospe, BSc, MSc (co-supervised with Dr. Kelsie Thu) PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Research Interest: Drug persister cells in lung cancer Contact: Kristyna.Gorospe@uhn.ca |
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Maryam Khalil, BSc PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Research Interest: PD-L1 in non-small cell lung cancer cancer Contact: maryam.khalil@uhnresearch.ca |
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Joshua Rosen, BSc PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology Research Interest: Targeting KRAS in lung cancer Contact: joshua.rosen@mail.utoronto.ca |
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Yifan (Andy) Yu, BSc (co-supervised with Dr. Geoffrey Liu) PhD student, University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics Research Interest: Resistance mechanisms in lung cancer Contact: yifan.yu@mail.utoronto.caa |
Postdoctoral Fellows |
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Dr. Arundhathi Arivajiagane, PhD Postdoctoral fellow Research Interest: Role of drug-tolerant persister cells in NSCLC Contact: Arundhathi.Arivajiagane@uhnresearch.ca |
Research Technicians |
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Dr. Pinjiang (Mary) Cao, MD, MSc Technician - Primary lung cancer xenograft project Contact: Pinjiang.Cao@uhnresearch.ca |
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Dr. Ming Li, MD Technician - Primary lung cancer xenograft project Contact: ming.li@uhnresearch.ca |
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Ni Liu, MSc Lab Manager Contact: niliu@uhnres.utoronto.ca |
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Elzbieta Matysiak-Zablocki, MSc Technician - Primary pancreatic cancer organoid development Contact: elzbieta.matysiak-zablocki@uhn.ca |
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Christine Ng, M.Phil Technician - Primary colorectal cancer organoid development Contact: Christine.Ng@uhnresearch.ca |
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Molly Udaskin, MSc Technician - Primary ovarian cancer organoid development Contact: molly.udaskin@gmail.com |
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Yu-Hui Wang, MSc Technician - Primary lung cancer xenograft project Contact: yuhui.wang@uhnresearch.ca |
Bioinformatics Team |
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Dr. Quan Li, PhD Scientific Associate Research interest: Bioinformatics, genomics, human complex disease Contact: quan.li@uhnresearch.ca |
Visiting Fellows |
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Dr. Alhareth Azaizeh, MBBS, DipRCPath Staff Pathologist, King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan Research interest: Tumor biomarkers/histopathology Contact: Alhareth.Azaizeh@uhn.ca |
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Dr. Cheol-Kyu Park, MD, PhD Pulmonologist, Chonnam National University, Hwasun Hospital, Republic of Korea Research interest: Organoid co-culture models Contact: Cheol-Kyu.Park@uhn.ca |
Co-op Students |
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Mackenzie Bates University of Toronto Contact: mackenzie.bates@uhn.ca |
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Julia Froment Guelph University Contact: Julia.Froment@uhn.ca |
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Wafi Khan Toronto Metropolitan University Contact: Wafi.Khan@uhn.ca |
