Current Trainees

Michael Colacci

Education: HBSc with High Distinction (Human Physiology and Biology), University of Toronto; MD (cum laude), Feinberg School of Medicine; MSc (Clinical Epidemiology), University of Toronto

Division: General Internal Medicine

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Muhammad Mamdani

Title of Research: Application of Machine Learning within Internal Medicine

Amanda Formosa

Education: HBSc (Biology, Chemistry, and Professional Writing), University of Toronto Missiauga; PhD (Medical Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine), University of Rome; MD, University of Toronto; Residency (Internal Medicine), Dalhousie University

Division: Critical Care

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Claudia dos Santos

Title of Research: Profiling RNA levels in peripheral blood of critically ill patients with COVID19

Education: MD, Université de Montréal; Neurology residency, University of Toronto

Division: Neurology

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Connie Marras, Dr. Maria Chiu

Title of Research: Investigating the relationship between phosphoglycerate kinase 1 activator exposure and Parkinson's disease risk and progression

Education: MD, McMaster University 

Division: Geriatric Medicine

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Paula Rochon

Title of Research: Characterizing the health outcomes of older adults with lived experiences of homelessness 

Yu Qing (Jenny) Huang

Education: Med-P, McGill University; Residency (Internal Medicine), Université de Montréal; Residency (Geriatric Medicine), University of Toronto; MSc-PhD (Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research), University of Toronto

Division: Geriatric Medicine

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Sharon Straus

Title of Research: Risk of dementia, long-term care placement, and home care use following traumatic brain injury among community-dwelling older adults: a retrospective cohort study

Education: BSc, Queen's University; MD, University of Toronto, General Internal Medicine, University of Toronto; Infectious Diseases, University of Toronto; Diploma of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,Gorgas Course and University of Alabama Birmingham; Infection Control Fellowship, University of Toronto

Division: Infectious Diseases

Supervisor's Name: Dr. David Lewinsohn, Dr. Deborah Lewinsohn

Title of Research: Mucosal Invariant T cells and Their Memory Potential - How They May be Crucial in Future Tuberculosis Vaccine Development.

Education: HBSc (Immunology), University of Toronto; MD, University of Ottawa

Division: Internal Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy

Supervisor's Name: Dr. David Juurlink

Title of Research: Severe cutaneous adverse reactions following outpatient antibiotic therapy

Education: HBSc (Physiology), University of British Columbia; MD, University of British Columbia; Internal Medicine (FRCPC), University of Ottawa

Division: Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Gideon Hirschfield

Title of Research: Primary sclerosing cholangitis: a deep clinical and cross-discipline phenotypic evaluation to improve our understanding of disease course 

Education: HBSc (Psychology), Wilfrid Laurier University; MSc (Cellular and Molecular Medicine), University of Ottawa; MD, University of Toronto; MSc Candidate (Clinical Epidemiology)

Division: General Internal Medicine

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Eyal Cohen

Title of Research: Adult impact of complex childhood-onset diseases

Education: MDCM Program, MED-P Stream, McGill University (Dean's Honour List)

Division: Nephrology

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Cristina Nostro (Physiology)

Title of Research: The effect of hPSC-derived beta-like cells on diabetic nephropathy

Ayodele Odutayo

Education: BHSc (with distinction), University of Western Ontario; MD, University of Toronto; MSc (Global Health Sciences), University of Oxford; PhD (Cellular and Molecular Medicine), University of Oxford; Residency (General Internal Medicine), University of Toronto

Division: Nephrology

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Jacob Udell, Dr. David Cherney

Title of Research: Expanding the Use of SGLT-2 Inhibitors to Improve Cardiorenal Disease

Education: MD, University of Toronto; HBSc (Life Sciences) Queen's University

Division: Geriatric Medicine

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Paula Rochon

Title of Research: Investigating the cognitive trajectories of patients with delirium after hospital discharge

Education: B.ArtsSc (Hons) Economics, McMaster University; MPH Population Epidemiology, Columbia University; MD, McMaster University; FRCPC

Division: Endocrinology and Metabolism

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Lorraine Lipscombe

Title of Research: Trends, management, and cardiovascular impact of obesity and weight loss in primary care using risk prediction. 

