Davide Martino (Dept. of Clinical Neuroscience, Cumming School of Medicine) is an internationally acknowledged movement disorders neurologist and clinical researcher, co-lead of the Calgary Parkinson Research Initiative and vice-president of the TS-OCD Alberta Network. He leads multidisciplinary clinical research in Tourette syndrome and related neurodevelopmental disorders and has received pilot funding from the Owerko Centre for Neurodevelopment and Child Mental Health (at UCalgary) to support the earliest stage of data collection of our gut microbiome dataset.
Dr. Laura Sycuro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine. She serves as the Genomics and Bioinformatics Theme Lead for the International Microbiome Centre and leads a research program focused on harnessing the microbiome to promote the health of women and children. Her work couples discoveries relating to infection, preterm birth, and neurodevelopment with service and educational efforts targeting gender-based health inequities. Dr. Sycuro has been honoured as a CIHR Early Career Investigator in Maternal Health and was appointed as the Functional Omics Lead for the IMPACTT Pan-Canadian Microbiome Research Core in 2018.
Christiana Onwona (Okyere) is a dedicated research coordinator and technician at the University of Calgary, where she serves as a valuable member of the International Microbiome Centre team. Christiana holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Ontario.
With a passion for scientific inquiry, Christiana has made significant contributions to the field of molecular biology, particularly in the realm of infectious diseases. Notably, she was part of the national surveillance team for malaria in Ghana, employing cutting-edge molecular biology methods to track and understand the disease’s dynamics. Her efforts included optimizing qPCR methods for the national asymptomatic malaria program, aligning with broader goals of malaria eradication.
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