Kaushic Lab
Research to Improve Women's Reproductive Health

Congratulations Sidney on your MSc defence!
January 31, 2022
Despite a pandemic, you made it through! We wish you lots of happiness, success and delicious donuts!
Congratulations Tushar!
Tushar started in the Kaushic lab as an undergraduate thesis student in 2018, and in September 2021 he successfully defended his Master's thesis! Keep an eye out for his upcoming manuscript on the interplay between sex hormones, p53 and HSV-2 infection...

MIRC HALLOWEEN 2021

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Moana
July 06, 2020
Charu wrote an article about understanding immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 for the Royal Society of Canada and it was also published by the Globe and Mail. Thank you Charu for updating all!

Puja's PHD Thesis Defense
May 08, 2020
Congratulations to Puja , on the successful defense of her PHD's thesis! Your hard work has showed awesome results. You made Kaushic Lab proud, Puja!!

Ramtin's M.Sc. Thesis Defense
May 07, 2020
Congratulations to Ramtin on scripting a chapter of his success story by completing his Master degree. Keep writing bigger, brighter things. May success always come your way in life, Ramtin!

Haley's M.Sc. Thesis Defense
May 06, 2020
Congratulations to Haley on the successful defense of her Master's degree and best wishes for her next adventure in MD Programs. Way to go Haley!

Congratulations, Christina!! Erik is gorgeous!
March 17, 2020
Enjoy this time with your family and keep sending pictures.……….it will cheer the rest of us up.

Ramtin wins the ASRI Gudson award!
June 15, 2019
The Kaushic lab attended the annual American Society for Reproductive Immunology (ASRI) meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Haley and Puja both delivered excellent talks while Allison and Aisha showcased their research with posters. Ramtin took home the prestigious John Gudson Award for his presentation showcasing his work with B cells and HSV-2. Way to go, Ramtin!

FHS Plenary Awards
May 29, 2019
Once again the Kaushic lab was well represented at the Faculty of Health Sciences Research Plenary where both Allison and Puja took home awards for Outstanding Oral Presentations. Well done!

Passport to Paris
March 15, 2019
Allison attended the 66th Annual Scientific Meeting for the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) in Paris, France! She represented the Kaushic lab with a well attended presentation on her project investigating HSV-2 infection during pregnancy. Bravo, Allison!

Jeff's Thesis Defense
January 30, 2019
Congratulations to Jeff Lam, M.Sc. on the successful defense of his Master's thesis!!! Your hard work has finally paid off! Way to go Jeff!

Annual Holiday Lunch
December 05, 2018
Happy Holidays from the Kaushic lab! This year we had lunch at Aberdeen Tavern to celebrate the season and exchange Secret Santa gifts.

Congratulations to Allison on receiving a CIHR Travel Award!
November 12, 2018
Allison was awarded a very competitive CIHR Travel Award, to present her research at an upcoming conference. Way to go Allison!

IIDR Trainee Research Day 2018
November 09, 2018
Congratulations to Ryan who was awarded the IIDR Award of Excellence (runner-up) in the undergraduate category for his excellent poster presentation! Other Kaushic lab members who also presented posters included Allison, Ramtin and Haley.

Puja awarded Michael Kamin Hart Memorial Scholarship
November 09, 2018
Congratulations to Puja for receiving the prestigious Michael Kamin Hart Memorial Scholarship PhD Award. This award is given to a trainee selected by the Executive Committee of the Institute for Infectious Disease Research, who demonstrates “the same degree of academic excellence, leadership, and enthusiasm for science that was evident in Michael”.

Annual MIRC Pumpkin Carving
October 31, 2018
Great job to everyone who helped carve the Kaushic pumpkin! This year we decided to go with the scariest sight for any researcher…the ever so dreaded p value of 0.06!

Kaushic lab attends annual MIRC BBQ
August 03, 2018
The Kaushic lab had fun celebrating the last few days of summer at the annual MIRC BBQ @ the Christie Lake Conservation Area.
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