Previous members
Lane Buchanan, PhD.
Research Interests / Specializations: The Effect of Penile Anaerobes on Epithelial Integrity and HIV Susceptibility
Reeya Parmar, MSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: Characterization of Neovaginal Epithelial Microstructures and Evaluation of the Nugent Score as a Dysbiosis Diagnostic Tool for Transfeminine Individuals Post-Vaginoplasty
Rachel Penny, MSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: Characterising the Penile Microbiota in Pathological Phimosis and Investigating Novel Topical Probiotic Strategies to Reduce Penile HIV Acquisition
Victor Lam, MSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: Developing a Nasal Organotypic Model to Investigate the Effects of the Nasal Microbiome on Susceptibility to Pathogens
Current position: MD student
Omar Almomani, MSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: Investigating the effects of physical maturation and sexual debut on HIV-1 susceptibility in adolescent males in Rakai, Uganda
Current position: Dentistry student
Geoffrey Rempel, MSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: Generation and Characterization of an In Vitro Organotypic Foreskin Model for Future Study of the Penile MicrobiomeForeskin Model for Future Study of the Penile Microbiome
Teaching: Current position: MD
Spencer Yeung, MSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: Determining the Relative Transmission Fitness of HIV-1 Subtypes A, B, C, and DA, B, C, and D
Current position: VP of sales at Creyos
Hannah Wilcox, MSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: Inflammation in the Neovaginal Microenvironment of Transfeminine Individuals
Current position: JD Candidate
Shao (Eric) Zhongtian, MSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: The Effect of Oral and Topical Antibiotics on Foreskin Inflammation and HIV Target Cells in Ugandan Men
Katrina Madden, MSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: Steps Toward the Generation of an in vitro Epithelial Model to Enable the Study of HIV Acquisition as it (cor)Relates to the Penile Microbiome
Annabel Poon, BSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: Penile microbiome and HIV susceptibility in 3D genital model
Alyssa Wang, BSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: Development of a Neovaginal Bacterial Isolate Bank Using Diverse Culture Techniques
Sung Woo Chang, BSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: Investigating the relationship between influenza-specific nasal secretory IgA levels and nasal immune profile types following a controlled in vivo viral challenge
Jeff Lin, BSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: Impact of Pathological Phimosis on Tissue Inflammation in Pediatric Patients
Current position: DDS Candidate
Yuan Chun (Daniel) Jiang, BSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: Evaluation of HIV susceptibility through spatial analysis of target cells in immunofluorescence microscopy images
Katherine Yu, BSc.
Research Interests / Specializations: Sex differences in the latent reservoir of virally suppressed human immunodeficiency virus-1 infected individuals living in Rakai, Uganda
Current position: Physician
