Team
Neil Renwick, MBChB, PhD, MCTS, FCAP
Principal Investigator
Neil Renwick is a new investigator in the field of post-transcriptional gene regulation. Recruited through the SEAMO New Clinician-Scientist Program, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at Queen’s University in July 2014. Neil’s innovative research program builds on his doctoral training in classical disease investigation under Prof. Jaap Goudsmit, University of Amsterdam and postdoctoral training in RNA molecular biology under Prof. Thomas Tuschl at The Rockefeller University. Neil’s translational research program incorporates many state-of-the-art methodologies to advance our knowledge of PTGR in health and disease. View Neil Renwick’s bio.
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=3HyJ0KQAAAAJ&hl=en
Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Neil_Renwick
LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/neil-renwick-34710216
Current Members
Xiaojing Yang, MD, PhD
Research Associate
Kathrin Tyryshkin, PhD
Biomedical Data Scientist
Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kathrin_Tyryshkin
Flourish Adebayo, BSc
PhD Candidate (Computer Science)
Sephera Chou, BSc
MSc Candidate (Pathology)
Simona Damiani, BSc
MSc Candidate (Pathology)
Tashifa Imtiaz, MSc
MD, PhD Candidate (Pathology)
Pathology Residents
Olusola Oyebbile, MD
Shivani Soni, MD
Medical Students
Salvan Hassan, BSc
Karanvir Singh, BSc
499 Candidates
Adrian Jones
Zoe Manuel-Epstein
Undergraduate Volunteers
Benjamin Eyrikson
Haani Syed
Helena Zhu
Jenny Han
Kamran Asim
Kate Matys
Katelyn Zeng
Kelly Chen
Lillian Li
Lynna Cheng
Maya Levine
Olivia Pellarin
Ryan Zietlow
Sharmin Dabidiyan
Yousif Al-Aboosi
Guest Investigators
Lev Goldfarb, MD
Adjunct Faculty (Neurogenetics, NIH)
Past Members (Graduate Trainees)
Jina Nanayakkara (MD PhD Candidate)
Current: Medical Genetics Resident, University of Ottawa
Harrison Mayotte (MSc Candidate)
Current: Medical Student, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Ningyou Li, BSc (MBIF Candidate, 21.09-22.04)
Current: TBA
Melani Maheswaran, BSc (MBIF Candidate, 21.09-22.04)
Current: TBA
Greg Eriksen, BSc (MBIF Candidate, 20.09-21.04)
Current: Drop me a line and let me know how you are doing!
Taylor Fountain, BSc (MBIF Candidate, 20.09-21.04)
Current: Clinical Trials Supervisor, Tempus Ai
Lang Liu, BSc (MBIF Candidate, 20.09-21.04)
Current: PhD Candidate, McGill University
Reginald Yiu, BSc (MBIF Candidate, 20.09-21.04)
Current: Medical Lab Technologist, Hospital for Sick Children
Justin JM Wong (PhD Candidate, 16.08-22.06)
Current: Roche, Canada
Blake Pyman (MSc Candidate, 16.07-18.11)
Current: Machine Learning Engineer, Modelis Inc, Montreal, Canada
Past Members (Residents)
Abdulhameed Abdulhamed, MD
Current: Attending, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen’s University
Minqi Xu, MD
Current: Attending, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen’s University
Ivraym Barsoum, MD PhD (17.09-19.06)
Current:
Past Members (Medical Students)
Claire Norman, BSc (CE Trainee)
Current:
Anson Sathaseevan, MSc (CE Trainee)
Current:
Alex Moszczysnki, PhD (CE Trainee)
Current:
Fiza Javed, BSc (CE Trainee)
Current:
Stephanie Ziolkowski, BSc (CE Trainee, 21.09-22.04)
Current: Medical Student, Queen’s University School of Medicine
Nicole Astzalos, BSc (CE Trainee, 18.09-19.08)
Current: Medical Student, Queen’s University, Canada
Past Members (Project Students)
Tristan Jones (Research Volunteer)
Current: Medical Student, Western University
Kalem Hanlon (Research Volunteer)
Current: MSc Candidate, Cornell University
Diana Mirsu, BSc (NSCI 499 Candidate, 21.09-22.04)
Current: Smith School of Business
Alessia Morin, BSc (CISC 499 Candidate, 20.01-20.04)
Current: TBD
Ava Penry (499 Candidate)
Current: TBA
Isabel Wu (499 Candidate)
Current: TBA
Shayna Tierney (499 Candidate)
Current: TBA
Chloe Talman, BSc (CISC 499 Candidate, 22.01-22.04)
Current: TBA
