These are the passionate and dedicated individuals that are the face, the heart, the brain, and the soul of the Sheila Singh Lab. They work tirelessly, inspired by the lives of patients. And, together, their efforts are expanding the frontiers of brain cancer research.
Chitra Venugopal, PHD
Senior Research Associate
Responsible for planning, managing, and overseeing multiple research programs.
Vaseem Shaik
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Dillon McKenna
Research Technician
Assisting with experiments using murine models of human glioblastoma, medulloblastoma, and metastatic brain cancers. Helping to establish new in vivo techniques in the lab.
Petar Miletic
Research Technician
Assisting with molecular and tissue culture experiments, and helping with day to day tasks in the lab.
Manoj Singh
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Agata Kieliszek
Post-doctoral fellow
Collaborating with industry partners to develop preventative therapies and predictive biomarkers for patients who are at-risk for brain metastases.
Laura Escudero
Post-doctoral fellow
Developing novel therapies for pediatric patients with medulloblastoma.
Yujin Suk
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Shan Grewal
MD/PhD Student
Investigating genetic and transcriptional programming of tumour-associated macrophages in glioblastoma.
Stefan Clusters
PhD Student
Investigating epigenetic regulation and lipid-vulnerabilities in medulloblastoma (MB). Also MB-G4 pre-clinical modelling.
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Will Maich
PhD Student
Developing cellular therapies and identifying novel immunotherapeutic targets in recurrent Glioblastoma.
Daniel Mobilio
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Aapti Khanna
PhD Student
Exploring the spatial heterogeneity and tumor evolution in Glioblastoma using whole brain rapid research autopsy analyses.
Hardik Patel
PhD Student
Investigating medulloblastoma's metabolic vulnerabilities.
Max Topley
PhD Student
Investigating novel therapeutic targets in recurrent glioblastoma.
Alisha Anand
MSc Student
Leveraging genomic screening to identify genetic factors that influence sensitivity to known therapeutics in Glioblastoma.
Mo Taleb
MSc Student
Investigating vulnerabilities in recurrent glioblastoma and mechanisms underlying the manifestation of more aggressive phenotypes upon recurrence.
Erika Apel
Undergraduate Thesis Student
Functionally validating the activity of novel compounds for the prevention of brain metastases.
Alumni
Anish Puri
2024 Alumnus
Undergraduate Student
Subsequent position:
Medical Student
Patrick Ang
2024 Alumnus
Undergraduate Student
Subsequent position:
Medical Student
Zsolt Zador
2023 Alumnus
Clinical Scholar
Subsequent position:
Clinical Fellow
Iqra Chaudhry
2023 Alumnus
Undergraduate Student
Subsequent position:
Pharmacy Student
Neil Savage
2023 Alumnus
MSc Candidate
Subsequent position:
Industry Scientist
Ben Brakel
2022 Alumnus
Undergraduate Student
Subsequent position:
Medical Student
Blessing Bassey-Archibong
2022 Alumnus
Post Doctoral Fellow
Subsequent position:
Assistant Professor
William Gwynne
2022 Alumnus
Post Doctoral Fellow
Subsequent position:
Post Doctoral Fellow
Chirayu Chokshi
2022 Alumnus
PhD Candidate
Subsequent position:
Industry Scientist
Mathieu Seyfrid
2021 Alumnus
Post Doctoral Fellow
Subsequent position:
Project Manager
Fred Lam
2021 Alumnus
Clinical Scholar
Subsequent position:
Neurosurgery Fellow
Nazanin Tatari
2021 Alumnus
PhD Candidate
Subsequent position:
Post Doctoral Fellow
Sabra Salim
2021 Alumnus
MSc Candidate
Subsequent position:
Medical Student
Nikoo Aghaei
2021 Alumnus
MSc Candidate
Subsequent position:
Medical Student
Deepak Upreti
2020 Alumnus
Post Doctoral Fellow
Subsequent position:
Industry Scientist
Ashley Adile
2020 Alumnus
MSc Candidate
Subsequent position:
Clinical Data Collector
Emily Ford
2019 Alumnus
Undergraduate Student
Subsequent position:
Research Associate
Michelle Kameda-Smith
2019 Alumnus
PhD Candidate
Subsequent position:
Neurosurgical Resident
David Bakhshinyan
2019 Alumnus
PhD Candidate
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Medical Student
Maleeha Qazi
2019 Alumnus
PhD Candidate
Subsequent position:
Medical Student
Branavan Manoranjan
2019 Alumnus
MD-PhD Candidate
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Medical Student
Nicola Yelle
2018 Alumnus
MSc Candidate
Subsequent Position:
Scientific Writer
Mohini Singh
2018 Alumnus
PhD Candidate
Subsequent Position:
Post Doctoral Fellow
Minomi K Subapanditha
2018 Alumnus
Laboratory Technician
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Research Technician
Parvez Vora
2018 Alumnus
Post Doctoral Fellow
Subsequent Position:
Co-founder & Director of Emperica Therapeutics