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University of Toronto

Centre for Addictions and Mental Health

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

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Lab Alumni

Here is a glimpse of some of our lab alumni and their contributions to the lab!

Rachel A. Rabin, MSc, PhD

Rachel Rabin

Dr. Rabin did her PhD at BACDRL, successfully completing her thesis, "Effects of Cannabis Abstinence on Neurocognition and Clinical Symptoms in Schizophrenia versus Controls” with support of the Ontario Graduate Student (OGS) Fellowship. She is now an Associate Professor at McGill University in the Department of Psychiatry.

Karolina Bidzinski, PhD

Karolina Bidzinski

Dr. Bidzinski did her PhD at BACDRL under Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS), successfully completing her thesis, Effects of rTMS on Cannabis Use Outcomes in Cannabis Dependent Patients with Schizophrenia”. She is now Senior Consultant at KPMG Canada.

Darby Lowe, MSc

Darby Lowe

Darby did her MSc at BACDRL under the Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS), successfully completing her thesis, “Effects of Cannabis Abstinence on Neurophysiological Outcomes in Cannabis Dependent Patients with Schizophrenia" and was also the Clinical Research Coordinator of the lab. She is now in the process of completing her PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, in clinical psychology. 

Other Lab Alumni

Taryn Moss Atlin, Ph.D, C. Psych

Kristen Mackowick-Margolis, MS

Marya Morozova, MSW

Dr. Alanna C. Bridgman MD, FRCPC

Aliya Lucatch, MSc

Justyne Rodas, MSc

Gil Angela Dela Cruz, MSc

Dhvani Mehta, PhD

Molly Zhang, MSc

Angela Praecht, MSc (PhD Cand.)

Lily Blyth, BSc (MD Cand.)

Abigail Cherinet, BSc (MD Cand.)

Ilona Gorbovskya, MSc

Dr. Nadia Hua, MD

Dr. Alexandra Hudson, MD

Alexandria S. Coles

Dr. Erin V. Gaudette, MD

Jessica Ramalakhan, MSc

Clara Bourget, MSc, JD

Dr. Ruby Grewal, MD

Dr. Hannah Kis, MD, CFPC

Dr. Anjali Sergeant, MD, 

Nazanin Izadi, DO

Rachel Clark, JD

Grace Polkosnik (MD Cand.)

Ashley Kivlichan (JD Cand.)

Cindy Wang, BSc

Shivahn Garvie, BSc

Ciara Ritchie, BHSc (MSc Cand.)

Cassandra Seal, BSc (MSc Cand.)

Mera Barr, PhD

Yasmin Mkalaf, BSc (MD Cand.)

Centre for Addictions and Mental Health

416-535-8501 x 36225

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