Molly Fleming, BSc (CISC 499 Candidate, 22.01-22.04)
Current: TBA
Danielle Tremblay, BSc (CISC 499 Candidate, 18.01-18.04)
Current: Law Student, University of Sydney, Australia
Chris Bon, BSc (BCHM 421/422 Candidate, 18.01-18.04)
Current: Biochemistry Student, University of British Columbia, Canada
David Xie, BSc (BCHM 421/422 Candidate, 17.09-18.01)
Current: Co-Op Student, Sanofi Pasteur, Toronto, Canada
Mareena Mallory, BSc (CISC 499 Candidate, 16.09-17.05)
Current: MSc Candidate, Health Informatics, University of Toronto, Canada
Adrianna Majewski, BSc (PATH 499 Candidate, 16.09-17.05)
Current: Pulmonary Critical Care Fellow, University of Illinois Chicago, USA
Dakota Gustafson, BSc, PhD (Research Volunteer and BCHM 421/422 Candidate, 15.05-16.05)
Current: MD MSc Candidate, Queen’s University School of Medicine
Bryony Dorrington, BSc (PATH 499 Candidate, 15.09-16.05)
Current: Family Doctor, Victoria, Canada
Betty Li, BSc (PATH 499 Candidate, 15.09-16.05)
Current: BScN Candidate, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Canada
Past Members (Undergraduate Volunteers)
Radhika Chawla (Research Volunteer)
Current: MPH Candidate, Queen’s University
Alexis Fang (Research Volunteer)
Current: Medical Student, McMaster University
Ore Maxwell (Research Volunteer)
Current: Medical Student, University of Calgary
Izzah Wahab (Research Volunteer)
Current: MSc Candidate, Queen’s University
Jamie Turner (Research Volunteer)
Current: MSc Candidate, University of Toronto
Nishant Rajadhyaksha (Research Volunteer)
Current: TBD
Anna Park (Undergraduate Research Volunteer)
Current: TBA
Kevin Guo (Undergraduate Research Volunteer)
Current: Medical Student, University of British Columbia
Andrew Kim (Undergraduate Research Volunteer)
Current: TBA
Kush Kothari (Undergraduate Research Volunteer)
Current: TBA
Raymond Jing, BSc (NSERC URSA Summer Student, 21.05-21.08)
Current: Intern, TBA
Alex Pham (Undergraduate Research Volunteer, 21.05-22.04)
Current: TBA
Dhruv Patel (Undergraduate Research Volunteer, 21.05-21.08)
Current: Medical Student, Queen’s University
Kian Zaad (High School Student Volunteer, 21.05-21.08)
Current: Grade 11 (Enjoy!!!)
Danny Jomaa, MSc (Summer Studentship Awardee, 20.05-20.09)
Current: Medical Student, Queen’s University
Emily Kaczmarek, BSc (MSc Candidate, Mousavi Lab, 19.09-21.09)
Current: PhD Candidate, McGill University
Kaitlin Vanderbeck, MD (Pathology Resident, 19.07-21.06)
Current: Dermatopathology Fellow, MD Anderson, USA
Tahir Kanji, MD (MSc Candidate, 18.09-deferred)
Current: Rheumatologist, Ontario, Canada
Maliha Khara MD (Pathology Resident, 18.07-19.06)
Current: Fellow, Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, Canada
Abby Christi (Daria Haust Studentship Awardee, 18.05-19.06)
Current: Medical Student, Queen’s University, Canada
Zier Zhou, BSc (Undergraduate Research Volunteer, 17.09-20.05)
Current: MSc Candidate, Rayner Lab, University of Ottawa
Mona Ashrafkhorasani, PhD (Visiting from Petitjean Lab, 16.07-17.06)
Current: Project Manager, Dalton Pharma Services, Canada
Allison Jacobi-Dorbeck, BSc (Research Volunteer, 17.05-18.04)
Current: Medical Student, Trinity School of Medicine, St. Vincent and Grenadines
Mary Goodwin, BSc (Research Volunteer, 17.05-17.08)
Current: BHSc Candidate, Midwifery Education Program, McMaster University, Canada
Deirdre Hindmarch, BSc (Research Volunteer, 17.01-17.06)
Current: MSc Candidate, Walia Lab, Department of Pediatrics, Queen’s University, Canada
Shane Mooney, BSc (Research Volunteer, 15.05-16.05)
Current: Medical Student, University of Toronto MD Program; Governor General’s Academic Silver Medalist, Queen’s University, Canada
Tiandra Ceyhan, BSc (Research Volunteer, 15.05-15.06)
Current: Medical Student, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada
Francine Milone, BSc (Research Volunteer, 15.04-16.05)
Current: MSc Candidate, Calarco Lab, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Canada