Meet the Team | CReATe Research Program

Meet the Team

Senior Directors

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Dr. Clifford Librach, MD, FRCS(C), FACOG(REI)

Owner, Founder of CReATe Research Program and CReATe Fertility Centre

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Andrée Gauthier-Fisher, PhD

Research Scientist, Director, Research Programs and Stem Cell Research

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Ayub Lulat, PhD

Director of CReATe Cord Blood Bank and CReATe Biobank

Team Leads

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Hanna Balakier, PhD

IVF Scientific Director

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Valeriy Kuznyetsov, PhD

Director, Preimplantation Genetics Research

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Svetlana Madjunkova, MD, PhD

Senior Director – Head of Reproductive Genetics

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Sergey Moskovtsev, MD, PhD

Director, Andrology Program

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Subhendu Mukherjee, PhD

Director, Neurovascular Regeneration and Immunomodulation Research Program

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Razieh Rabani, PhD

Director, Cardio-Pulmonary and Musculoskeletal Regeneration Program

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Stewart Russell, PhD

Director, Human Embryo and Implantation Research Program

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Brandon Wyse, MSc

Director, Ovarian Biology Research Program

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Samantha Yee, MSW, PhD

Director, Psychosocial Research Program

Team Members

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Rina Abramov, MSc

Supervisor, Clinical Genetics

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Siwei Chen, MSc

Senior Technician, Genetics Lab

Shivani Dhanani

Biobank Technologist

Research Program Administrative Assistant

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Lianet Lopez, MSc

Lab Manager, Research Technician

Michelle Ly, MSc

Technologist Embryology and Implantation Research Program

Mitko Madjunkov, MD

Fellow

Ali Mirzaesmaeili

Cell Therapy and Disease Modeling Technologist

Biobank Supervisor and Technologist

Sara Rostami, PhD

Technologist Cardio-Pulmonary and Musculoskeletal Regeneration Program

Research Assistant

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Fyyaz Siddiqui, MSc

Associate Director, Neurovascular Regeneration and Immunomodulation Research Program

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Dr. Maya Sharon Weiner, MD

Researcher

Dr. Noga Weizman, MD

Researcher

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Junyan Zhang, MSc

Technician, Andrology Research

Postdoctoral Fellows

Ovarian Biology

Graduate Students

PhD candidate, Embryology and Implantation Research

PhD candidate, Embryo and Implantation Research Program

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Tina Tu-Thu Ngoc Nguyen, MSc

PhD Candidate, Embryology & Implantation Biology Research

MSc Candidate, Reproductive Genetics Research

Former Graduate Students

Aashi Aggarwal, MSc

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Shilini Hemalal

Pamela Kurjanowicz, PhD

Andrology Research

Hanna Shuster-Hyman, MSc

Our Collaborators

McGill University

Montreal, Canada

Université Laval

Québec City Canda

Wayne State University

Detroit, USA

Mount Sinai Hospital

Toronto, Canada

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

Toronto, Canada

Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

St. Michael's Hospital

St. Michael's Hospital

Toronto, Canada

Univerity Health Network

Toronto, Canada

University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

Arex Life Sciences L.L.C.

Arex Life Sciences L.L.C.

Boston, USA

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel