EnRICH Team Members

Martin Offringa, MD, PhD
Martin Offringa, MD, PhDSenior Scientist
Martin is a neonatologist and clinical epidemiologist. His methodological work is on the identification of valid, discriminative, and feasible outcomes, innovative clinical trial methodologies, and sufficient child health research reporting (see About Us).
Ami Baba, MRes
Ami Baba, MResSenior Project Manager
Ami is a Senior Project Manager with experience in managing projects in neuroscience, mental health, and PPI involvement. She leads the project focused on improving the transparency, quality, and utility of child health clinical research (see Reporting Standards).
Veronica Ka Wai Lai, PhD, CPsychol
Veronica Ka Wai Lai, PhD, CPsycholResearch Associate
Veronica is a research associate focusing on methodological quality of designing, analysing and reporting randomized controlled trials. She currently contributes to the design of rare paediatric disease trial outcomes for RareKids-CAN, a new Canadian Clinical Trials and Treatment Network (See Research), and the TIDieR-C project which aims to improve the quality of paediatric clinical trial intervention reporting (See Reporting Standards).
Katherine Goren, BHSc
Katherine Goren, BHScJunior Researcher
Katy is a Paediatrics Resident at the University of Toronto. She has a strong interest in clinical research methods and is currently working on the TIDieR-C project which aims to improve the quality of intervention reporting in paediatric clinical trials (See Reporting Standards).
Atushi Patel, HBSc
Atushi Patel, HBScClinical Research Project Coordinator
Atushi is a Research Coordinator with a strong interest in clinical research contributing to equitable healthcare practices and outcomes. Atushi is currently leading the research and development of research integrity and readiness efforts for pediatric mental health studies and incorporating the knowledge into the CALM study.
Andrea Chiaramida, BA
Andrea Chiaramida, BAAdministrative Coordinator
Andrea received her BA (Honours) in Sociology at Bishop’s University. She began her career in research administration at SickKids in 2007. Andrea works with four CHES scientists and their labs, manages lab and CHES program websites, and coordinates KT training programs within the SickKids Learning Institute.

Former Team Members

Ellen Elsman, PhD, MScPost-Doctoral Research Fellow
Karolin Krause, PhDPost-Doctoral Research Fellow
Nancy Butcher, PhD, MScSenior Research Associate
Adrian Sammy, BScClinical Research Project Assistant
Lisa Patterson-Stallwood, MScClinical Research Project Coordinator
Joanne Tay, RN, MPH, PhDPost-Doctoral Research Fellow
Emma Stallwood, BPHE, BAClinical Research Project Assistant
Andy Monsour, MPHClinical Research Project Manager
Alvina Asif JiwaniResearch Summer Student
Cara Murphy, MSc, PMPClinical Research Project Manager
Alyssandra Chee-A-Tow, MPHClinical Research Project Coordinator
Emma Mew, MPHClinical Research Project Manager
Leena Saeed, BScClinical Research Project Assistant
Jaycie DalsonResearch Summer Student
Sagar Patel, MD CandidateResearch Summer Student
Craig Rodrigues, BSc, MD(c)Research Summer Student
Will DouglasResearch Summer Student
Winnie Chan, MPHClinical Research Project Manager
Lucia Santos, DDS CandidateResearch Summer Student
Kariym Joachim, HBSc, MScClinical Research Project Assistant
Pravheen Thurairajah, MScClinical Research Project Assistant
Mufiza Kapadia, PhD, MSc, MBBSPost-Doctoral Research Fellow
Lauren Kelly, PhD, MScPost-Doctoral Research Fellow
Allison Needham, MScClinical Research Project Manager
April Clyburne-Sherin, MScClinical Research Project Assistant
Andrea VerdugoAdministrative Assistant