Current

Kayleigh Beaudry, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
My name is Kayleigh and I am a postdoctoral fellow in the De Lisio Laboratory. I am currently leading a study entitled “Whole eggs for reducing inflammation and promoting muscle repair in adults with obesity”. Specifically, my research interests are investigating the differences in metabolic health and skeletal muscle regeneration between the sexes and in health and disease.
(kayleigh.beaudry@uottawa.ca)
Postdoctoral Fellow
My name is Kayleigh and I am a postdoctoral fellow in the De Lisio Laboratory. I am currently leading a study entitled “Whole eggs for reducing inflammation and promoting muscle repair in adults with obesity”. Specifically, my research interests are investigating the differences in metabolic health and skeletal muscle regeneration between the sexes and in health and disease.
(kayleigh.beaudry@uottawa.ca)

Nicolas Collao, MSc
PhD Student
I'm Nico, a PhD student from Chile. I'm interested in understanding and elucidating the mechanisms of how muscle stem cells interact with their microenvironment after radiation exposure. I’m especially interested in a novel progenitor cell population that has been identified in skeletal muscle term fibro/adipogenic progenitors (FAPs). I'm trying to elucidate the role of FAPs in contributing to the late skeletal muscle defects in radiation-exposed cancer survivors. The long-term goal of this work is to provide future avenues to pursue novel therapies. (ncoll047@uottawa.ca)
PhD Student
I'm Nico, a PhD student from Chile. I'm interested in understanding and elucidating the mechanisms of how muscle stem cells interact with their microenvironment after radiation exposure. I’m especially interested in a novel progenitor cell population that has been identified in skeletal muscle term fibro/adipogenic progenitors (FAPs). I'm trying to elucidate the role of FAPs in contributing to the late skeletal muscle defects in radiation-exposed cancer survivors. The long-term goal of this work is to provide future avenues to pursue novel therapies. (ncoll047@uottawa.ca)

James Vanhie, MSc
PhD Student
My name is James and I'm a 4th year PhD student. My research focuses on how high fat diet consumption and exercise impact bone marrow hematopoietic stem cell differentiation, and how that, in turn, impacts colon cancer onset. My work specifically focuses on bone marrow cell organization, how the cells communicate (i.e., extracellular vesicles), and monocyte transfer from the bone marrow to the colon in response to high fat diet consumption and exercise in mice. (jvanh043@uottawa.ca)
PhD Student
My name is James and I'm a 4th year PhD student. My research focuses on how high fat diet consumption and exercise impact bone marrow hematopoietic stem cell differentiation, and how that, in turn, impacts colon cancer onset. My work specifically focuses on bone marrow cell organization, how the cells communicate (i.e., extracellular vesicles), and monocyte transfer from the bone marrow to the colon in response to high fat diet consumption and exercise in mice. (jvanh043@uottawa.ca)

Lisa Ek Orloff, MSc
PhD Student
I'm Lisa, a PhD Student in the De Lisio lab. My research focus is investigating the proposed mechanism that exercise reduces colorectal cancer risk in obesity by preventing proinflammatory bone marrow-derived cell infiltration into the colon using a mouse model, and further confirming these results in humans using the Framingham Dataset. (lisa.ekorloff@uottawa.ca)
PhD Student
I'm Lisa, a PhD Student in the De Lisio lab. My research focus is investigating the proposed mechanism that exercise reduces colorectal cancer risk in obesity by preventing proinflammatory bone marrow-derived cell infiltration into the colon using a mouse model, and further confirming these results in humans using the Framingham Dataset. (lisa.ekorloff@uottawa.ca)

