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Research - Team

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

Dr. Jordan Feld – Hepatitis B and C
Dr. Scott Fung – Hepatitis B and C
Dr. Aliya Gulamhusein – Primary Biliary Cholangitis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, Autoimmune Hepatitis
Dr. Gideon Hirschfield – Primary Biliary Cholangitis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, Autoimmune Hepatitis
Dr. Keyur Patel – Liver Fibrosis/Fatty Liver
Dr. Hemant Shah – Education
Dr. David Wong – Hepatitis B, C and HIV co-infection
Dr. Florence Wong – Portal Hypertension, Ascites

Affiliate Scientist

Dr. Harry Janssen – Hepatitis B

Affiliate Scientist/Senior Biostatistician

Dr. Bettina Hansen, PhD

Clinical Research Manager

Seham Noureldin

Manager, Research Planning & Operations

Geraldine Karkada

Clinical Research Nurses

Bethany Barber
Magdalena Kuczynski (treatment nurse) – on secondment to Synapse
Danie La

Melissa Reyes
Grace Wong

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

Avisha Chowdhury

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

Autoimmune Liver Team. (Photo: UHN)

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