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Lab MEMBERS
Lab MEMBERS
Cheryl Xue Han, PhD
Cheryl Xue Han, PhD
Laboratory Technician
Expertise: Imaging, molecular biology and advanced cell culture
Nima Rezaei, PhD
Nima Rezaei, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow 2025-
Project: Developing 3D peripheral lymphoid organs on chip to study vaccination
Smart Mbagwu, PhD
Smart Mbagwu, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow 2025-
Project: Deciphering cortical neuron responses to toxic metabolites in Cerebral Malaria
Simran Deo
Simran Deo
MSc Student 2024-
Co-supervised by Dr Bas Surewaard
Project: Examining the role of Zinc metalloproteinases in pneumococcal pneumonia
Ariel Kim, MSc
Ariel Kim, MSc
PhD Student 2025-
Co-supervised by Dr Christina Thornton
Project: Characterizing the therapeutic potential of the healthy human lung microbiome in bronchiectasis
Zahra Shahhossein MSc
Zahra Shahhossein MSc
BME Honors Project Student 2023-
Project: Developing a bone marrow on a chip platform to study immune responses in sepsis
Jasleen Dhaliwal
Jasleen Dhaliwal
Summer student, MDSC 417/419, and BHSc Honors Project 2024-
Project: Examining the impact of vaping on human bacterial pneumonia
Arshpreet Saini
Arshpreet Saini
MDSC 417/419, and BHSc Honors Project 2024-
Project: Exploring the role of hypoxia as a regulator of host and pathogen regulation in bacterial pneumonia
Past Members
Past Members
Theo Nelson
Theo Nelson
MDIM MSc Student 2022-2024
BHSc Honors Project 2021-2022
Project: Integrating human alveolar macrophages into a human lung on a chip
Currently: Medical Student Univ. of Alberta
Kelsie Volek
Kelsie Volek
BME MSc Student 2022-2024
BME Honors Project 2021-2022
Project: Generating a high throughput lung on a chip to study fibroproliferative ARDS
Currently: Industry Consultant
Rehan Mohammad PhD
Rehan Mohammad PhD
Post-Doctoral Associate 2022-2024
Project: Advancing 3D models of human lungs - Snyder Organoid Initiative
Currently: Research Associate
Hellen Kang
Hellen Kang
MSc Graduate Student 2021-2023
Projects: Role of hypoxia regulators in S. pneumoniae bacterial pneumonia
Currently: Medical Student Queens University
Mortaza Fatehi Hassanabad
MSc Graduate Student 2020-2022
Co-supervised by Dr Bryan Yipp
Projects: Bacterial Pneumonia and Ventilator Induced Lung Injury
Currently: Medical Student at Univ. of Alberta
Kristine Lee
Kristine Lee
Laboratory Technician
Part-time, 2020-2022
Expertise: Western Blot, ELISAs and Real-Time PCR
Undergraduate Students
Rigel Tormon
Marian Grell
Alisa Guri
Collaborators
Collaborators
Braedon McDonal MD PhD
Braedon McDonal MD PhD
Dept. of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary
Microbiome, Immunology, and Critical Illness
Christina Thornton MD PhD
Christina Thornton MD PhD
Dept. of Medicine, University of Calgary
Lung Microbiome, CF and Non-CF Bronchiectasis
Bas Surewaard PhD
Bas Surewaard PhD
Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases (MIID), University of Calgary
Microbiology and Immunology
COVID-19 Lung Imaging Collaborative and BSL3 Team
COVID-19 Lung Imaging Collaborative and BSL3 Team
Drs Paul Kubes, Chris Mody, Jennifer Corcoran, Craig Jenne, Margaret Kelly, Nathan Peters and Braedon McDonald
Lung Injury Collaboration
Lung Injury Collaboration
Drs Margaret Kelly, Matthias Amrein, David Proud, University of Calgary
Airway Inflammation Research Group
COVID-19 Clinical Trials Group
COVID-19 Clinical Trials Group
Dept Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Calgary
Drs Deepa Suryanarayan, Davinder Sidhu, Alejandra Ugarte-Torres,
Study Nurses: Traci Robinson and Suzanne Westcott
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