RESEARCH TEAM

CURRENT OHASHI LAB MEMBERS

ALISHA ELFORD
Lab Manager & Research Technician

BEN WANG, PhD
Head, Centre for Integrative Immune Analysis

CARLOS GARCIA-BATRES, MSc
Research Technician

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CAROLYN WELLS
Administrative Coordinator

DOUGLAS MILLAR, PhD
Research Associate

FARAH ABDALBARI, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow

HAYLEY NAULT
Graduate Student

JOHN HEATH, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow

JULES SOTTY, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow

KATHRIN WARNER, PhD
Scientific Associate & Project Manager

KIICHI MURAKAMI, PhD
Research Associate

KSENIA METELEVA, MSc
Project Manager

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ASSOCIATED RESEARCH LABS

Sacher Lab

ADRIAN G SACHER, MD, MMSc, FRCPC
Assistant Professor
Staff Oncologist
Clinician Investigator

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Lab focus
Our work is centered on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with four major areas of investigation:
(i) Development of novel immunotherapeutics in NSCLC including immunmodulators, mRNA vaccines and adoptive cell therapy.
(ii) Characterizing the immune microenvironment of NSCLC and identification of novel therapeutic targets.
(iii) Evaluating the role of emerging immune cell subsets including mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells in modulating anti-tumor immunity and response to bacterial and endogenous metabolites.
(iv) Leveraging cfDNA, soluble biomarkers, and immunophenotyping to predict response and resistance to immunotherapy in solid tumors.

Current Students

ADRIANA VUKOSICH, MSc
PhD Candidate

STEPHANIE WONG
PhD Candidate
Co-supervised by Dr. Pam Ohashi and Dr. Adrian Sacher

Saibil Lab

SAM SAIBIL, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor
Staff Oncologist
Clinician Investigator

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Lab focus
The Saibil lab studies metabolic reprogramming of T cells for the improvement of adoptive cell therapy (ACT) for melanoma therapy.

Check out our recent review paper.

Current students