Meet your CTA
2026-2027 Charbonneau Trainee Association
Taye Louie
Chair
Research: Armouring GPNMB-targeting CAR T cell therapy to resist PD-1/PD-L1-driven immunosuppression in solid tumours
Austin Atkins
Co-Vice Chair
Research: Genetic susceptibility to radon-induced lung cancer
Amy Banks
Co-Vice Chair
Research: Targeted therapies for pediatric brain tumours
Alisha Poole
Postdoc Representative
Research: Immunotherapy for glioblastoma
Zoha Shehzad
EDIA Director
Research: Investigating new therapies for pediatric gliomas
Vincent Dang
Outreach Co-Director
Research: Exploring multiple myeloma progression and treatment resistance
Haylee Robertson
Outreach Co-Director
Research: Understanding manufacturing failures of CAR-T cells
Heejae Lee
Education Co-Director
Research: Exercise intervention to support DNT cell therapy
Brooklyn Giesbrecht
Education Co-Director
Research: Developing a novel method to sequence gene rearrangements of B cell malignancies
Shanshan Wang
Trainee Development Coordinator
Research: Novel immunotherapies for high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Maryam Al-Witry
Social Co-Director
Shirin Rajesh
Social Co-Director
Lorenzo Lindo
CCS RIOT Lead
Research: CAR T-cell therapy for multiple myeloma
Camri Imlach
CCS RIOT Committee Member
Research: Stem cell transplant with CAR T cell therapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Amanjot Kaur
CCS RIOT Committee Member
Research: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for leukemia treatment
Jocelyn Peng
CCS RIOT Committee Member
Shahrbano Rukunuddin
CCS RIOT Committee Member
Cassie Wood
CCS RIOT Committee Member
Research: Engineered dendritic cells for cancer immunotherapy
