OHCRN Core Team
Raymond Kim, MD, PhD
Medical Geneticist, Clinician Scientist
Head of OHCRN
Lauren Hughes, MS, CCGC
Genetic Counsellor,
Program Manager
Kirsten Farncombe, PhD
Project Manager
Jamie Harland, LL.B.
Research Contracts & Privacy Specialist
Elif Tuzlali, BSc
Clinical Research Coordinator
Steering Committee
Melyssa Aronson, MSc, CCGC
Senior Genetic Counsellor, Familial GI Cancers Unit, Sinai Health System
Melissa Cable-Cibula
Patient Partner
Lauren Hughes, MS, CCGC
Genetic Counsellor, Program Director, OHCRN
Laszlo Radvanyi, PhD
Executive Sponsor, OHCRN & President and Scientific Director, OICR
Kathleen Bell, MSc, CGC
Manager, Provincial Genetics Program, Ontario Health
Melanie Courtot, PhD
Director, Genome Informatics, OICR
Raymond Kim, MD, PhD
Medical Geneticist, Clinician Scientist, Head, OHCRN
Lincoln Stein, MD, PhD
Head, Adaptive Oncology, OICR
Michelle Brazas, PhD
Associate Director, Adaptive Oncology, OICR
Harriet Feilotter, PhD
Director, Ontario Molecular Pathology Research Network, Queen’s University & University Health Network
Katie Lark
Patient Partner
Co-investigators
Irene Andrulis, MD
Jane Bayani, PhD
Andrea Eisen, MD
Jordan Lerner-Ellis, PhD
Karen Panabaker, MSc, CGC, CCGC
Trevor Pugh, PhD
Lincoln Stein, MD, PhD
Melyssa Aronson, MSc, CCGC
Kathleen Bell, MSc, CGC
Harriet Feilotter, PhD
David Malkin, MD
Wendy Parulekar, MD
Sarah Sawyer, MD, PhD
Martin Yaffe, PhD
Philip Awadalla, PhD
Jennifer Brooks, PhD
Peter Goodhand
Steven Narod, MD
Aaron Pollett, MD
Melanie Spears, PhD
Laboratory Subcommittee
Mohammed Akbari, MD, PhD
Harriet Feilotter, PhD
Jordan Lerner-Ellis, PhD
Amanda Smith, PhD
Hong Wang, PhD
George Charames, PhD
Brittney Johnstone, MSc, CGC
Meredith McLaren, PhD
Andrea Vaags, PhD
Kathy Chun, PhD
Ian King, PhD
Laila Schenkel, PhD
Larissa Waldman, MSc, CGC
Data Management Subcommittee
Melyssa Aronson, MSc, CCGC
Jordan Lerner-Ellis, PhD
Karen Panabaker, MSc, CGC, CCGC
Brandon Chan
Talia Mancuso, MSc, CCGC
Stephen Parrott
Vasily Giannakeas, PhD
Karen Ott, MS, CGC
Alison Rusnak, MD
Research Ethics Subcommittee
Christopher Deutschman
Bailey Gallinger, MSc, CGC
Ellen MacDougall, MSc
Yael Silberman, MS, CGC
Andrea Eisen, MD
Tracy Graham, MSc, CGC, CCGC
Kelly McDonald, MA
Elif Tuzlali
Kirsten Farncombe, PhD
Chiquita Hessels
Sarah Sawyer, MD, PhD
