Coordinated Fellowships

Dr. Aiping Bai BSc, MSc, PhD
MHRC/MICH Fellowship
Department of Pediatrics & Child Health
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: A new therapeutic strategy for treatment and study of immune mechanisms in IBD-novel vaccines to down-regulate pathogenic cytokines and induce immune anergy in murine colitis
Supervisor: Dr. Zhikang Peng 

Ms. Sanela Begic BSc
MHRC/CancerCare Fellowship
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Breast Cancer Progression to Estrogen Independence Determining the Mechanisms by which human breast cancer cells progress from estrogen dependence to independence and how breast cancers develop resistance to antiestrogens
Supervisor: Dr. Leigh C. Murphy 

Dr. Ganchimeg Ishdorj BSc, MSc, PhD
MHRC/CancerCare Fellowship
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Lysophospatidic Acid (LPA) and its Survival Mechanism in CLL cells.
Supervisor: Dr. Spencer B. Gibson 

Dr. Sandrine Lacoste BSc,MSc,PhD
CancerCare Fellowship
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Genomic instability and three-dimensional telomere organization in freshly EBV-infected human B cells.
Supervisor: Dr. Sabine Mai 

Dr. Mark Loewen BSc, MSc
MHRC/MICH Fellowship
Department of Pediatrics & Child Health
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Origins of Asthma in Early Life: What is the role of perfluorinated chemicals in the indoor environment?
Supervisor: Dr. Allan Becker 

Mr. Sherif Louis BSc,MSc
MHRC Fellowship
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Modulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype by AngII
Supervisor: Dr. Peter Zahradka 

Dr. Arzu Ozturk
CancerCare Fellowship
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: The Molecular Mechanism of De Novo Transforming Activities of TLS-ERG in vivo.
Supervisor: Dr. Geoff Hicks 

Dr. Trushar R. Patel BSc,MSc,PhD
MHRC/CancerCare/MICH Fellowship
Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Investigation of Recombinant agrin as a therapeutic agent.
Supervisor: Dr. Joerg Stetefeld 

Dr. Sreenivasan Palaninthan Preetha B.V.Sc, M.V.Sc, PhD
MHRC/MICH Fellowship
Department of Pediatrics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Potentiation of Alpha-Adrenergic Contraction of Hypoxic Pulmonary Artery by Thromboxane Exposure in Persistant Pulmonary Hypertension of the newborn.
Supervisor: Dr. Shyamala Dakshinamurti 

Dr. Dedmer Schaafsma
MHRC/MICH Fellowship
Department of Physiology and Internal Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Statins as a therapeutical intervention in airway remodelling in asthma?
Supervisor: Dr. Andrew J. Halayko 

Dr. Ashok Kumar Sekar BSc, MSc, PhD
CancerCare Fellowship
Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptors as potential targets for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) treatment.
Supervisor: Dr. Spencer Gibson