Dr. Jinan Fiaidhi, Computer Science, BioTech PhD Program Coordinator, Lakehead University. Jinan Fiaidhi is a full professor of Computer Science and the Graduate Coordinator of the BioTech PhD program at Lakehead University. She is an adjunct research professor at the University of Western Ontario and the editor in chief of IGI Global International Journal of Extreme Automation and Connectivity in Healthcare. She is also the chair of Big Data for eHealth with the IEEE ComSoc. Contact her at [email protected].
Dr. Brenda Magajna, Science and Environmental Studies PhD Program Facilitator and International Student Liaison, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Dr. Amarjit Chahal is the Manager of Business Development with the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute. He plays a key role in identifying and pursuing business opportunities that are in alignment with the Institute's strategic plan. This is achieved by facilitating market analysis, monitoring emerging industry trends and preparing portfolio analysis for a series of high potential opportunities including patenting, licensing and commercialization of intellectual property as well as seeking opportunities for the Clinical Trials facilities. In the past, Dr. Chahal has worked for the Dynacare Medical Laboratories (located in Thunder Bay, Ontario and Laval, Quebec) as a Forensic Specialist, Technical Leader and Business Development Manager, with Vita-Tech Canada Inc. (now IDEXX in Markham, Ontario) as the Director of the DNA Diagnostics Division, and the National Legal Laboratories (now Laboratory Corporation of America, East Lansing, Michigan) as the Assistant Laboratory Director. He has completed two years of postdoctoral fellowship at the Children’s Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina where he conducted research on genetic disorders in humans. He obtained a doctoral degree in a Collaborative Program in Plant Genetics from the University of Guelph, Ontario.
Dr. Carlos Zerpa, Kinesiology, Lakehead University. Carlos Zerpa is an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology at Lakehead University. He teaches and researches in the area of biomechanics. More specifically, his research focuses on the dynamic interaction of biological, mechanical and behavioural systems of the human body including cognition and learning to develop optimization measurement techniques for the assessment of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and antalgic gait patterns.
Dr. Taryn Klarner Read, Kinesiology, Lakehead University
Dr. Eryk Przysucha, Kinesiology, Lakehead University
Dr. Robert Jackson, PhD Biotechnology
Jessica Allingham, PhD Candidate, Chemistry, Lakehead University
Katelyn Varga, MSc Kinesiology, Lakehead University