Our people

Dr. Michael Salter

Senior Scientist and Chief of Research Emeritus
Neurosciences & Mental Health Program

Samira Fairuz

Admin Assistant

Dr. Graham Pitcher

Research Associate
Neuroplasticity and chronic pain physiology

Dr. Wenbo Zhang

Research Associate
Physiology of developmental neuroplasticity

Dr. Hongbin Li

Research Associate
Physiology of neuroplasticity

Janice Hicks

Lab Research Project Manager
Neuronal cell biology

Vivian Wang

Research Technologist
Molecular and cellular biology

Amy Tu

Research Technologist
Molecular pathology of chronic pain behaviour

Doyeon Kim

Postdoctoral Fellow
GRIN gene mutations and outcomes

Theresa Tam

Graduate Student
Autophagy in Chronic Pain

Alina He

Graduate Student
Physiology of neuroplasticity

Deepthi Thomas

Graduate Student
Modulation of NMDA Receptors

Homa Farahani

Graduate Student
Structure of NMDA Complexes