Principal Investigator
Dr. Helen Dimaras
helen.dimaras@sickkids.ca
416.813.7654, extension: 307250
Dr. Helen Dimaras is a Scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Sciences Program at the SickKids Research Institute, and Director of Global Eye Health Research in the Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences at SickKids.
Dimaras is also an Assistant Professor at The University of Toronto in the Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and the Division of Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health. She also holds an honourary lecturer position in the Department of Human Pathology, University of Nairobi.
Current Team Members
From Left to Right: Bethina Loiseau, Dr. Jessica Hill, Adrina Zhong, Joshua Munywoki, Wei Sim, Dr. Sameh Soliman, Kaitlyn Flegg, Catherine Moses, Dr. Helen Dimaras, Barclay Obiero
From Left to Right: Dr. Helen Dimaras, Victoria Lee-Kim, Raumil Patel, Beth White, Arunan Selvarajah, Jamie Fujioka, Kaitlyn Flegg, Max Gelkopf
Research Manager
Kaitlyn Flegg, M.Sc.
kaitlyn.flegg@sickkids.ca
416.813.7654, extension: 203287
Research Coordinator (Parent-in-Research)
Ivana Ristevski
ivana.ristevski@sickkids.ca
Research Assistant
Roxanne Noronha
roxanne.noronha@sickkids.ca
416.813.7654, extension: 207438
Students
Based in Toronto, Canada
Research Students
Sarah Levy, B.Sc. candidate
RB Research Social Media Team:
Yoel Yakobi, H.B.A.S., M.Sc. candidate
Sarah Levy, B.Sc. candidate
Michelle Prunier, B.Sc. candidate
Based in Nairobi, Kenya
TBD
Alumni
Post-doctoral Fellows
Ledia Brunga, MD; 2012-2013
Jessica Hill, PhD; 2014-2016
Graduate Students
April Lee, MPH; 2016
Amal Gedleh, MPH; 2016
Adrina Zhong, MPH; 2016-2017
Jamie Fujioka, MPH; 2017
Minjung Jo, MPH; 2017
Leslie Oldfield, M.Sc; 2017
Beth White, MPH; 2017
Ken Weke, M.Sc.; 2018
Ruhee Mardhani, MPH; 2018
Andrea Rowell, MSW; 2018
Vivian Tam, M.Sc. Global Health; 2018
Gavin Lifman, M.Sc. Global Health; 2018
Ana Janic, M.Sc. Medical Science; 2018-2020
Max Solish, M.Sc. Global Health; 2019
Jovana Vukcevic, M.Sc. Global Health; 2020
Medical Students
Jason Hu, MD; 2016
Wei Sim, MD; 2016
Ashlyn Pinto, MD; 2019
Undergraduate Students
Charles Baik; 2010
Christina Olteanu; 2011
Michelle Lee; 2012-2013
Betty (Li Qun) He; 2012-2013
Darren Benedict; 2013-2014
Mary (Su Yeon) Lee; 2013
Andre Kostiw-Gill; 2013
Seemi Qaiser; 2014-2016
Trillium Chang; 2014-2016
Bethina Loiseau; 2014-2016
Yvonne Umukunda; 2016
Joshua Munywoki; 2016
Barclay Obiero; 2016
Catherine Moses; 2016-2017
Iva Avramov; 2016-2017
Hannah Girdler; 2016-2017
Arunan Selvarajah; 2016-2017
Victoria Lee-Kim; 2017
Smriti Savasikumar; 2017
Kaiwen Xia; 2017
Monica Brundage; 2018
Johnson Yu; 2018
Tabitha Oni; 2018
Hodan Mohamud; 2018
Ashna Hudani; 2018
Pingki Mazumder; 2018
Max Gelkopf; 2018
Suad Ali; 2019
Kelsey Yang; 2019
Taylor Irvine; 2019