Current Team
Stephanie Wales Tobin
Assistant Professor
Research interests: aging, inflammation, skeletal muscle homeostasis and repair.
Post-doc: TGHRI ('16-'21)
PhD: York University ('16)
BSc: Western University ('10)
Alexander Rico
(Biomedical Sciences)
4th year thesis student (2022-2023)
Thesis: Influence of biological sex in gene expression and muscle atrophy in a mouse model of cardiac cachexia.
Research assistant (Summer 2022)
Abbey Politeski
(Specialization in
Health Sciences)
4th year thesis student (2022-2023)
Thesis: Sex-based differences of endurance and muscle atrophy in a pharmacological mouse model of cardiac cachexia.
Vivien Musiime (Biomedical Sciences)
4th year thesis student (2022-2023)
Thesis: Profiling sex-based changes in bone marrow cell inflammation and mobilization in cardiac cachexia.
Sabastian Koprich (Honors Biology)
4th year thesis student (2022-2023)
Thesis: The echoes of colonization: Monitoring cardiovascular disease in Metis citizens across Ontario.
Beth Westby
(BSc Forensics, 2024)
Research assistant (May-Present)
Former students
Ethan Holder
(BSc Biology, 2022)
Reading course student, WI 2022
Samantha Caudle
(BSc Biology, 2023)
Volunteer, 2022