The HBHL Trainee Committee consists of volunteer graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are responsible for organizing the annual HBHL Symposium and the monthly HBHL Trainee Get-Togethers.
For any inquiries, please contact the Trainee Committee at hbhl.trainees [at] mcgill.ca.
2024-2025 HBHL Trainee Committee
| Name | Status | Committee Role |
|---|---|---|
| Haoyi Qiu | PhD student | President and Lead Symposium Officer |
| Ethan Draper | Master's Student | Lead EDI Officer |
| Vasvi Dhir | Master's Student | Lead EDI Officer |
| Houman Azizi | PhD Student | Lead EDI Officer |
| Atchaya S. Kanagasabai | Master's Student | Lead Get-Together Officer |
| Risavarshni Thevakumaran | PhD Student | Lead Get-Together Officer |
| Tamires Marçal | PhD Student | Lead Events Officer |
| Aliza Brzezinski Rittner | PhD Student | Member |
| Amelie Metz | PhD Student | EDI Officer |
| Janice Park | PhD Student | EDI Officer |
| Lina Sifi | Master's Student | EDI Officer |
| Jana Totzek | PhD Student | Symposium Officer |
| María José Castro Gómez | PhD Student | Symposium Officer |
| Megan Davies | PhD Student | Symposium Officer |
| Nicholas Price | Master's Student | Symposium Officer |
| Shawniya Alageswaran | PhD Student | Symposium Officer |
| Julia Tourbina-Kolomiets | Master's Student | Get-Together Officer |
| Parsa Khalafi | Master's Student | Get-Together Officer |
| Shubhendra Mishra | PhD Student | Events Officer |
| Jiaxuan Deng | Master's Student | Events Officer |
Past Trainee Committee Members
2023-2024
| Name | Status | Committee Role |
|---|---|---|
| Haoyi Qiu | PhD student | President and Lead Symposium Officer |
| Tyler Agyekum | Master's student | EDI Officer and Symposium Officer |
| Houman Azizi | Master's student | Symposium Officer |
| María José Castro Gómez | PhD student | Symposium Officer |
| Lyne Baaj | Master's student | Lead Get-Together Officer |
| Bruna Soares de Souza | PhD student | Get-Together Officer |
| Jana Fabienne Totzek | PhD student | EDI Officer and Get-Together Officer |
| Gurucharan Marthi Krishna Kumar | Master's student | Lead Communications Officer |
| Ethan Draper | Master's student | EDI Officer and Communications Officer |
| Serena Wu | PhD student | Communications Officer |
| Shanny Foo | PhD student | Communications Officer |
Read this article to learn more about 2023-2024 HBHL Trainee Committee's activities!
2022-2023
| Name | Status | Committee Role |
|---|---|---|
| Karthikeyan Swaminathan | Master's student | Co-President and Lead Get-Together Chair |
| Haoyi Qiu | PhD student | Co-president and Lead Symposium Chair |
| Caitlin Walker | Master's student | Get-Together Chair |
| Judy Chen | PhD student | Symposium Chair |
| Cindy Garcia | PhD student | Symposium Chair |
| Franziska Hildesheim | PhD student | Lead Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer |
| Nicia John | Master's student | Lead Communications Officer |
| Shanny Foo | PhD student | Communications Officer |
| Eden Redman | Master's student | Lead Sponsorships Officer |
| Donna Gift Cabalo | PhD student | Sponsorships Officer |
2021-2022
| Name | Status | Committee Role |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Morgunova | PhD student | President |
| Nicole Palacio Prada | Master's student | Lead EDI Officer |
| Airi Watanabe | PhD student | EDI Officer |
| Haruka Mitsuhashi | PhD student | Lead Sponsorships Officer |
| Niloofar Gharesi | PhD student | Sponsorships Officer |
| Matt Fillingim | Master's student | Lead Get-Together Chair |
| Lynden Rodriques | PhD student | Get-Together Chair |
