PhD Students
Hana Zegallai
Email: zegallah@mymanitoba.ca
Department: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Project/Area of interest: B lymphocytes and Barth Syndrome
PI: Dr. Grant Hatch
Taylor Morriseau
Email: morriset@myumanitoba.ca
Department: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Project/Area of interest: Investigating the Role of the HNF-1αG319S Polymorphism in Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) in Manitoban Indigenous Youth
PI: Dr. Vern Dolinsky & Dr. Christine Doucette
Manuel Sebastian
Email: sebasti1@myumanitoba.ca
Department: Physiology and Pathophysiology
Project/Area of interest: The prevalence of youth-onset T2D is disproportionately affecting the Indigenous children of Central Canada, the majority being of Oji-Cree heritage. My research will focus on the change in the DNA of the HNF-1α gene (HNF-1αG319S) which is likely to contribute to the development of T2D observed among the Oji-Cree youth.
PI: Dr. Christine Doucette
Nicole Brunton
Email: NBrunton@chrim.ca
Department: Pediatrics and Child Health
Project /Area of interest: Does exposure to diabetes in-utero cause greater susceptibility to hypertension in offspring? A triangulation approach.
PI: Dr. Jon McGavock & Dr. Todd Duhamel
Masters Students
Mukta Moni
Email: monim@myumanitoba.ca
Department College of Pharmacy
Project/Area of interest: Type 2 Diabetes - beta cell death signaling
PI: Dr. Lucy Marzban
Liat Stitz
Email: stitzl@myumanitoba.ca
Department: Community Health Sciences
Project/Area of interest: iCARE epigenetics
PIs: Dr. Allison Dart & Dr. Brandy Wicklow
BSc Med / Undergrad / Summer Students
Abhimanyu Gupta
Email: guptaa4@myumanitoba.ca
Department: College of Pharmacy & Faculty of Science
Project/Area of interest: pharmacotherapy of type 2 diabetes, extracellular vesicles
PI: Dr. Lucy Marzban
Harman Vats
Email: vatsh@myumanitoba.ca
Department: Medicine
Project/Area of interest: iCARE
PIs: Dr. Allison Dart & Dr. Brandy Wicklow
Pediatric Residents
Alennie Lopez
Email: alopez5@manitoba-physicians.ca
Department: Medicine
Project/Area of interest: iCARE MCHP
PIs: Dr. Allison Dart & Dr. Brandy Wicklow
Saheba Bajwa
Email: sbajwa3@manitoba-physicians.ca
Department: Medicine
Project/Area of interest: iCARE
PIs: Dr. Allison Dart & Dr. Brandy Wicklow
Anna Liu
Email: aliu2@manitoba-physicians.ca
Department: Medicine
Project/Area of interest: iCARE
PIs: Dr. Allison Dart & Dr. Brandy Wicklow
Alumni
Prasoon Agarwal
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Department: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Project/Area of interest: Epigenetic biomarkers and the mechanistic basis of childhood obesity
PI: Dr. Vern Dolinsky
Laura K Cole
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Department: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Project/Area of interest: Regulation of cardiolipin metabolism in animal models of diabetes
PI: Dr. Grant Hatch
Kozeta Miliku
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Department: Pediatrics and Child Health
Project/Area of interest: Human milk oligosaccharides, infant growth and cardiometabolic health
PI: Dr. Meghan Azad
Mohammad Golam Sabbir
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Department: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Project/Area of interest: Role of Muscarinic acetylcholine type 1 receptor in neurodegeneration
PI: Dr. Paul Fernyhough
Subir Roy Chowdhury
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Department: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Project/Area of interest: Importance of mitochondrial function in diabetic neuropathy
PI: Dr. Paul Fernyhough
Simone da Silva Rosa
PhD Graduate
Department: Human Anatomy and Cell Science
Project/Area of interest: Therapeutic targeting of skeletal muscle Nix in early-onset insulin resistance
PI: Dr. Joseph Gordon
Stephanie Kereliuk
PhD Graduate
Department: Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Project/Area of interest: Developmental origins of cardiovascular disease: how does gestational diabetes induce cardiac dysfunction in the rat offspring?
PI: Dr. Vern Dolinsky
Matthew Martens
PhD Graduate
Department: Human Anatomy and Cell Science
Project/Area of interest: The Protective Role of Prostaglandin Signalling During Neonatal Hypoxia
PI: Dr. Joseph Gordon
Brittany Moyce
PhD Graduate
Department: Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Project/Area of interest: Adiponectin Deficiency Contributes to the Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Mice
PI: Dr. Vern Dolinsky
Nivedita Seshadri
PhD Graduate
Department: Physiology and Pathophysiology
Project/Area of interest: Investigating the role of circadian clock in regulating insulin secretion capacities over 24 hours
PI: Dr. Christine Doucette
Laetitia Guillemette
PhD Graduate
Department: Child Health and Pediatrics
Project/Area of interest: Impact of Exposure to Diabetes during Pregnancy and Social Determinants of Health on Future Cardiovascular Outcomes in Offspring.
PI: Dr. Jon McGavock & Dr. Todd Duhamel
Wajihah Mughal
PhD Graduate
Department: Human Anatomy and Cell Science
Project/Area of interest: A Myocardin-regulated genetic pathway that modulates mitochondrial function to prevent cell death during cardiac development
PI: Dr. Joseph Gordon