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The atmosphere in the laboratory can be likened to a "mini UN" which is represented by members from most of the continents.
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There is a cordial relationship between members and supervisor and this provides a congenial environment to conduct ground-breaking research in our respective areas.
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Members of the lab work on a broad spectrum research area: polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), Ovarian cancer (OVCA), Artificial intelligence, COVID-19, Diagnostics, Epigenetics, chemoresistance, Immunology, Extracellular vesicles, Translational research, Energy metabolism, Natural food compounds and Nanotechnology.
Current Members
Dr. Meshach Asare-Werehene
Position: Cancer Program Lead / Part-Time Professor
Nationality: Ghana
Email: masare@toh.ca/masarewe@uottawa.ca
Research Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Nanophotonics, OVCA, Chemoresistance, Immunotherapy, Immunology, Extracellular vesicles, Nanomedicine, COVID-19.
Clinical Interests: Gynaecological Cancers, Haematology, Pathology, Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Diagnostics
Awards and Honours: 1. Taggart Parkes Fellowship 2. Mitacs Award. 3. Ovarian Cancer Canada (OCC).
Dr. Fereshteh Esfandiarinezhad
Position: Mitacs Fellow
Nationality: Iran
Email: fesfandiarinezhad@ohri.ca
Research Areas: PCOS, stem cells, infertility, extracellular vesicles
Awards and Honours: Mitacs Fellowship
Dr. Kazuhiro Okamoto
Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Nationality: Japan
Email: kokamoto@ohri.ca
Research Areas: Oncology, pathology, Epigenetics, extracellular vesicles
Clinical Interests: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology,
Awards and Honours: Overseas Study Grant
Yanjun Liu
Position: PhD
Nationality: China
Email: yanliu@ohri.ca
Research Areas and interests: ovarian cancer, chemoresistance, immune cell dysfunction, immunotherapy
Honours: Chinese Government Scholarship
Emma Gerber
Position: Masters Student
Nationality: Canada
Email: egerber@ohri.ca
Research Areas and interests: Women's reproductive physiology, Oncology, Extracellular vesicles, Immunology, Diagnostics, Artificial Intelligence
Awards and Honours: uOttawa Faculty of Medicine Admissions Scholarship
Bushra Manzoor
Position: Masters Student
Nationality: Pakistan
Email: hmanzoor@ohri.ca
Research Areas and Interests: Oncology, Epigenetics, Immunology, Extracellular vesicles, DNA methylation, Diagnostics
Past lab members
Name Dr. Reza Salehi
Position: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) program Lead
Nationality: Canada
Email: rsalehikarashk@ohri.ca
Research Areas: PCOS, Extracellular vesicles, Immunology, miRNAs
Awards and Honours: Lalor Foundation Fellowship, Mitacs Acceleration Industrial Award
Now at: Health Canada, Canada
Name: Dr. Toru Hasegawa
Position: Visiting Researcher (Postdoctoral fellow)
Nationality: Japan
Email: thasegawa@toh.ca
Research Areas: PCOS, Immunology
Clinical Interests: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Awards and Honours: Overseas Study Grant
Now at: Okayama University Hospital
Name: Dr. Chae-Young Han
Position: PhD
Nationality: South Korea
Email: chan@ohri.ca
Research Areas: OVCA, Chemoresistance, Energy Metabolism, Apoptotic Signaling
Awards and Honours: University of Ottawa - Faculty of Medicine Admission Scholarship
Now at: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tx, USA
Dr. Yoko Urata, MD, PhD
Position:Visiting Researcher (Postdoctoral fellow)
Nationality:Japan
Email:yurata@ohri.ca
Research Areas: PCOS, Immunology
Clinical Interests: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Awards and Honours: Kanzawa Medical Research Foundation (Overseas Study Grant)
Dr. Mohammed Reza Abedini, Pharm.D., PhD
Position: Visiting Scientist, Associate Professor
Nationality:Iran
Email:mabedini@ohri.ca/mohrabe@yahoo.com
Previous Research Areas: OVCA, Chemoresistance, Cell Signaling, Mitochondria Dynamics
Dr. Patrícia Lima, PhD
Position:Postdoctoral Fellow
Nationality:Brazil
Email:plima@ohri.ca
Previous Research Areas: PCOS, Immunology, Pregnancy
Awards and Honours: QTNPR scholarship (CIHR-Quebec Training Network in Perinatal Research, 2014 - 2016)
Now at: Adjunct Professor at Queen's University, Kingston - Canada
Dr. Wei-Ting Lee, MSc, PhD
Position: PhD Candidate (Exchange Student)
Nationality: Taiwan
Email: weilee@ohri.ca/wesker1206@gmail.com
Previous Research Areas: OVCA, Chemoresistance, Nanomedicine
Awards and Honours: Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Dragon Gate Research Scholarship)
Dr. Jung Jin Lim, PhD, DVM
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Nationality: Republic of Korea
Email: limjj7657@gmail.com
Previous Research Areas: PCOS, Androgen Receptor Signaling
Awards and Honours: CHA Gangnam Medical Centre & NRF Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Adriana Carbonel, PhD
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Nationality: Brazil
Email: acarbonel@ohri.ca
Previous Research Areas: PCOS, Natural Food Compounds, Therapeutics
Awards and Honours: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Meiying Zhang, MD, PhD
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Nationality: China
Email: mezhang@ohri.ca
Previous Research Areas: OVCA, Chemoresistance, Immunology, Extracellular vesicles
Dr. Hideaki Tsuyoshi, MD, PhD
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Nationality: Japan
Email: htsuyoshi@ohri.ca
Previous Research Areas: OVCA, Chemoresistance, Mitochondria Dynamics, Calcium Signaling, Natural Food Compounds
Awards and Honours: University of Fukui - Kanazawa Medical Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Hannah Mazier, BSc
Position: MSc Candidate
Nationality: Canada
Email: hmazier@ohri.ca
Research Areas: PCOS, Mitochondria Dynamics.
Awards and Honours: CIHR-REDIH Scholarship
Saeed Mohammed Alzahrani, MSc
Position: PhD Candidate
Nationality: Saudi Arabia
Email: saeed.m.ca7@hotmail.com/salza087@uottawa.ca
Research Areas: PCOS, Natural Food Compounds, Hepatic Metabolism, Therapeutics
Awards and Honours: Al-Baha University via The Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau in Canada
