The people behind the work
The people behind the work
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Principal Investigator
Jennifer Thompson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and member of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute and Alberta Children's Health Research Institute at the University of Calgary. She is a past National Heart and Stroke Foundation New Investigator and past recipient of the Perinatal Research Society New Investigator & Cassady Presidential Award. Dr. Thompson's research program has been supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Diabetes Canada, Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Current Lab Members
Jessica Wager
Jessica Wager
PhD candidate
BHSc in Biomedical Sciences, University of Calgary. Jessica holds the CIHR Canada Graduate Research Scholarship, and previously held scholarships from NSERC and the Libin Institute. Her works investigates the role of macrophages in adaptive adipose remodelling and in the pathophysiology of obesity.
Dr. Zohre Gheisary
Dr. Zohre Gheisary
Postdoctoral Scholar
MSc, University of Tehran; PhD, University of Saskatchewan. Zohre leads a project investigating the influence of estrogen signalling on sex-specific vascular consequences of exposure to plastic-derived toxicants.
Dr. Ji Soo Yoon
Dr. Ji Soo Yoon
Postdoctoral Fellow
BSc and PhD, University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Ji Soo (Samantha) was recently awarded a Heart and Stroke Foundation Fellowship and previously held a fellowship in women's cardiovascular health from the Libin Institute. Sam is investigating how local estrogen signalling impacts adipose tissue function.
Eman Awad
Eman Awad
PhD candidate
BHSc in Biomedical Sciences, University of Calgary. Jessica holds the CIHR Canada Graduate Research Scholarship, and previously held scholarships from NSERC and the Libin Institute. Her works investigates the role of macrophages in adaptive adipose remodelling and in the pathophysiology of obesity.
Yasmeen Jalil
Yasmeen Jalil
Medical Student
MSc, University of Tehran; PhD, University of Saskatchewan. Zohre leads a project investigating the influence of estrogen signalling on sex-specific vascular consequences of exposure to plastic-derived toxicants.
Sathanush Mohanaram
Sathanush Mohanaram
Undergraduate Student
Third-year Biomedical Sciences student with a minor in Bioinformatics, University of Calgary, His research interests include cardiovascular health and the application of machine learning in medicine.
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