Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Danielle Karo-Atar 2018-2023
The impact of helminth infection on intestinal stem cell fate and function
Current Position: Assistant Professor and Zuckerman Faculty Scholar, Ben-Gurion University
Dr. Barbara Polese 2017-2019
Eicosanoids and cutaneous inflammation
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, GIGA, University of Leige, Belgium
Dr. Yue Li 2016-2020
Mononuclear phagocyte regulation of host defense against intestinal helminth infection
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong, China
Dr. Nargis Khan 2015-2018
(co-supervised with Dr. Maziar Divangahi)
The role of the gut microbiome in Tuberculosis
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Calgary
PhD students
Hualin Zhang 2016-2021
The role of CD109 is psoriasiform inflammation
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ivy Brain Tumor Institute, Pheonix, USA
Maria Gentile 2014-2020
Mechanisms of disease tolerance during intestinal helminth infection
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Adam Peres 2017-2018
(co-supervised with Dr. Joaquin Madrenas)
Regulatory role of monocytes and macrophages in infection and immunity
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Freiburg, Germany
Alexandre Meli 2013-2019
Mechanisms of Tfh cell persistence during intestinal infection
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University
MSc students
Anne-Marie Bührer 2021-2022
Regulation of Th2-Th17 cell differentiation during intestinal helminth infection
Current Position: PhD student, University of Munich
Garrie Peng 2020-2023
Immune-microbiota interactions during intestinal helminth infection
Gabriel Russell 2019-2021
The regulation intestinal of helminth infection by commensal microbiota
Current Position: PhD student, Yale University
Giustino Carnevale 2013-2016
Keratinocyte-mediated regulation of the cutaneous IL-23/IL-17 axis
Current position: Research Associate, Engene, Inc.
Kathleen Shah 2013-2015
Regulation of intestinal Type 2 immune responses by the intestinal microbiota
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Francis Crick Institute, UK
Undergraduate students
Lea Saroufim, Anatomy & Cell Biology undergraduate student 2022-2023
Mechanisms of disease tolerance to intestinal helminth infection
Benjamin Vonneissen, MIMM Honours undergraduate student 2021-2022
Regulation of intestinal epithelial cell differentiation by helminth-derived products
Current Position: MSc student, McGill University
Sophie Cleff, MIMM undergraduate summer student 2021
Expression of anti-microbial peptides during helminth-derived products
Current position: McGill University undergraduate student
Sydney Merritt, MIMM Honours undergraduate student 2020-2021
Regulation of intestinal epithelial cell differentiation by helminth-derived products
Current Position: MSc student, UCLA
Gabriel Russell, MIMM Honours undergraduate student 2018-2019
The regulation intestinal helminth infection by commensal microbiota
Current Position: PhD student, Yale University
Bavanitha Thurairajah, MIMM Honours undergraduate student 2017-2019
The impact of early-life type 3 immunity on intestinal resilience
Current Position: PhD student, King lab
Amicha Robertson, MIMM Honours undergraduate student 2017-2018
Early immunity to intestinal helminth infection
Current position: PhD student, New York University
Nousin Hussain, MIMM Honours undergraduate student 2016-2017
The role of Bcl-6 in CD4+ T cell differentiation
Current position: Epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency of Canada
Cindy Leung Soo, MIMM undergraduate student 2016-2018
The role of prostaglandin E2 in IL-17 producing T cells
Current position: MSc student, McGill University
Erica Ma, CIHR-supported MIMM undergraduate 2015-2016
The dynamics of helminth-microbiota interactions
Current position: PhD student, New York University
Emile Fortier, IHI Honours undergraduate student 2015-2016
The role of CD109 in innate lymphocyte differentiation
Current position: PhD student, Université de Montreal
So-Yoon Won, IHI Honours undergraduate student 2015
Modulation of IgE production during antibiotic treatment
Current position: PhD student, University of Toronto
Joyce Jang, MIMM undergraduate student 2015
Development of an in vitro model of intestinal explant culture
Current position: PhD student, McGill University
Maria Gentile, MIMM Honours undergraduate student 2013-2014
Mechanisms of disease tolerance during intestinal helminth infection
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
