Research Director: Dr. Jordan Feld
Biology Lead: Dr. Adam Gehring, PhD
Basic Science Research Lab Team: Alexander Mosa, Stuti Shah, Atif Zahoor
Clinical Research Staff Hepatologists and Fields of Expertise
Affiliate Scientist
- Dr. Harry Janssen – Hepatitis B
Affiliate Scientist/Senior Biostatistician
Clinical Research Manager
Manager, Research Planning & Operations
Clinical Research Nurses
- Bethany Barber
- Magdalena Kuczynski (treatment nurse) – on secondment to Synapse
- Danie La
Clinical Research Coordinators/Analysts/Assistants
- Nilofur Aga
- Arpinder Bal
- Madeline Cameron
- Orlando Cerocchi (part-time)
- Jiayun (Jenny) Chen
- Zhaolu Ding
- Christine Hu
- Drashti Jain
- Shinthuka Jeganathan – on MLOA
- Wing Yi (Joey) Li – on MLOA
- Jonelle Pallotta
- Leanna Smith
- Ambreen Syeda
- Ahreni Saunthar
- Sarah Sousa Tran
- Doinita Vladutu
Research Fellows
- Dr. Kristel Leung – IHPME PhD Student, PSC Epidemiology
- Andrew Mendlowitz
- Loghman Salimzadeh
PhD & Graduate Students (2022 - 2023)
- Conan Chua
- Grishma Hirode
- Nahla Fadl ElMawla
- Lauren Fernandez
- Jonah Lin
- Juan Sanchez Vasquez (Diego)
Research Associate
Research Clerks
- Henna Asrar
- Julia Casey
- Erin Mandel
Research Students/Appointees/Volunteers
- Wesam Aleyadeh
- Lmyaa Ata
- Hooman Farhang-Zangneh
- Marwa Ismail
- Bailie Jones
- Autumn Morency
- Shamir Malik
- Merishka Pillay
- Christina Plagiannakos
- Surain Roberts
- Mary Sedarous
- Antoine Sioufi
Special Project Staff
HepCnet
- Coordinator: Stephanie Vieira
Viral Hepatitis Care Network (VIRCAN)
- Manager: Camelia Capraru
- Community Outreach Coordinators: Aaron Vanderhoff, Lucy You
- Clinical Research Nurse: Magdalena Kuczynski (treatment nurse) – on secondment to Synapse
- Clinical Research Analyst: David Smookler
- Viral Hepatitis Outreach Specialist: Merishka Pillay
- Viral Hepatitis Outreach Assistants: Agustina Crespi, Sana Mahmood, Jacqueline Palik
Hepatitis Education Peer Support Group
- Hepatitis Education Support Worker: Lijue (Leah) Xing
Global PBC Study Group
- Toronto Site contact: Leanna Smith
Canadian Network for Autoimmune Liver disease (CaNAL)
- Toronto Site Contact: Jonelle Pallotta
- Investigator Initiated PSC studies: Arpinder Bal
- Visiting Autoimmune Liver Disease Fellow: Inbal Houri
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