Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Ronak Shetty
PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scentific Research, India
Current Position: TBD
Dr. Barbara Grunwald
PhD, Technical University Munich, Germany
Current Position: Assisstant Professor Duisburg Essen University, Germany 2023
Dr. Mona Shehata
PhD, The University of Sydney, Australia 2017
Current Position: Assistant Professor at the Krishnan-Ang Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Cambridge
Dr. Jinchang Lu
PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China 2015
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
Dr. Purna Joshi
PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA 2022
Current Position: Assistant Professor - Biological Sciences
Dr. Alison Casey
PhD, Imperial College London, England, UK 2012
Current Position: Medical Device Analyst
Dr. Yan Chen
PhD, University of Hong Kong, 2003
Current Position: TBA
Dr. Qinglian Tang
PhD, Sun Yet-Sen University 2014 – Joint PhD Program
Current Position: Clinician Scientist and Surgical Oncologist, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhongshan University, China
Dr. Hibret Adissu
DVM, PhD, DVSc University of Toronto, 2010
Current Position: Assistant Professor & Veterinary Scientist, Discovery Pathologist, Covance
Dr. Masayuki Shimoda
PhD, Tokyo University, 2010
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Clinical Pathologist, Tokyo University, Japan
Dr. Ilpo Koskivirta
PhD, University of Helsinki, 2008
Current Position: Clinician Scientist, University of Turku, Finland
Dr. Alexander Beristain
PhD, University of British Columbia, 2007
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Geoffrey Wood
DVM, PhD, DVSc, University of Toronto 2006
Current Position: Associate Professor, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada
Dr. Trevor D McKee
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2004
Current Position: Scientific Associate, STTARR
Dr. Zamaneh Kassiri
PhD, University of Toronto, 2002
Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Alberta, Canada
Dr. Meenakshi Kashyap
PhD, Mumbai University 2000
Current Position: Education Senior Consultant, Medical Reconciliation at Alberta Health Services, Canada
Dr. Jane English
PhD, University of East Anglia, UK, 2000
Current Position: School Manager at University of East Anglia, UK
Dr. Evelyn Voura
PhD, University of Toronto, 1999
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Dominican College, New York, USA
Dr. Roger A Moorehead
PhD, McMaster University 1997
Current Position: Professor, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada
Dr. Otto Sanchez
MD, PhD, McMaster University 1997
Current Position: Professor, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada
Dr. Kevin Leco
PhD, University of Calgary 1996
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Okanagan Valley College, BC, Canada
Dr. Achim Kruger
PhD, German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ, 1993
Current Position: Professor, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Graduate Students:
Mathepan Mahendralingam, M.Sc.
Mammary epithelial cells have lineage-restricted metabolic identities
Current Position: MD/PhD student, University of Toronto
Hyeyeon Kim, Ph.D.
Mammary lineage-dependent homologous recombination repair and PARP inhibitor vulnerability
Current Position: Post-doctoral fellow in Khokha Lab
Ashley Weiss, Ph.D.
Current Position: Medical Device Analyst
Sam Molyneux, Ph.D. candidate
Human somatic cell mutagenesis platform for forward genetic screens
Current Position: CEO & Founder of Meta
Yang Shao, Ph.D.
Cross-species genomics of mouse-dog-human osteosarcomas
Current Position: CEO & Founder of Geneseeq
Hartland Jackson, Ph.D.
Combinatorial Timp deficiency and adult mammary stem cells
Current Position: Investigator at Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health and Associate Scientist Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
Alison Aiken, Ph.D.
TIMPless mice reveal disrupted bone morphogenesis due to defective IHH pathway
Current Position: Senior Director at Top Hat Scientific Publishing, Toronto
Yu-Jia Shiah, M.Sc.
Mapping progesterone-induced networks in mammary stem cell subpopulations
Current Position: Manager, Risk Modeling & Machine Learning
Aditya Murthy, Ph.D.
ADAM17-TIMP3 regulation of EGFR and Notch signalling
Current Position: Group Leader – Cancer Immunology Program, Genentech, USA
David Smookler, Ph.D.
Metalloproteinase control of acute inflammation
Current Position: Director of the HCV Education program at Toronto Western Hospital
Carlo Hojilla, Ph.D.
Timp3 function in mouse models of mammary gland apoptosis and cancer
Current position: Clinical Pathologist, Hematology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
William Cruz, Ph.D.
Proteases in liver cancer and metastasis
Current Position: Research Associate, University of Toronto
Fazilat Mohammed, Ph.D.
Metalloproteinase regulation of TNF bioactivity
Current Position: Radiation Oncologist, Miami, USA
Andrew Ho, M.Sc.
Extracellular proteases and cell contact inhibition
Current Position: Scientist, Paris Diderot University, Paris, France
Jimmie Fata, Ph.D.
TIMPs in mammary gland morphogenesis
Current Position: Associate Professor, College of Staten Island, USA
David Martin, Ph.D.
Metalloproteinases and insulin-like growth factor bioavailability in hepatocellular carcinoma
Current Position: Director of Equity Research, Bloom Burton & Co., Toronto
Sharmela Inderdeo, M.Sc.
Spatiotemporal expression patterns of TIMPs in ovary
Current Position: Physiotherapist, Cambridge, ON
Undergraduate Students:
Mina Alam
Laura Breda