Principal Investigator
Division of Endocrinology
Departments of Medicine, Human Genetics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
FRSQ Clinician Scientist
Professor– McGill University, Senior Lecturer (Honorary) – King’s College London
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies
Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital
3755 Côte Ste-Catherine Road, Suite H-413
Montréal, Québec H3T 1E2
(brent.richards [at] mcgill.ca (Email))
Research Team
Yann Ilboudo, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Laetitia Laurent, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Joseph (Yossi) Farjoun, PhD
Senior Biostatistician
Fangyi Shi, M.Sc.
Research Assistant
Satoshi Yoshiji, M.D.
PhD student
Tomoko Nakanishi, M.D.
PhD Student
Yiheng Chen, M.Sc.
PhD Student
Tianyuan Lu, B.Sc.
PhD Student
Guillaume Butler-Laporte, M.D.
MSc Student
Takayoshi Sasako, M.D.
Visiting Scientist
Kevin Liang, M.Sc.
PhD Student
Julian Willett, M.D.
PhD Student
Issam El Kbaiche, M.Sc.
Data Engineer
Marie-Catherine Tessier
Laboratory Technician
David Morrison, MSc., GCBA.
Project Manager
Mariana Pico
Clinical Research coordinator
Zaman Afrasiabi, M.D.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Meriem Bouab, M.Sc.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Darin Adra, BEng.
Clinical Research coordinator
Naomi Duggan, B.Sc.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Administrative Team
Darin Adra, Clinical Research Coordinator
Diane Gaudreau, Financial Administrator and HR Liaison
Former Trainees and Staff
Martin Ladouceur (Post-Doc) Zari Dastani (Post-Doc) Oriana Yu (MSc Student)
Houfeng Zheng (Post-Doc) Rui Li (Post-Doc) Aaron Leong (Cl. Trainee)
Stephanie Ross (Post-Doc) Lauren Mokry (MSc Student) Omar Ahmed (Cl. Trainee)
Kourosh Lalavi (Cl. Trainee) Muhammad Mujammami (Cl. Trainee) John Morris (PhD Student)
Tricia Peters (Cl. Trainee) Julyan Keller-Baruch (MSc Student) Despoina Manousaki (PhD Student)
Adil Harroud (Cl. Trainee) Agustin Cerani (PhD Student) Haoyu Wu (MSc Student)
Danielle Henry ( Research Assistant )Hershlee Vernet (CRC) Nardin Rezk (CRC)
Branka Vulesevic (CRC) Devin Kreuzer ( Summer Student) Biswarup Ghosh ( Data Scientist)
Sirui Zhou (Post-Doc) Chantal Deluca (CRC)