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Trainee achievements

The RI-MUHC is proud to showcase some of its trainees' many achievements. Congratulations to all!

Erin Coyne

Erin Coyne studies the role of the ubiquitin proteasome system in obesity and diabetes. She has discovered that gene inactivation of USP19 leads to a...

Tina Boikos and Alessandra Ricciardi

Alessandra Ricciardi and Tina Boikos became friends as undergraduates at McGill University. Spurred by a love of all things microbial, both are completing doctoral degrees: Alessandra in microbiology and immunology and Tina in epidemiology...

Marie-Julie Allard

Congratulations to Marie-Julie Allard, who was featured in a Radio Canada "30 under 30 de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec" (inspirational people under the age of 30)...

Amanda Rossi, PhD

Dr. Amanda Rossi arrived at the RI-MUHC last year as a Canadian Vascular Network Scholar. She is currently leading the Blood Pressure and Vascular Health Around Menopause (BRAVE) study...

Vikram Mehraj, PhD

Focusing on immune activation in HIV infection, Dr. Vikram Mehraj has been highly productive during his two-year fellowship at the RI-MUHC. His research under Dr. Jean-Pierre Routy has...

Sarah Konefal

Sarah Konefal has been investigating how an inflammatory signal from microglia minimizes the synaptic and behavioural changes induced by cocaine in a mouse model of addiction...

Priyanka Sehgal, PhD

Dr. Priyanka Sehgal’s supervisor ranks her among the top five per cent of McGill postdoctoral fellows for intellectual ability, analytical and technical skills, and superior talent in presenting at scientific meetings...

George Kefalas

George Kefalas has been awarded scholarships from Diabète Québec, the FRQS and CIHR to study the interaction between the adaptor protein Nck1 and protein kinase PERK in the pancreatic beta cell...

Esterina D’Asti, PhD

Dr. Esterina D’Asti deserves recognition for her productivity, independence, scientific maturity and exceptional abilities. In 2015 she obtained her doctorate after five years in Dr. Janusz Rak’s laboratory...

Barbara Rivera, PhD

Dr. Barbara Rivera characterized the previously mysterious entity, dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour (DNET), in collaboration with Dr. Nada Jabado’s laboratory...

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