Details for Quebec trainees are presented here by trainee level. Information includes their term, academic status, supervising faculty, and research project during their STAGE training.

Current Trainees

PhD Students
Ange, Ariane Tako

Ariane Tako Ange

Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Laval University
Mentor(s):
Alexandre Bureau (primary), Simon Girard, Catherine Laprise

Project Title:
Development of statistical methods for the analysis of rare variants in frequent complex diseases from genealogical data.

Term: Dec 2025 - Dec 2027
Chan, Alexander

Alexander Chan

Department of Human Genetics, McGill University
Mentor(s):
Claude Bhérer (primary),
Josée Dupuis

Project Title:
A Large-Scale Analysis of Sociodemographic Diversity in Canadian Genomics Research: Assessing Inequalities in Disease Risk Prediction

Term: Dec 2025 - Dec 2027
Kaufman, Benjamin

Benjamin Kaufman

Department of Human Genetics, McGill University
Mentor(s):
Claude Bhérer (primary),
Simon Gravel

Project Title:
Population Genetics of the Canadian Jewish Diaspora: Applying Advanced Computational Methods to Detect Genomic Signatures of Recent Evolutionary History

Term: Dec 2025 - Dec 2027
Malizia, Juliano

Juliano Malizia

Department of Human Genetics, McGill University
Mentor(s):
Claude Bhérer (primary),
Sirui Zhou

Project Title:
Leveraging multi-omics data and population genetic methods to disentangle the genetic architecture of intracranial aneurysm risk

Term: Dec 2025 - Dec 2027
Mejia Garcia, Alejandro

Alejandro Mejia Garcia

Department of Human Genetics, McGill University
Mentor(s):
Sirui Zhou (primary),
Simon Gravel

Project Title:
Multimodal, multiomic biological age clock and its association with neurological phenotypes

Term: Dec 2025 - Dec 2027
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