Ronald (Ronni) Cohn, MD, FACMG
President and CEO at SickKids
Department of Pediatrics & Department of Molecular Genetics
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Email: ronald.cohn@sickkids.ca
Laboratory Staff
Georgiana Forguson, M.Sc
Lab Manager
Education: M.Sc in Biology at McGill University
Email: georgiana.forguson@sickkids.ca
Hong Anh Truong, PhD
Technologist
Education: Ph.D in Biophysics at Nanyang Technological University
Email: honganh.truong@sickkids.ca
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Cedric Happi Mbakam, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Education: BSc in Clinical Biochemistry at Dschang University & MSc Medical Immunology at UCAC, Cameroon
Email: cedric.happi-mbakam@sickkids.ca
Graduate Students
Antonio Mollica, MSc
PhD Candidate
Education: MSc in Molecular Biology, University of Milan
Email: antonio.mollica@sickkids.ca
Matthew Rok
PhD Candidate
Education: BMSc(H) in Biochemistry & Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario
Email: matthew.rok@sickkids.ca
Twitter: @RokMatthew
Sina Fatehi Someeh
PhD Candidate
Education: HBSc Cell & Molecular Biology, University of Toronto
Email: sina.fatehisomeeh@sickkids.ca
Twitter: @SinaFatehi1
Ryan Marks, MSc
PhD Candidate
Education: BSc(H) in Life Sciences & MSc in Immunology, Queen’s University
Email: ryan.marks@sickkids.ca
Twitter: @ryanmmarks_
Lucie Perillat
PhD Candidate
Education: HBSc in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology and History & Philosophy of Science, University of Toronto
Email: lucie.perillat@sickkids.ca
Twitter: @lucie_perillat
Undergraduate & Co-op Students
Ameer Ahmed
Co-op Student (Biochemistry, McMaster)
Grace Nolasco
Summer Student 2023 (University of Toronto)
Joseph Kozman
Summer Student 2023 (University of Western Ontario)
Past Members
Ori Scott, MD
PhD Candidate
Education: MD, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta
Shagana Visuvanathan, MSc
Animal Technician
Sonia Evagelou, MSc
Lab Manager
Eleonora Maino, MSc
PhD Candidate
Education: MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology, Trento University
Samar Rizvi
MSc Candidate
Education: HBSc, University of Toronto
Steven Erwood
PhD Candidate
Education: HBSc, University of Toronto
Zhenya Ivakine, PhD
Former Lab Director
Reid Brewer
Assistant Research Technologist (2019-2020)
Tatianna Wong, MSc
PhD Candidate
Education: MSc in Biochemistry, McMaster University
Daria Wojtal
PhD Candidate
Education: HBSc in Biology, McMaster University
Zahra Beghestani
Lab Technician (2016-2019)
Ella Hyatt
Lab Manager (2012-2019)
Dwi Kemalafewi, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2012-2017), Research Associate (2017-2019)
Prabhpreet Bassi
MSc Student (2015-2017), Summer Student (2018)
Ema Dreseris
Lab Technician (2016-2017)
Rebekah Jobling, MD
Clinical Fellow (2014)
Zeenat Malam, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2012-2014)
Past Undergraduate/Co-op Students
Benno Orr
Project Student
Nitya Gulati
Joyce Yan
Liangchi Zhou
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2019)
Nicole Wong
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2019)
Samar Rizvi
Project Student (Sept 2018-Apr 2019) & Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2019)
Reid Brewer
Project Student (2018-2019)
Grace Yang
Co-op Student (Sept 2018-Dec 2018, Jun 2019-Aug 2019)
Sydney Steiman
Co-op Student (Jan 2019-Apr 2019)
Vanessa Gomes
Project Student (Sept 2018-Apr 2019)
Sahar Alimirzaie
Project Student (Sept 2018-Apr 2019)
Aditya Chawla
Project Student (Sept 2018-April 2019)
Raul Suarez
Intern Student (Fall 2017)
Gugulethu Mpofu
Intern Student (Fall 2016)
Roseanne Nguyen
Project Student (Sept 2017-Apr 2018)
Amanda Chiodo
Project Student (Sept 2017- Apr 2018)
Ido Nofech-Mozes
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summers of 2016, 2017, 2018)
Seth Kibel
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summers of 2017, 2018)
Rebekah Kember
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summers of 2017, 2018)
Gina Desatnik
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2018)
Georgia Besant
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2017)
Malli Zworth
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2017)
Madhav Sankhyan
Undergraduate Student Volunteer (2016)
Ryan Marks
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summers of 2015, 2016, 2017)
Kara Place
Undergraduate Student Volunteer (2015, 2016, 2017)
Nicolle Maikawa
Undergraduate Student Volunteer (2014, 2015)
Maylynn Ding
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2015)
Aron Weingarten
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2015)
Benjamin Weingarten
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2015)
Xinyi Zhu
Undergraduate Student Volunteer (2014, 2015)
Sarah Abdullah
Undergraduate Student Volunteer (2014)
Victoria Huang
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2014)