IMS Welcomes Isabella Caniggia and John Vincent as Graduate Coordinators
The IMS is thrilled to announce that Drs. Isabella Caniggia and John Vincent have formally been appointed, as of May 1, 2022, as Graduate Coordinators for a three-year term. Over the past 6 months, as Interim Graduate Coordinators, they have worked closely with the IMS core team to support students and the wider IMS community. Please join us in officially welcoming and congratulating them on their new and important roles.
Dr. Isabella Caniggia is a Senior Investigator at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital and a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Physiology at the University of Toronto. Dr. Caniggia is internationally recognized for her work on molecular mechanisms regulating normal placental development and diseases including preeclampsia and IUGR.
Dr. John Vincent is Senior Scientist and Head of the Molecular Neuropsychiatry and Development (MiND) Laboratory in the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, and Director of Research Training and Mentorship at CAMH. He is Professor in the Child and Family Program in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Dr. Vincent’s research is focused on providing a better understanding of the genetics and molecular pathways involved with autism and other developmental and intellectual disability disorders, such as Rett syndrome.
