Ronald (Ronni) Cohn, MD, FACMG
President and CEO at SickKids
Education: M.D., University of Essen, Germany
Favourite thing to do outside work: Spending time with family and cooking.
Email: ronald.cohn@sickkids.ca
Our Team
Zhenya Ivakine
Lab Director
Education: PhD in Immunology, University of Toronto
Favourite thing to do outside work: Spending time with family and not cooking.
Email: zhenya.ivakine@sickkids.ca
Sonia Evagelou
Technologist II
Education: M.Sc. in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph
Favourite thing to do outside work: Attend concerts and travel the world
Email: sonia.evagelou@sickkids.ca
Kyle Lindsay
Technologist II
Education: M.Sc. in Biology, McMaster University
Favourite thing to do outside work: Staying active.
Email: kyle.lindsay@sickkids.ca
Reid Brewer
Assistant Research Technologist
Education: HB.Sc., University of Toronto
Favourite thing to do outside work: Playing with my rabbit (keeping him from eating the furniture).
Email: reid.brewer@sickkids.ca
Graduate Students
Daria Wojtal
PhD Candidate
Education: HB.Sc. in Biology, McMaster University
Favourite thing to do outside work: Globetrotting and playing with other people’s dogs.
Email: daria.wojtal@sickkids.ca
Steven Erwood
PhD Student
Education: HB.Sc., University of Toronto
Favourite thing to do outside work: Browse the world-wide-web.
Email: steven.erwood@sickkids.ca
Ori Scott
PhD Student
Education: M.D, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta
Favourite thing to do outside work: camping and exploring our beautiful country
Email: ori.scott@sickkids.ca
Tatianna Wong
PhD Candidate
Education: M.Sc. in Biochemistry, McMaster University
Favourite thing to do outside work: Create my own brand of cheesecake.
Email: tatianna.wong@sickkids.ca
Antonio Mollica
PhD Student
Education: M.Sc. in Molecular Biology of the Cell, University of Milan (Italy)
Favourite thing to do outside work: Trying hard not to think about the lab and playing volleyball on the side.
Email: antonio.mollica@sickkids.ca
Eleonora Maino
PhD Candidate
Education: M.Sc. in Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology, Trento University (Italy)
Favourite thing to do outside work: Gardening and playing with my lovely cat.
Email: eleonora.maino@sickkids.ca
Matthew Rok
Master’s Student
Education: BMSc. Honours Specialization in Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Western University
Favourite thing to do outside work: Damaging my psyche cheering for the Toronto Maple Leafs, dragon boating, and playing guitar
Email: matthew.rok@sickkids.ca
Past Members
Zahra Baghestani
Lab Technician (2016-2019)
Where is she now: Technician at Deep Genomics
Ella Hyatt
Lab Manager (2012-2019)
Where is she now: Senior Manager of Research Operations at Ryerson University
Dr. Dwi U. Kemaladewi
Post-doc (2012-2017), Research Associate (2017-2019)
Where she is now: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, USA. Visit her lab website here!
Prabhpreet Bassi
Master Student (2015-2017), Summer Student (2018)
Where he is now: MD candidate, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Rebekah Jobling
Clinical Fellow (2014)
Where she is now: Co-director of the Ted Rogers Centre Cardiac Genome Clinic
Zeenat Malam
Postdoctoral Fellow (2012-2014)
Where is she now: full-time mom
Past Undergraduate Students
Liangchi Zhou
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2019)
Nicole Wong
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2019)
Samar Rizvi
Project Student (September 2018- April 2019) and Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2019)
Where is she now: Master’s Candidate in Molecular Genetic’s, University of Toronto
Grace Yang
Co-op Student (Sept 2018- Dec 2018, June 2019- Aug 2019)
Where is she now: OD Candidate, Illinois College of Optometry
Sydney Steiman
Co-op Student (Jan 2019- April 2019)
Vanessa Gomes
Project Student (Sept 2018-April 2019)
Sahar Alimirzaie
Project Student (Sept 2018-April 2019)
Aditya Chawla
Project Student (Sept 2018-April 2019)
Raul Suarez
Intern Student (Fall 2017)
Where he is now: Technologist II, Tayler lab, The Hospital for Sick Children
Ema Dreseris
Lab Technician (2016/2017)
Where she is now: Technologist II, Campos lab, The Hospital for Sick Children
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)
Where she is now: MD candidate, University of Ottawa
Malli Zworth
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2017)
Where is she now: BscN Candidate, University of Toronto
Madhav Sankhyan
Undergraduate Student Volunteer (2016)
Where he is now: MD candidate, Saint Louis University
Ryan Marks
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summers of 2015, 2016, 2017)
Where he is now: M.Sc. candidate, Queen’s University
Kara Place
Undergraduate Student Volunteer (2015, 2016, 2017)
Where she is now: MD candidate, The University of Sydney
Nicolle Maikawa
Undergraduate Student Volunteer (2014, 2015)
Where she is now: MD candidate, Saint James School of Medicine
Maylynn Ding
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2015)
Where she is now: Medical Resident, McMaster University
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)
Where she is now: MD candidate, Queen’s University
Victoria Huang
Undergraduate Summer Student (Summer 2014)