PEOPLE
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PI
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
David P. Cook, PhD
Scientist — Cancer Research Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Assistant Professor — Dept. of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa
Assistant Professor — Dept. of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa
David's research focuses on cellular plasticity in gynecologic disease. He studies how cells and tissues remodel during disease and therapy. He trained in ovarian cancer with Barbara Vanderhyden at the University of Ottawa and in spatial genomics with Jeff Wrana at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (Toronto, ON), with work supported by a CIHR Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship and recognized by a John Charles Polanyi Prize.
LAB MEMBERS
Hugh Deng
Research Technician
Sarah Nersesian, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
John Abou-Hamad, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
EH
Elizabeth Hughes, PhD
· INCOMING
Postdoctoral Fellow
Emma Durocher
PhD (Cellular and Molecular Medicine)
Colin O'Dwyer
PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
co-supervised w/ Dr. Michele Ardolino
Athena Southworth
MSc (Cellular and Molecular Medicine)
Katrina Verey
Undergraduate (TMM-PhD)
Michelle Sukadil
Undergraduate (Biomedical Sciences)
Sara Popovic
Undergraduate (Computing, Queen’s University)
ALUMNI
03
Bhavya Joshi
Undergraduate (TMM)
→ TBD
2026
Judy Sobh
MSc (Cellular and Molecular Medicine)
→ TBD
2026
Kiyana Rahimian
TMM Rotation Student
→ TBD
2026