Leadership Team
OHCRN Core Team
Raymond Kim, MD, PhD
Head of OHCRN
Monique Albert, MSc, PMP, CCRP
Senior Program Manager
Tamara Braid, MS, CGC
Genetic Counsellor, Clinical Program Manager
Lauren Hughes, MS, CCGC
Genetic Counsellor,
Program Advisor
Kirsten Farncombe, PhD
Project Manager
Elif Tuzlali, BSc
Project Manager, Clinical Research
Steering Committee
Monique Albert, MSc, PMP, CCRP
Senior Program Manager, OHCRN
Kathleen Bell, MSc, CGC
Manager, Provincial Genetics Program, Ontario Health
Michelle Brazas, PhD
Director, Adaptive Oncology, OICR
Harriet Feilotter, PhD
Director, Ontario Molecular Pathology Research Network,
Queen’s University & University Health Network
Raymond Kim, MD, PhD
Medical Geneticist, Clinician Scientist, Head, OHCRN
Meredith McLaren, PhD
Community/Patient Partner
Melyssa Aronson, MSc, CCGC
Senior Genetic Counsellor, Familial GI Cancers Unit, Sinai Health System
Tamara Braid, MS, CGC
Clinical Program Manager, OHCRN
Mélanie Courtot, PhD
Director, Genome Informatics, OICR
Lauren Hughes, MS, CCGC
Genetic Counsellor, Program Advisor, OHCRN
Katie Lark
Community/Patient Partner
Lincoln Stein, MD, PhD
Acting Scientific Director, OICR
Co-investigators
Irene Andrulis, MD
Jane Bayani, PhD
Andrea Eisen, MD
Jordan Lerner-Ellis, PhD
Karen Panabaker, MSc, CGC, CCGC
Trevor Pugh, PhD
Lincoln Stein, MD, PhD
Melyssa Aronson, MSc, CCGC
Kathleen Bell, MSc, CGC
Harriet Feilotter, PhD
David Malkin, MD
Wendy Parulekar, MD
Sarah Sawyer, MD, PhD
Martin Yaffe, PhD
Philip Awadalla, PhD
Jennifer Brooks, PhD
Peter Goodhand
Steven Narod, MD
Aaron Pollett, MD
Melanie Spears, PhD
Laboratory Subcommittee
Mohammad Akbari, MD, PhD
Harriet Feilotter, PhD
Jordan Lerner-Ellis, PhD
Amanda Smith, PhD
Hong Wang, PhD
George Charames, PhD
Brittney Johnstone, MSc, CGC
Sarah Ridd, BASc
Andrea Vaags, PhD
Kathy Chun, PhD
Ian King, PhD
Laila Schenkel, PhD
Larissa Waldman, MSc, CGC
Data Management Subcommittee
Brandon Chan, BASc
Jordan Lerner-Ellis, PhD
Karen Panabaker, MSc, CGC, CCGC
Elif Tuzlali, BSc
Ken Craddock, MD
Talia Mancuso, MSc, CCGC
Stephen Parrott
Vasily Giannakeas, PhD
Karen Ott, MS, CGC
Alison Rusnak, MD
Research Ethics Subcommittee
Christopher Deutschman
Bailey Gallinger, MSc, CGC
Ellen MacDougall, MSc
Yael Silberman, MS, CGC
Andrea Eisen, MD
Tracy Graham, MSc, CGC, CCGC
Kelly McDonald, MA
Kirsten Farncombe, PhD
Chiquita Hessels
Sarah Sawyer, MD, PhD