Education: BHSc (Honours), McMaster University; MD, University of Limerick, Ireland; PhD Candidate (IMS, University of Toronto)

Division: Neurology

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Antonio Strafella, Dr. Alfonso Fasano

Title of Research: Split-belt treadmill training to rehabilitate freezing of gait in Parkinson's Diseas

Katherine Sawicka

Education: BArtsSc (Biochemistry), University of Saskatchewan; MD, University of Saskatchewan; PhD Candidate (Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research), University of Toronto

Division: Neurology

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Brian Feldman

Title of Research: Autonomy and health-related quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis across childhood, adolescent, and adult development

Education: BHSc, McMaster University; MD, McMaster University

Division: Nephrology

Supervisor's Name: Dr. David Cherney 

Title of Research: Efficacy, mechanisms and safety of SGLT2 inhibitors in kidney transplant recipients

Education: HBSc (Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences), McMaster University; DO, Michigan State University; FRCPC

Division: Gastroenterology

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Geoffrey Nguyen, Dr. Vivian Huang

Title of Research: Risk of Adverse Pregnancy-Related Outcomes in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Education: BSc, McGill University; MD, University of Toronto

Division: Critical Care Medicine

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Neill Adhikari

Title of Research: Practices of mechanical ventilation in patients with acute neurologic disorders

Education: BHSc, McMaster University; MD, University of Alberta; MPH (Quantitative Methods), Harvard University; MSEd (Medical Education), University of Pennsylvania; Combined Public Health & Preventive Medicine and Family Medicine Residencies, UBC; Occupational Medicine Residency, University of Toronto

Division: Occupational Medicine

Current Degree: PhD (Health Professions Education and Health Policy, Management & Evaluation), IHPME & The Wilson Centre, University of Toronto

Supervisor: Dr. Kulamakan (Mahan) Kulasegaram

Title of Research: Fairness, equity, and inclusive excellence: investigating medical school admissions using machine learning and computational social science

Education: BMSc (Honours Physiology and Pharmacology), Western University; PhD (Physiology), Western University; MD, Western University; Internal Medicine (FRCPC), University of Toronto; Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Toronto 

Division: Endocrinology and Metabolism

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Minna Woo

Title of Research: The role of JAK2 in musculoskeletal disease and metabolism

Education: BHSc (Health Sciences), McMaster University; MD, University of Toronto; PhD (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology), University of Toronto; Residency (General Internal Medicine), University of Toronto

Division: Medical Oncology

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Benjamin Haibe-Kains and Dr. Eric Chen

Title of Research: Applying multi-omics data to precision oncology

Education: BSc, University of Toronto; MD, McMaster University; PhD Candidate (CEHCR, IHPME), University of Toronto

Division: Geriatric Medicine

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Sharon Straus

Title of Research: Cost-effectiveness of the geriatrician-led comprehensive geriatric assessment: an economic evaluation in using public health care payer perspective

Education: MD, University of Toronto; MSc (Physiology), University of Toronto

Division: Infectious Diseases

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Kevin Kain

Title of Research: Reducing adverse pregnancy outcomes with L-arginine

Education: AB (Mathematics), Princeton University; MD, University of Toronto

Division: Critical Care

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Robert Fowler, Dr. George Tomlinson

Title of Research: Advanced Trial Designs in Critical Care Medicine

Kevin Yau

Education: HBSc (Life Sciences), Queen's University; MD, University of Toronto; MSc Candidate (Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research)

Division: Nephrology

Supervisor's Name: Dr. Ron Wald

Title of Research: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in CKD Patients