MSC STUDENTS
Christina Ly
MSc. Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 2012-2014.
The influence of Vaccinium angustifolium var.laevifolium House (Ericaceae) leaf extract on trophoblast biology
Tasfia Ahmed
MSc. Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2012-2015.
Multivitamin Intake During Pregnancy: Effect of Excessive Concentrations of Micronutrients on Placental Stress Response.
Co-Supervised with Dr. Fontaine-Bisson
Chantal Dubé
MSc. Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2015-2017.
The influence of maternal myokines on placental health and function.
Co-Supervised with Dr. Adamo
Philip Marshall
MSc. Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2016-2019.
NAD+ depletion and mitochondrial dysfunction as a causal role in preeclampsia.
Co-Supervised with Dr. Menzies
Anika Mukherjee
MSc. Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2016-2021.
Digital automation of placenta pathology examination in cases of placenta-mediated diseases.
Purvasha Patnaik
MSc. Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2018-2021.
Machine learning to detect distinct histopathology lesions in the human placenta.
Alexandra Goudreau
MSc. Human Kinetics, 2020-2022
Characterizing the Hofbauer Cell Response to Maternal Physical Activity During Pregnancy.
Erika Mery
MSc. Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2020-2022.
Using placenta pathology findings to predict maternal cardiovascular health after a preeclamptic pregnancy.
PhD Students
Pascale Robineau-Charette
PhD. Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 2015-2021.
The role of FGL2 in placental development and preeclampsia.
Co-Supervised with Dr. Vanderhyden
Fahmida Jahan
PhD. Biochemistry, 2017-2023.
Placental Mitochondrial Function and Dysfunction in Preeclampsia.
Co-Supervised with Dr. Menzies
Post-docs
Patricia Peticca
Post-doc, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2011-2012
SIRT1: Identification of a novel placental stress-response protein that regulates fetal growth?
Jonathan Ferrier
Post-doc, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 2014-2016.
Vaccinium (Blueberry) leaf extract for human trophoblast survival: a natural health product for preventing preeclampsia.
Samantha Benton
Post-doc, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 2015-2020.
Biomarkers or Preeclampsia Pathophysiology and Long Term Maternal Health Risk.
Goutham Vasam
Post-doc, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2019-2022.
The role of mitochondrial metabolism in placenta health and disease.
Technicians
Jeremiah Gaudet
Technician, 2012-2022.
Honours BSc. in Biochemistry, University of Ottawa.
Undergraduate Students
Caitlin Ennis
Community Service Placement & Health Science Communication Ambassador, 2023.
Science Communication Ambassador.
Jessica Berryhill
Community Service Placement, 2023.
Science Communication Ambassador.
Ashley Lam
Community Service Placement, 2023.
Science Communication Ambassador.
Eden Clark-Campbell
Bachelor’s Honours, 2022-2023.
Placenta-mediated disease and maternal cardiovascular disease, a systematic review.
Shreya Suade
Undergraduate Research Internship, 2022-2023.
IISER Mohali, India.
Jennie Nelson
Community Service Placement, 2022.
Science Communication Ambassador.
Varsa Murugesu
Community Service Placement, 2022.
Science Communication Ambassador.
Nussaiba Iftekhar
Bachelor’s Honours, 2022.
NAD+ signalling and placental vascular development.
Trina Julien
Bachelor’s Honours, 2021-2022.
NAD+ signalling and placental development and function.
Troiana Claxton
Bachelor’s Honours, 2020-2021.
Maternal opioid use during pregnancy and placenta pathology.
Brenden Spano-Osborn
Bachelor’s Honours, 2019-2020.
Neonatal outcomes associated with placental villitis of unknown etiology.
Amy Zeglinsky-Spinney
Medical Student Summer Placement, 2019.
Application of a synoptic placenta pathology reporting tool in community hospital settings.
Sonia Dancey
UROP, Summer Student/RA, 2019-2023.
Validation of synoptic placenta pathology reporting.
Maria Henin
Bachelor’s Honours, 2018-2019.
Effects of cannabis on placental health and function.
Michal Leckie
Summer Student, 2017 & 2018.
Validation of synoptic placenta pathology reporting.
Fadi Gorgi
Bachelor's Honours, 2017-2018.
Hypomorphic SIRT1 compromises placental vascular development.
Ben McLeod
Bachelor’s Honours, 2017-2018.
Development of an antibody based screening tool for preeclampsia subtypes.
Sapir Fellus
Bachelor’s Honours, 2016-2017.
Validation of a novel histopathology tool to classify placenta-mediated disease.
Peter Pham
Bachelor’s Honours & Co-op Student, 2016-2017.
Development of a novel antibody panel for the diagnosis of preeclampsia.
Sadad Rahman
Bachelor’s Honours, 2015-2016.
Identification of subclass-specific biomarkers for the early prediction of preeclampsia.
Ramitashini Kamalathasan
Bachelor’s Honours, 2015-2016.
Using standardized placenta pathology evaluation to identify distinct molecular subclasses of preeclampsia.
Abdul Hadi Djokhdem
Bachelor’s Honours, 2015-2016.
Mechanisms of SIRT1-mediated trophoblast invasion.
Sonya Vukovic
Bachelor’s Honours, 2015-2016.
Determining the bioactive components of Vaccinium (Blueberry) leaf extract for improved human trophoblast invasion.
Georges Gharib
Bachelor’s Honours, 2014-2015.
Identification of subclass specific biomarkers of preeclampsia.
Jamal Alkadri
Bachelor’s Honours, 2014-2015.
Hypoxia induced reductions in SIRT1 compromises placental function.
Santana Sivasalapathi
Bachelor’s Honours, 2014-2015.
Mechanisms of fetal growth restriction in SIRT1 knockout mice.
Ilan Fellus
Bachelor’s Honours, 2013-2014.
Effects of exogenous folic acid on placental health and function.
Christopher Mansour
Bachelor’s Honours, 2013-2014.
SIRT1: A novel placental stress response protein that regulates fetal growth.
Miesha MacDonald-Roberts
Bachelor’s Honours, 2012-2013.
Effects of niacin on placental stress response.
Hiba Abdul-Fattah
Bachelor’s Honours, 2011-2012.
Effect of prenatal multivitamin supplementation on placental stress response.