Molly Shoichet
Scientific Director

Molly Shoichet is a Michael E Charles University Professor in Chemical Engineering at U of T. She is known internationally for her innovative research in drug delivery, drug discovery and hydrogels, and has invented materials to both promote tissue repair in the brain and spinal cord, and help discover new drugs to treat cancer. 

Carolyn Cummins
Associate Scientific Director

Carolyn Cummins is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy. Her team studies nuclear receptors and their role in the development of diabetes, obesity and other metabolic diseases, with the goal of identifying potential therapeutic targets in disease pathways and developing drugs to prevent or treat these conditions. Her work has led to the development and preclinical testing of several drugs for the treatment of metabolic diseases.

Akshita Vincent
Director, Strategy & Partnerships

Akshita Vincent is a highly accomplished business development and research commercialization professional with over a decade of experience in academia, specializing in research translation, commercialization, and strategic partnerships with national and multinational corporations. As a dynamic and creative strategist, she excels at applying innovative approaches to bridge the gap between academic and corporate innovation. In her prior role as a Business Development Officer-Industry Partnerships at UofT, Akshita played a pivotal role in expanding the university's research partnerships with world-renowned pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

Nazifa Tabassum
Research Administrator

Nazifa Tabassum is an H.BSc 2021 graduate from the University of Toronto where she studied Health and Disease, Immunology and Physiology. Prior to joining PRiME, she gained significant experience in marketing, operations, and finance as the President of the Bangladeshi Students’ Association at UofT.

Stephanie Tam

Stephanie Tam is currently completing her M.Sc. in Pharmacology at the University of Toronto, where she also received her H.B.Sc. in Pharmacology & Biomedical Toxicology in 2021. Her research focuses on extracellular vesicles and their diagnostic and therapeutic applications in Alzheimer’s disease.

Sina Fatehi

Sina Fatehi is a PhD candidate in Molecular Genetics at SickKids, aiming to develop novel therapeutic strategies to treat congenital muscular dystrophies, with a focus on Duchennes muscular dystrophy. With his current work in genome editing, Sina is striving to develop approaches that could have a significant impact on child health.

PRiME Associates Alumni

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Leslie Dan Faculty
of Pharmacy

Carolyn Cummins (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Keith Pardee (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Faculty of Medicine

Leah Cowen (Molecular Genetics)
Walid Houry (Biochemistry)

Faculty of Arts
& Science

Robert Batey (Chemistry)
Aaron Wheeler (Chemistry)

Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Milica Radisic (Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry)
Molly Shoichet (Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry)

Leslie Dan Faculty
of Pharmacy

Christine Allen (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Stephane Angers (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Reina Bendayan (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Robert Bonin (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Carolyn Cummins (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Paul Grootendorst (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Shana Kelley (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Bowen Li (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Keith Pardee (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Micheline Piquette-Miller (Pharmacology)

Ray Reilly (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Shirley Wu (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Faculty of Medicine

Ana Andreazza (Pharmacology)

Cheryl Arrowsmith (Medical Biophysics)

Liliana Attisano (Biochemistry)

Gary Bader (Molecular Genetics)

J. Martin Beaulieu (Pharmacology)

Benjamin Blencowe (Molecular Genetics)

Rafael Montenegro Burke (Molecular Genetics)

Alan Cochrane (Molecular Genetics)

Leah Cowen (Molecular Genetics)

Landon Edgar (Pharmacology)

Aled Edwards (Molecular Genetics)

Maryam Faiz (Surgery)

Andrew Fraser (Molecular Genetics)

Jennifer Gommerman (Immunology)

Scott Gray-Owen (Molecular Genetics)

Walid A. Houry (Biochemistry)

Basil Hubbard (Pharmacology)

Sadhna Joshi (Molecular Genetics)

Henry Krause (Molecular Genetics)

Rebecca Laposa (Pharmacology)

Karen Maxwell (Biochemistry)

Jason Moffat (Molecular Genetics)

Cindi Morshead (Surgery)

William Navarre (Molecular Genetics)

Michael Ohh (Biochemistry)

James Rini (Biochemistry)

Ruth Ross (Pharmacology)

Fritz Roth (Molecular Genetics)

Peter Roy (Molecular Genetics)

Leonardo Salmena (Pharmacology)

Sachdev Sidhu (Molecular Genetics)

Igor Stagljar (Biochemistry)

Mikko Taipale (Molecular Genetics)

Faculty of Arts
& Science

Alan Aspuru-Guzik (Chemistry)

Robert A. Batey (Chemistry)

Andrew Beharry (Chemistry)

John Calarco (Cell and Systems Biology)

Haissi Cui (Chemistry)

Mark Currie (Cell and Systems Biology)

David Fleet (Computer Science)

Claudiu Gradinaru (Physics)

Patrick Gunning (Chemistry)

Rebecca Jockusch (Chemistry)

Voula Kanelis (Chemistry)

Kagan Kerman (Chemistry)

Ron Kluger (Chemistry)

Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz (Chemistry)

Eugenia Kumacheva (Chemistry)

Mark Lautens (Chemistry)

Josh Milstein (Physics)

Jennifer Mitchell (Cell and Systems Biology)

Mark Nitz (Chemistry)

Alana Ogata (Chemistry)

Hui Peng (Chemistry)

Scott Prosser (Chemistry)

Sarah Rauscher (Physics)

Jumi Shin (Chemistry)

Helen Tran (Chemistry)

Oleksandr Voznyy (Chemistry)

Gilbert Walker (Chemistry)

Aaron Wheeler (Chemistry)

Mitch Winnik (Chemistry)

Andrew Woolley (Chemistry)

Andrei Yudin (Chemistry)

Anton Zilman (Physics)

Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Stewart Aitchison (Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Warren Chan (Institute of Biomedical Engineering)

Margaret Cheng (Institute of Biomedical Engineering)

Leo Chou (Institute of Biomedical Engineering)

Michael Garton (Institute of Biomedical Engineering)

Penney Gilbert (Institute of Biomedical Engineering)

Axel Guenther (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering)

Omar Khan (Institute of Biomedical Engineering))

Christopher Lawson (Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry)

Xinyu Liu (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering)

Radhakrishnan Mahadevan (Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry)

Naomi Matsuura (Materials Science & Engineering)

Alison McGuigan (Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry)

Milica Radisic (Institute of Biomedical Engineering)

Michael Sefton (Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry)

Molly Shoichet (Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry)

Craig Simmons (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering)

David Sinton (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering)

Edmond Young (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering)