Meet your CTA
2025-2026 Charbonneau Trainee Association

Jessica Lopez Espinosa
Chair
Research: Multi-targeting CAR-DNTs for B-cell malignancies treatment

Amanjot Kaur
Vice-Chair
Research: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for leukemia treatment

Jonathan Low
Postdoc Representative
Research: Clinical exercise metabolism and integrative physiology in people living with type 2 diabetes and cancer

Monica Caicedo Roa
EDIA Director
Research: Impact of radon exposure on vulnerable populations

Amisha Verma
Outreach Co-Director
Research: Impact of TGF-ß on ILC2 metabolism in lung metastasis

Taye Louie
Outreach Co-Director
Research: Armouring GPNMB-targeting CAR T cell therapy to resist PD-1/PD-L1-driven immunosuppression in solid tumours

Jamie Petersson
Education Co-Director
Research: Nature-based integrative oncology interventions

Heejae Lee
Education Co-Director
Research: Exercise intervention to support DNT cell therapy

Emily Laycock
Social Co-Director
Research: Delays in care for uveal melanoma patients

Jada Curry
Social Co-Director
Research: Therapeutic applications of CRISPR based technologies

Abhi Sharma
Trainee Development Coordinator
Research: Exploring non-apoptotic role(s) of caspases in driving hypoxia-mediated tumor overgrowth

Shanshan Wang
Trainee Development Coordinator
Research: Novel immunotherapies for high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Ismay de Beijer
CCS RIOT Representative
Research: Childhood cancer survivorship

Lorenzo Lindo
CCS RIOT Representative