Principal Investigator
David G. Kirsch, MD, PhD
Director, Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Head, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Health Network
Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Peter and Shelagh Godsoe Chair in Radiation Medicine
Professor, Departments of Radiation Oncology & Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
Lab staff
Jasmine Wong, PhD
Sabelo Lukhele, PhD
Sabelo Lukhele, PhD
Scientific Associate/Lab Manager
Jasmine studies the link between the loss of tumor suppressors and the derepression of transposable elements.
email: Jasmine.Wong@uhn.ca
Sabelo Lukhele, PhD
Sabelo Lukhele, PhD
Sabelo Lukhele, PhD
Senior Scientific Associate
Sabelo studies tumour responses to radiation and immunotherapies, and mechanisms of tumour suppression and metastasis.
email: Sabelo.Lukhele@uhn.ca
Pardis Riahi
Sabelo Lukhele, PhD
Dennis Aquino
Research Technician
Pardis studies how revival stem cells promote intestinal regeneration following radiation injury.
email: Pardis.Riahi@uhn.ca
Dennis Aquino
Sabelo Lukhele, PhD
Dennis Aquino
Mouse colony manager
Dennis performs a variety of technical duties involved in basic research through advanced breeding colony management.
email: Benigno.Aquino@uhn.ca
Post-doctoral fellows
Ryo Miyamoto
Peter Hendrickson
Ryo Miyamoto
Post-doctoral Fellow
Ryo uses mouse models and functional genomics to investigate mechanisms and therapeutic targets of epithelioid sarcoma.
email: Ryo.Miyamoto@uhn.ca
Mardi Fink
Peter Hendrickson
Ryo Miyamoto
Post-doctoral fellow
Mardi studies how revival stem cells promote intestinal regeneration following radiation injury.
email: MardiLilly.Fink@uhn.ca
Peter Hendrickson
Peter Hendrickson
Peter Hendrickson
Radiation Oncology Fellow
Peter studies mechanisms of disease and genetic dependencies/vulnerabilities in CIC::DUX4 sarcoma.
email: Peter.Hendrickson@duke.edu
Graduate students
MaKenna Browne
MaKenna Browne
MaKenna Browne
Visiting PhD candidate
MaKenna studies mechanisms underlying CIC::DUX4 driven sarcomagenesis.
email: MakennaRenee.Browne@uhn.ca
Risha Banerjee
MaKenna Browne
MaKenna Browne
PhD candidate
Risha studies non-canonical mechanisms of p53 and Rb-dependent tumor suppression.
email: Risha.Banerjee@uhn.ca
Jiyeon Park
MaKenna Browne
Nathan Symss
PhD candidate
Jiyeon studies the epigenetic regulation of SMARCB1 and its role in epithelioid sarcoma.
email: Jiyeon.Park2@uhn.ca
Nathan Symss
MaKenna Browne
Nathan Symss
Masters student
Nathan studies the microenvironmental determinants of sarcoma metastasis to the lung.
email: NathanDavidson.Symss@uhn.ca