Our Team

Dr. Andrade

MD, MSc, FRCPC, CSCN (EEG)

Dr. Andrade is a Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at the University of Toronto. She is the Medical Director of the Epilepsy Program at the University Health Network.

Our team is supported by professionals such as Research Associates, Clinical Trial Coordinators, Scientific Associates, Research Analysts, Genetic Counsellors, and myself.

We all work collaboratively with weekly team meetings discussing our active projects within the lab, brainstorming ideas for new projects, and process improvement for current projects being some of the agenda items. I also lead monthly research rounds which provides opportunities for latest research and clinical updates to be presented which everyone in the department benefits from. Most importantly, UHN itself has a huge support system in terms of research and graduate trainees, with active workshops for manuscript and grant writing, building soft skills, and other trainings. All the neurologists within the department work collaboratively and are always willing to help each other with their area of expertise.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7881-3814/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Danielle-Andrade-2/

Vedansh Kaushik

MSc Candidate Graduate Student He/Him,

Research Associate

Vedansh Kaushik is a second year Master’s Student studying at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Medical Science. He works in the Epilepsy Genetics Research Lab at Toronto Western Hospital being supervised by Dr Danielle Andrade Vedansh’s thesis project involves using polygenic risk scores to learn more about patients with genetic epilepsy. He also works with patients to examine metabolic and neurodegeneration factors that may contribute to their conditions. Vedansh is passionate about his research into epilepsy, neurodegeneration, and genetics, with a special focus on Dravet Syndrome. He is also interested in using a multidisciplinary approach to better understand epilepsy. He hopes to continue to contribute to the field of neuroscience research and help patients with epilepsy.

Alumni

Charlotte Fung

She/Her

Certified Genetic Counsellor

Charlotte Fung is a graduate of the University of Toronto MSc Genetic Counselling Program and an active member of the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors. She previously worked at Lakeridge Health Oshawa in the areas of prenatal, hereditary cancer and general genetics and at the Adult Genetic Epilepsy (AGE) Clinic in the areas of epilepsy genetics. She currently works in Adult Genetics at Mount Sinai Hospital. She is a clinical supervisor for the University of Toronto MSC Genetic Counselling Program. She holds certification by the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors and American Board of Genetic Counseling.