Past Trainees
A listing of past trainees who have contributed to the lab’s research over the years.
Recent Trainees
Dr. Ritika Sharma
Doctorate, co-supervised with Drs. Marta Antonelli and Silvia Lobmaier
Dr. Peter Zimmermann, MD
Doctorate, co-supervised with Drs. Marta Antonelli and Silvia Lobmaier
Dr. Dario-Lucas Helbing
Post-doctoral physician-scientist, co-supervised with Dr. Reinhard Bauer
Dr. Nathan Gold, PhD
2015–2020, York University. Supervised with Drs. Steven Wang and Huaxiong Huang.
Colin Wakefield
Undergraduate student, 2017–2020, UW. Now MD student at Drexel College of Medicine.
Ben Janoschek
Undergraduate student, 2017–2020, UW.
Gal Snir
Undergraduate student, 2018–2019, UW.
Deborah Nelson
Undergraduate student, 2018–2019, UW.
Yael Frank
Undergraduate student, 2016–2019, UW.
Xuan Li
PhD candidate, York University. Statistical modeling of fetal monitoring with Dr. Steven Wang. CIHR-supported QTNPR scholarship recipient.
Victoria Dahl
Undergraduate student, 2016–2017, UW.
Dr. Mingju Cao, PhD, MSc
Research associate, 2010–2016.
Hai Lun Liu, MSc
2014–2017. Initially UBC summer student, then co-supervised MSc student with Dr. Guillaume Sebire at McGill University.
Dr. Qiming Wang, PhD
Postdoc, 2013–2015, York University. Fetal EEG modeling with Drs. Huaxiong Huang and Steven Wang. NeuroDevNet and MITACS sponsored.
Shahin Tavakol
Summer student 2015–2016, then MSc candidate in perinatal neurosciences at UdeM with Dr. Hau-tieng Wu (University of Toronto).
Valerie Cesar
Biomedical sciences internship, 2015, UdeM.
Harwood Kwan
BSc candidate, summer student 2015, UBC.
Dr. Daniel L. Durosier, MD, MSc
Fetal heart rate variability monitoring. MITACS/NeuroDevNet internship and CIHR-supported QTNPR scholarship recipient.
Mackenzie Michel-Robinson, MSc
Co-supervised with Dr. Jack Antel. Fetal inflammatory response mechanisms. Neuroinflammation Training Network scholarship recipient.
Tina Shafiee
Undergraduate student, summer 2014, UBC.
Keven Jean
Undergraduate student, summer 2014, University of Montreal.
Dr. Luca Garzoni, MD
Postdoc, 2012–2014. NEC and ANS research with Dr. Christophe Faure. Swiss National Science Foundation scholarship recipient. Now Chef de Clinique at Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève.
Jenny Lee
Undergraduate student, summer 2014, UBC.
Shikha Kuthiala
Undergraduate student, summer 2013, University of Toronto. Now MD student at Queens.
Mathieu Rail
Undergraduate student, summer 2012, École Polytechnique. Joint industry partner project.
Dora Siontas, MSc
Research assistant, 2011–2012. Fetal neuroinflammation research.
Charles Kathleen
Undergraduate student, 2012, University of Montreal.
Dr. Carl Duchatellier, MD
Research assistant and MSc student, 2010–2011. Fetal heart rate variability inflammatory signature. NeuroDevNet/MITACS Accelerate internship.
Priyanka Vittal
Undergraduate student, 2009–2010, University of Western Ontario.
Ashley Keen, MSc
2007–2010. Co-supervised with Dr. Bryan Richardson. Fetal electrocortical activity in acidemia prediction. Now midwife.
Dr. Mark Szynkaruk
Undergraduate student, 2007–2009. Later MD student at University of Toronto. Cardiovascular biosignal analyses in fetal sheep.