Current and recent members of the Pollak Research Lab

Dr. Michael Pollak, MD, FRCP(C), FRSC

Director, Cancer Prevention Centre, Segal Cancer Centre
Director, Division of Cancer Prevention, Department of Oncology, McGill University
Alexander-Goldfarb Research Chair in Medical Oncology, McGill University
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, McGill University
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Email: michael.pollak [at] mcgill.ca

Rhoda Lim, BSc

Lab Manager
Email: pollak-lab.oncology [at] mcgill.ca (r)hoda.lim [at] affiliate.mcgill.ca

Ye Wang, MSc

Assay Lab Supervisor
January 2008 to Present
Email: ye.wang2 [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Zhen Li, MD, MSc

Lab Technician
August 2007 to 2014

Ying Gang Tu, BSc

Lab Technician
January 2008 to Present
Email: theresatu99 [at] yahoo.ca

Yuzhen Tao, MD

Assay Lab Supervisor
March 1996 - Retired in April 2014
 

Wei Quan, BEng 

Assistant Lab Technician 
 

          Jibin Zeng, MSc

          Lab Technician
          2021 to Present
          Email: jibin.zeng [at] ladydavis.ca

Marie-Jose Blouin, PhD

Research Associate
November 1999 to 2019
 

Mahvash Zakikhani, PhD

Research Associate
May 2003 to September 2016

Yunhua Zhao, MD

Lab Technician
September 2000 to January 2017

Elena Birman, DVM

Lab Technician
May 2010 to October 2021
 

Miguel Bazile, BSc

Lab Technician
January 2008 to June 2015
 

          Linxuan Huang, MSc Candidate

          MSc Student
          2022 - 2023

David Papadopoli, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
2018 - Present

Matei Mireuta, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
July 2006 to August 2015

Oro Uchenunu, PhD 

PhD Student
2016 - 2021
 

Kristofferson Tandoc, MSc

MSc Student
2016 - 2019

Abhishek Ghosh, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
September 2016 to July 2017
 

Marie Cargnello, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
February 2015 to March 2017
 

Devin Abrahami, MSc

MSc Student
2016 - 2017

Azucena Ruiz Rosado, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
January 2015 to August 2015
 

Haithem Laaribi, BSc, MSc

MSc Student
September 2014 to November 2016

Nader Toban, BSc

MSc Student
August 2011 to September 2013
 

Laura Hulea, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
September 2014 to 2019
Email: laura.hulea [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Debbie Yancu, BSc

MSc Student
September 2013 to October 2014

Rocky Shi, BSc 

Co-op Student from UBC

Heather VanderMeulen, BSc, MSc

MSc Student 
September 2012 to August 2013

Melinda Jade Barmash, BSc 

Summer 2012 Student

Jonathan Assayag, PhD 

Student
2012 - 2016

Leah Bensimon, MSc 

Student
September 2012 to 2013

Henning Hvid, DVM, PhD (Denmark)

Postdoctoral Fellow 
November 2010 to August 2012

Shiva Javeshghani, BSc

MSc Student 
September 2010 to August 2012