Adeena Qudrat, BSc
MSc Student
My research is focused on examining neurodegeneration following mild traumatic brain injury. Specifically, I am measuring biomarkers of neurodegeneration to identify the minimum magnitude of strain that results in neurodegeneration as well as whether repetitive impacts at low magnitudes can cause further damage. (aqudr103@uottawa.ca)
MSc Student
My research is focused on examining neurodegeneration following mild traumatic brain injury. Specifically, I am measuring biomarkers of neurodegeneration to identify the minimum magnitude of strain that results in neurodegeneration as well as whether repetitive impacts at low magnitudes can cause further damage. (aqudr103@uottawa.ca)
Undergraduate Students
Golnaz Amidpour BSc, Biomedical Sciences (uOttawa); 2022-2023
Caitlyn Baliki, BSc, Human Kinetics (uOttawa); 2022-2023
Anastasia Pisanko, BSc, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences (uOttawa); 2022-2023
Alice Tate, BSc, Human Kinetics (uOttawa); 2022-2023
Caitlyn Baliki, BSc, Human Kinetics (uOttawa); 2022-2023
Anastasia Pisanko, BSc, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences (uOttawa); 2022-2023
Alice Tate, BSc, Human Kinetics (uOttawa); 2022-2023
Alumni
Laura Messeiller
BSc, Human Kinetics, 2022
Wooseok (Brian) Kim
BSc, Human Kinetics, 2022
Taylor Caminiti
BSc, Biopharmaceutical Sciences, 2022
Olivia Sanders
MSc, Human Kinetics, 2022
Emileigh Binet
MSc, Human Kinetics, 2022
Evan Gobel
BSc, Biomedical Sciences, 2021
Danny Bojic
BSc, Translational and Molecular Medicine, 2021
Claudia Natola
BSc, Biomedical Sciences, 2020
Philip Dumas
BSc, Biomedical Sciences, 2020
Giana Bodnariuc
BSc, Human Kinetics, 2020
Edan Farber
MSc, Human Kinetics, 2020
Paul Akohene-Mensah
MSc, Human Kinetics, 2020
Mathew Ngu
MSc, Human Kinetics, 2020
Erik Jacques
BSc, Human Kinetics, 2019 (Co-supervisor with Emilio Alarcon)
Jessica Lloyd
BSc, Biomedical Sciences, Undergraduate Thesis Student, 2019
Jillian Larkin
BSc, Human Kinetics, Undergraduate Thesis Student, 2019
Jensine Agenmonmen
BSc, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Undergraduate Thesis Student, 2019
Ali Askarian
Visiting PhD, 2019
Sophia Roubos
MSc, Human Kinetics, 2018
Grace Niemiro
PhD 2018
Russel Emmons
PhD 2017
Adwait Nitin Sadwilkar
BSc, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Undergraduate Thesis Student, 2016
Zak Woods
BSc, Kinesiology, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2016
Julian Nallabelli
BSc, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Undergraduate Thesis Student, 2015
Richard Adam Sukiennik
BSc, Kinesiology, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2014
BSc, Human Kinetics, 2022
Wooseok (Brian) Kim
BSc, Human Kinetics, 2022
Taylor Caminiti
BSc, Biopharmaceutical Sciences, 2022
Olivia Sanders
MSc, Human Kinetics, 2022
Emileigh Binet
MSc, Human Kinetics, 2022
Evan Gobel
BSc, Biomedical Sciences, 2021
Danny Bojic
BSc, Translational and Molecular Medicine, 2021
Claudia Natola
BSc, Biomedical Sciences, 2020
Philip Dumas
BSc, Biomedical Sciences, 2020
Giana Bodnariuc
BSc, Human Kinetics, 2020
Edan Farber
MSc, Human Kinetics, 2020
Paul Akohene-Mensah
MSc, Human Kinetics, 2020
Mathew Ngu
MSc, Human Kinetics, 2020
Erik Jacques
BSc, Human Kinetics, 2019 (Co-supervisor with Emilio Alarcon)
Jessica Lloyd
BSc, Biomedical Sciences, Undergraduate Thesis Student, 2019
Jillian Larkin
BSc, Human Kinetics, Undergraduate Thesis Student, 2019
Jensine Agenmonmen
BSc, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Undergraduate Thesis Student, 2019
Ali Askarian
Visiting PhD, 2019
Sophia Roubos
MSc, Human Kinetics, 2018
Grace Niemiro
PhD 2018
Russel Emmons
PhD 2017
Adwait Nitin Sadwilkar
BSc, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Undergraduate Thesis Student, 2016
Zak Woods
BSc, Kinesiology, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2016
Julian Nallabelli
BSc, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Undergraduate Thesis Student, 2015
Richard Adam Sukiennik
BSc, Kinesiology, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2014