C4T Team

  • KNOWLEDGE BROKER

    Zina joined the team in September 2019 as a research coordinator and moved into the KB role with C4T in March 2020. In her role she is responsible for project management and promoting evidence based research. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Manitoba and a Masters of Arts from Queen’s University.

Headshot of Wenli Xie

  • TRIAL MANAGER

    Wenli joined MICYRN as a Clinical Research Project Manager and C4T team as the Trial Manager in July 2022. She’s been managing cannabinoid pediatric clinical trials in her role at C4T, covering protocol and study documents development, site & vendor management and contract facilitating. The goal is to promote high-quality cannabinoid research in pediatric population.

  • RESEARCH COORDINATOR

    Jess joined the team as a Research Coordinator in July 2023. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology from the University of Winnipeg. She has experience as a Research Coordinator in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Manitoba and the Department of Psychology at the University of Winnipeg. In January 2025, Jess began a Master of Science in Pharmacy at the University of Saskatchewan under the supervision of Dr. Holly Mansell.

Sophia Mbabaali - Research coordinator

Yunna Bystrova- Administrative assistant

Jess Overby- MSc student

Jess is conducting a qualitative study exploring physician and caregiver perspectives on the use of medical cannabis in children with autism.

Wanting Ding- MSc student

Sepideh Mahboobishoorjeh- Post-doctoral student

Shahab Moradi-Haghighat- PhD student

  • RESEARCH COORDINATOR

    Jodi recently completed her Master of Science in Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of British Columbia and has now joined C4T and IMPaCT for a term as Research Coordinator. Her master's research project, led by Dr. Rod Rassekh and Dr. Hal Siden, aimed to characterize the prevalence of medicinal cannabis use in children and youth, to describe practices of use and sources of information for families, to understand attitudes and opinions, and to identify any challenges families may face regarding use. Prior to this degree, she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience at the University of Winnipeg.

Past team members

Breanne Stewart - Trial manager

Chrstine Oriel- Administrative assistant

Trainees

Shahab Moradi-Haghighat- PhD student

Shahab is involved in a multifaceted living systematic review evaluating the impact of cannabinoids on pediatrics, while exploring innovative translational research on pharmacological aspects of medical cannabis in pediatric and adolescent populations.

Past trainees

Flora Chen- Resident Physician

Manik Chhabra- MSc and PhD student

Kayla Edison- Resident Physician

Parth Saul- Medical studen