Ph.D. Graduate Students

Michael Saikali, Ph.D.
(2025)

Current:
Postdoctoral Fellow, OICR
Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
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​Adil Rasheed, Ph.D.
(2017)

​Current:
Assistant Professor, Immunology Centre of Georgia

Sarah Cash, Ph.D.
(2025)

Current:
Medical Affairs Intern, UCB Canada
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Lilia Magomedova, Ph.D.
(2016)

​Current:
Clinical Evaluator at Health Canada

Cigdem Sahin, Ph.D.
​(2023)

Current:
Postdoctoral Researcher, Joslin Diabetes Centre
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Rucha Patel, Ph.D.
(2015)

Current:
Drug Discovery Scientist, Novo Nordisk​

Jia-Xu (Jessie) Li, Ph.D.
(2022)

Current:
Scientist, Stealth Mode Biotech
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M.Sc. Graduate Students

Hetvi Shah, M. Sc
​(2024)

Current:
Ph.D. Student at University of Toronto
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Duhyun Han, M.Sc.
​(2019)

Current:
Senior Manager at Acorn Biolabs
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Maria Romero, M.Sc.
​(2023)

Current:
​Medical Editor, Klick

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Cigdem Sahin, M.Sc.
(2017)

Current:
Postdoctoral Researcher, Joslin Diabetes Centre
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Rachel Leung, M.Sc.
(2021)

Current:
Senior Analyst, BlueRock Therapeutics
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Emma Zilberman, M.Sc.
(2016)

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Current:
Small Business Owner

Martha Kubarakos, M.Sc.
(2019)

Current:
Professional Education Manager, Johnson & Johnson

Jasmine Williams-Dautovich, M.Sc.
(2015)

Current:
​Director, Pfizer Ignite Operational Lead

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​Postdoctoral Fellows

Florian Le Billan
(2023)

​Current:
Research Lab Manager,
​University Health Network

Stuart Morgan
​(2019)

​Current:
​Medical Science Liaison, The Binding Site
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Undergraduate Students

​Emily Yuan

​B.Sc., Pharmacology, Nutritional Sciences (University of Toronto, 2025)
AMGEN Scholar Summer Student 2024

Candice Kwok​​

B.Sc., Pharmaceutical Chemistry Specialist (University of Toronto, 2025)
PHC489 Student 

Victoria Boyd

B.Sc., Biochemistry  (Mount Allison University, 2017)
Pharm D. (University of Toronto, 2022)
Summer Student 2019 and Work-study Student 2019

​Abigail Chu

B.Sc., Health Sciences (University of Waterloo, 2026)
Co-op Student 2023/4

Nour Ghanem

B.Sc., Pharmaceutical Chemistry (University of Toronto 2023)
PHC489 Student 2022/2023

Angela Yan

B.Sc., Pharmaceutical Chemistry (University of Toronto, 2021)
PHC489 Student 2020
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Elinor Feigis

B.Sc.,  Pharmaceutical Chemistry (University of Toronto 2020) M.Sc., Biochemistry (McGill University 2022)
PHC489 Student 2019

​Julie Huynh

B.Sc., Health Sciences (University of Waterloo, 2026)
Co-op Student 2023/4


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Jenna-Rose Melanson

B.Sc., Biochemistry  (Mount Allison University, 2017)
Pharm D. (University of Toronto, 2022)
Summer Student 2019 and Work-study Student2019

De Andy Yang

​B.Sc., Pharmaceutical Chemistry (University of Toronto 2018)
PHC489 Student 2017

Ka Wendy Siu

B.Sc., Pharmacology (University of Toronto 2016)
Summer Student 2017 and Work-study Student 2018

​Dide Yurtal

B.Sc., Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology (University of Toronto, 2025)
USRP Research Trainee Student 2024

Heather Lin

B.Sc., Cell & Molecular Biology (University of Toronto, 2026)
Work-study Student 2023

Charlotte Hong

B.Sc., Pharmaceutical Chemistry (University of Toronto)
PHC489 Student 2023

Justin Lin

B.Sc. (McMaster University)
Summer Student 2022

Gloria Umogbai

B.Sc. Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Disease & Population Health  (University of Toronto 2022)
Summer Student 2021

Yangyushuang Xu

​B.Sc., Pharmaceutical Chemistry (University of Toronto, 2022)
PHC489 Student 2021

Chengming Peter Zhang

B.Sc., Immunology (University of Toronto 2017), PharmD. (University of Toronto 2021), MBA (University of Toronto 2022)
PHM389 Student 2019

Zhi Di Judy Deng

B.Sc., Anatomy and Cell Biology  (McGill University, 2017)
Summer Student 2019

                          
                    

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Brendan Tao

B.Sc., Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (McMaster University 2021)
Summer Student 2018

​Elizabeth Légère

B.Sc.  Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto 2018)
Work-study Student 2017