Post-doctoral research fellows

Completed

18/09-20/09        Dr Laurence Boulanger, PhD

Co-supervisor (with Marie-Pierre Sylvestre) to Dr Boulanger (post-doc in biostatistics at the Université de Montréal). Dr Boulanger is developing and validating a new multimorbidity index using the Quebec Longitudinal Study on Nutrition and Aging (NuAge) cohort.

17/09-18/08        Dr Zhuo-Yu Wang, PhD

Co-supervisor (with Marie-Pierre Sylvestre) to Dr Wang (post-doc in biostatistics at the Université de Montréal). Dr Wang developed and validated a new multimorbidity index using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

1) PhD

18/09- 2023/09  Christian Wilfried Mendo, MSc

Co-supervisor (with Marie-Pierre Sylvetre) to Mr Mendo (PhD in Epidemiology at the Université de Montréal). Mr Mendo’s thesis centred on the relationship between frailty and cardiovascular disease, with a focus on grip strength but also considering other aspects of Fried’s frailty phenotype. Recipient of student bursaries from the CRCHUM ($25,000 in 2018-2019; $1000 in 2019-2020), the Office of International Affairs of the Université de Montreal ($4,334 in 2020-2021), the School of Public Health of the Université de Montréal ($10,000 in 2020-2021), and the Fonds de Recherche Québec Santé ($69,000 in 2021-2022).

2) MSc

22/09-present   Mame Fana Ndiaye, MD

Co-supervisor to Dr Ndiaye (MSc in public health at the Université de Montréal). Dr Ndiaye’s thesis will centre on predicting mortality in people with dementia from the general population.

22/09-present   Jimmy Li, MD

Principal Supervisor to Dr Li (MSc in epidemiology at the Université de Montréal). Dr Li’s thesis will centre on the investigation of frailty and vascular atherosclerosis in older adults with epilepsy. Dr Li was accepted into the Clinician-Scientist program of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada. Recipient of the Futures in Neurologic Research Scholarship (2023), the International Scholarship Award (2023), and the Futures in Neurologic Research Scholarship (2024) all of the American Academy of Neurology, the Young Investigators Award (2023; US$ 1,200) of the American Epilepsy Society, the Dr. Hubert van Tol Travel Fellowship (2023) from Brain Canada.

21/09-23/08        Frédéric Loubert, BA

Principal Supervisor to Mr Loubert (MSc in epidemiology at the Université de Montréal). Mr Loubert’s thesis centred on the development of prediction models for tumours in people with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.

20/09-23/07        François Ateba, BSc

Co-supervisor to Mr Ateba (MSc in statistics at the Université de Québec à Montréal). Mr Ateba’s thesis centred on the incorporation of mendelian randomization to study the association between inflammation, obesity, and vascular atherosclerosis.

19/09-22/08        Arielle Vary O’Neil, BSc

Principal Supervisor to Ms Vary O’Neil (MSc in neurosciences at the Université de Montréal). Ms Vary O’Neil’s thesis centred on the investigation of frailty as a determinant of treatment efficacy and tolerability in older adults with epilepsy.

Recipient of an American Epilepsy Society travel bursary to attend the 2020 annual meeting.

18/09-20/10        Nafisa Husein, BSc, MSc

Principal Supervisor to Ms Husein (MSc in public health at the Université de Montréal). Ms Husein’s thesis centred on the relationship between cardiovascular disease and epilepsy.

Recipient of a Bursary of excellence from the Faculty of Higher Education, Université de Montréal ($4,000)

19/01-21/09        Bastien Rioux, MD

Co-supervisor (with Laura Gioia) to Dr Rioux (MSc in biomedical sciences at the Université de Montréal). Dr Rioux’s thesis will centre on the comorbidity of stroke and epilepsy, using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging as a study platform.

Dr Rioux was accepted into the Clinician-Scientist program of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada. Recipient of a Bursary of excellence from the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Université de Montréal ($4,000); 1^st place prize presentation by a medical resident at the Quebec Association of Neurologists annual meeting 2020; a 2020 bursary from the Clinician Investigator Program from the Faculty of Medicine at UdeM $250); 2021 Futures in Neurologic Research Scholarship from the American Academy of Neurology; 2021 Bursary for Popular Science; 1^st prize (of 12 applicants) from the Student Association for Graduate Studies in Biomedical Sciences of the Université de Montréal ($500); 2^ND place prize best publication 2020-2021 in the Researcher-clinician Program at the Université de Montréal ($1000); 2022 Rector’s list of Honour for being in the top 10% of those graduating with MSc in Biomedical Sciences.

18/09-21/09        Yen Tran Phuoc, MD

Co-supervisor (with Dang Nguyen) to Dr Phuoc (MSc in neurosciences at the Université de Montréal). Dr Phuoc’s thesis centered on the relationship between the insula and cardiac electrophysiology, using the CHUM epilepsy database.