Panelists
Helgi Kuzmychova
She is an international student from Ukraine. Helgi finished the Biotechnology bachelor program at the University of Wroclaw, Poland, and after a short working period in the Experimental endocrinology lab in Ukraine, she came to Canada to further extend her field of expertise. Currently, Helgi is a 4th-year undergraduate student in the Genetics program at the University of Manitoba and is working on a research project focused on therapy-resistant brain tumours under Dr. Tanveer Sharif's supervision.
Emma Martell
Ph.D. Candidate, Departments of Human Anatomy and Cell Sciences and Pathology, University of Manitoba. Emma Martell completed her B.Sc. in Microbiology and immunology and M.Sc. in Pathology at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. She is currently a third-year Ph.D. candidate studying at the University of Manitoba under the supervision of Dr. Tanveer Sharif in the departments of Pathology and Human Anatomy and amp; Cell Science. Her research project is focused on identifying and characterizing novel metabolic vulnerabilities as therapeutic targets in aggressive childhood and adult brain cancers.
Dr. Tanveer Sharif
Dr. Tanveer Shaif is an assistant professor in pathology at Rady faculty of health sciences, university of Mantioba. As a pharmacist turned researcher, he received his B.sc. in Pharmacy and MSc in Pharmacology. Sr. Sharif completed her Ph.D. at the University of Strasbourg in France before moving to Canada in 2013 to pursue his Postdoctoral fellowship at Dalhousie supervision of Dr. Patrick W.K. Lee Prior to his retirement. At. Dalhousie. Dr. Sharif studied the role of tumour suppressors and metabolism in embryonal carcinoma stem cells and patient-derived brain tumour initiating cells. In 2019, Dr. Shairf joined the University of Manitoba as a principal investigator to lead a new tumour suppressor biology, autophagy and metabolism program in the department of pathology.
Video with Winnipegs Research Panel
Project Pulse Winnipeg hosted a Research Panel on Saturday, November 20th where students learned more about Dr. Tanveer Sharif’s current research regarding identifying and characterizing new metabolism-based precision medicine therapeutic strategies for treating aggressive brain tumors. This panel consisted of Dr. Tanveer Sharif himself, Emma Martell, a PH.D candidate, and Helgi Kuzmychova, a 4th year undergraduate student. Not only did they provide our high school and post-secondary audience with insight on what research in a professional environment looks like, but gave inspiring and memorable words of advice regarding topics such as moving on from setbacks and working as both an individual and team.
It was an honour to be able to have Dr. Sharif, Emma and Helgi join us and our audience to learn about their unique experiences and more about the health sciences and research.