| Julia Macintosh | Master's student | Get-Together Chair |
| Xuanteng Yan | PhD student | Lead Research Day Chair |
| Sophie Sun | Master's student | Research Day Chair |
| Sabine Rannio | PhD student | Research Day Chair |
| Gerardo Ramos | PhD student | Research Day Chair |
| Sofía Skromne Carrasco | PhD student | Lead Communications Officer |
2020-2021
| Name | Status | Committee Role |
|---|---|---|
| Oualid Benkarim | Postdoctoral fellow | Co-President |
| Alice Morgunova | PhD student | Co-President |
| Xuanteng Yan | PhD student | EDI Officer |
| Elly Htite | MSc student | EDI Officer |
| Sujata Sinha | PhD student | Lead Communications Officer |
| Sofía Skromne Carrasco | PhD student | Communications Officer |
| Jasmine Phénix | PhD student | Communications Officer |
| Samantha Wong | MSc student | Communications Officer |
| Sabine Rannio | PhD student | Lead Get-Together Chair |
| Ghislaine Deyab | MSc student | Get-Together Chair |
| Jisoo Choi | PhD student | Get-Together Chair |
| Wenmin Zhang | PhD student | Get-Together Chair |
| Alexandra Chapleau | MSc student | Lead Research Day Chair |
| Anjali Chawla | PhD student | Research Day Chair |
| Arielle Crestol | MSc student | Research Day Chair |
| Gerardo Ramos | PhD student | Research Day Chair |
| Sydney Sue | MSc student | Lead Sponsorships Officer |
| Lazaro Sanchez Rodriguez | PhD student | Sponsorships Officer |
| Risa Thevakumaran | MSc student | Sponsorships Officer |
2019-2020
| Name | Status | Committee Role |
|---|---|---|
| Oualid Benkarim | Postdoctoral fellow | President |
| Ivan Marbaniang | PhD student | Equity, Diversity and Inclusion officer |
| Rana Ghafouri-Azar | MSc student | Lead Communications Officer |
| Camille Cassel de Camps | MSc student | Communications Officer |
| Stephania Palimeris | MSc student | Communications Officer |
| Maral Yeganeh Doost | Postdoctoral fellow | Lead Sponsorships Officer |
| Mehrdad Asghari Estiar | PhD student | Sponsorships Officer |
| Christophe Tanguay-Sabourin | MSc student | Sponsorships Officer |
| Abdullah Azeem | MSc student | Sponsorships Officer |
| Manesh Girn | MSc student | Lead Get-Together Chair |
| Lani Cupo | PhD student | Get-Together Chair |
| Mohammad Yaghoubi | PhD student | Get-Together Chair |
| Amanda McFarlan | PhD student | Lead Research Day Chair |
| Airi Watanabe | MSc student | Research Day Chair |
| Konstantin Senkevich | Postdoctoral fellow | Research Day Chair |
| Alexandra Chapleau | MSc student | Research Day Chair |
2018-2019
Read a "Year-in-Review" article highlighting the accomplishments of the 2018-2019 Trainee Committee
| Name | Status | Committee Role |
|---|---|---|
| Hovy Ho Wai Wong | Postdoctoral fellow | President |
| Kaitlyn Easson | MSc student | Lead Communications Officer |
| Emma MacDougall | MSc student | Communications Officer |
| Ross Markello | PhD student | Lead Sponsorships Officer |
| Maral Yeganeh Doost | Postdoctoral fellow | Sponsorships Officer |
| Laura Estefany Suarez | PhD student | Sponsorships Officer |
| Gina M Kemp | PhD student | Lead Get-Together Chair |
| Rana Ghafouri-Azar | MSc student | Get-Together Chair |
| Christopher Lafferty | MSc student | Get-Together Chair |
| Stephanie Scala | PhD student | Lead Research Day Chair |
| Manesh Girn | MSc student | Research Day Chair |
| Andrew Bayne | PhD student | Research Day Chair |
| Amanda McFarlan | PhD student | Research Day Chair |
2017-2018
| Name | Status | Committee Role |
|---|---|---|
|
Kaitlyn Easson |
MSc student |
Co-President |
|
Gregory Kiar |
PhD student |
Co-President |
|
Elizaveta Solomonova |
Postdoctoral fellow |
Co-President |
