Principal Investigator
Brent Richards, M.D., M.Sc.
Division of Endocrinology
Departments of Medicine, Human Genetics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
FRSQ Clinician Scientist
Professor– McGill University, Senior Lecturer (Honorary) – King’s College London
The Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital
3755 Côte Ste-Catherine Road, Suite H-413
Montréal, Québec H3T 1E2
Research Team
Kevin Liang, PhD
Research Associate
Dandan (Alina) Tan, B.Sc.
PhD Student
Thomas Zheng, M.Sc.
PhD Student
Xiao Yu (Angel) Yang, B.Sc.
MSc. Student
Alyssa Green, M.Sc.
PhD Student
Hantian (Mia) Zheng, B.Sc.
PhD Student
Issam El Kbaiche, M.Sc.
Data Engineer
David Morrison, MSc., GCBA.
Project Manager
Darin Adra, BEng.
Senior CRC & Data Manager
Mina Nikkhah, M.Sc.
Research Technician
Zaman Afrasiabi, M.D.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Byanca De Faria Liboni, M.D
Clinical Research Coordinator
Cesar Peralta Vasquez, MLT
Clinical Research Coordinator
Corinne Pirici
Junior Clinical Research Coordinator
Mariana Pico, BSc
Clinical Research Coordinator
Administrative Team
Diane Gaudreau, Financial Administrator
Marisa Mancini, Administrative Assistant
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)

Agustin Cerani (PhD Student)

Devin Kreuzer (Summer Student)

Haoyu Wu (MSc Student)

Chen-Yang Su (MSc student)

Sirui Zhou (PDF)

Biswarup Ghosh (Data Scientist)

Vince Forgetta (Research Associate)

Meriem Bouab (CRC)

Hershlee Vernet (CRC)

Danielle Henry (Research Assistant)

Nardin Rezk (CRC)

Branka Vulesevic (CRC)

Tianyuan Lu (PhD)

Guillaume Butler-Laporte (MSc Student)

Adil Harroud (PhD Student)

Julian Willett (PhD Student)

Yiheng Chen (PhD Student)

Satoshi Yoshiji (PhD Student)
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Yann Ilboudo (Research Associate)

Laetitia Laurent (Lab Manager)

Takayoshi Sasako (Visiting Scientist)