Trainee Think Tank

The CAN-AMR-Net Trainee Think Tank is a collaborative leadership group of highly motivated graduate students, professional degree students, postdoctoral fellows, early-career researchers, and research associates, who are passionate about advancing training, mentorship, and talent development within the AMR community. Trainee Think Tank group engage with our executive and management teams in shaping training initiatives, strengthening strategic skills, and expanding professional networks.

If you are interested in joining the Trainee Think Tank, please fill out this form. 

We review the applications in the Spring and Fall of each year.

 

Jenna Buragina

Mentorship Program Lead

MSc student, 

University of Calgary

 

Duncan Carruthers-Lay

PhD student, 

University of Toronto

 

 

Bradley Dubrule

One Health: AMR Seminar Series Lead

Laboratory technician,

University of Calgary

 

Eszter Farkas

Training Certificate Co-Lead

PhD student,

McGill University

 

Rebecca Flancman

Trainee Think Tank Coordinator

Postdoctoral research associate, 

Lakeland College Canada

 

Shannen Grandy

eJournal Club Lead

PhD student, 

Dalhousie University

 

Michael Litvack

Postdoctoral fellow,

University of Toronto

 

Kirsten Meyer

Training Certificate Co-Lead

Assistant professor,

University of Waterloo

 

Bridget O’Brien

PhD student, 

McGill University

 

 

Babatunde Odugbemi

PhD student, 

York University

 
 

 

Oscar Romero

PhD student, 

University of Guelph

 
 

 

Olga Pacios Santamaria

Communications Lead

Postdoctoral fellow, 

University of British Columbia

 

Kathirvel Soundappan

PhD student, 

York University

 

Ellen Sykes

Clinical microbiology fellow, 

Alberta Precision Laboratories

 

Michael Trimble

Genomics lab manager, 

Simon Fraser University

 

Ruwani Wimalasekara

Trainee Grand Challenges Team Lead

PhD student, 

University of Manitoba