Research Fellows

Graham McClure

Research Fellow

Graham McClure is a PHRI Research Fellow supervised by PHRI Investigator Emilie Belley-Cote and PHRI Scientist Richard Whitlock. He is a PhD student in the Health Research Methodology program at McMaster University, and a member of the Clinician Investigator Program at McMaster, and a member of the Halton Healthcare Division of Vascular Surgery.

His current research interests include medical optimization in peripheral vascular disease, antithrombotic therapy following peripheral revascularization, intravascular imaging strategies, and social determinants of health in vascular surgery. He completed his vascular surgery residency at McMaster University.

Kevin John Um

Research Fellow

Kevin John Um is a PHRI Research Fellow. He is a cardiology resident at McMaster University and an internal medicine specialist. He is completing his graduate studies in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact under the supervision of PHRI Investigator Dr. Emilie Belley-Côté. He is passionate about statistics and computing.

He is the founder of DataParty, an online platform for conducting evidence synthesis and meta-analysis. His research interests include heart failure, echocardiography, multi-modality imaging, atrial fibrillation, machine learning, and Bayesian statistics.

Lonnie Pyne

Research Fellow

Lonnie Pyne is a Research Fellow at PHRI, supervised by Dr. Michael Walsh, and a MSc student in the Health Research Methodology program at McMaster. Lonnie is a Clinical Scholar in the Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology at McMaster University. Lonnie obtained his medical degree from Western University. He completed his internal medicine residency and nephrology fellowship at McMaster University.

His current research interests include chronic kidney disease, surrogate outcomes in nephrology, cardiovascular outcomes in kidney disease, and vasculitis.

Marc-André d’Entremont

Research Fellow

Marc-André d’Entremont is a Research Fellow at PHRI, supervised by Sanjit Jolly, and a Ph.D. candidate in the Health Research Methodology program at McMaster University under the supervision of Sanjit Jolly, Émilie Belley-Côté and Richard Whitlock.

A Clinical Scholar in the Division of Cardiology at McMaster, he has been awarded a CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award. His research interests include coronary artery disease therapeutics, intravascular imaging, and clinical trial methodology.

He obtained his M.D. at the Université de Sherbrooke in 2015 and completed his internal medicine and cardiology residency at the same institution. During his residency, he completed a Master of Public Health at Harvard University in 2021.

Patrick Wanner

Research Fellow

Patrick Wanner is a Research Fellow at PHRI and an MSc student in the Health Research Methodology Program at McMaster University, supervised by PJ Devereaux. His research focuses on optimizing perioperative and post-discharge hemodynamics to prevent postoperative complications.

Patrick is a Swiss anesthesiologist and intensivist. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Zurich and completed his training at the Cantonal Hospitals of St. Gallen & Baden and at the University Hospital of Basel in Switzerland.

Reema Shah

Research Fellow

Reema Shah completed her MD and internal medicine residency at the University of Toronto, and her endocrinology and metabolism residency at McMaster University. After residency, she completed the Clinician Investigator Program at McMaster University and Master of Public Health degree at Harvard University. Reema is interested in clinical research in the area of diabetes and its complications. She is being supervised by Dr. Hertzel Gerstein.

Mats Junek

Research Fellow

Mats Junek is an Australian/Canadian trained rheumatologist with special interest in vasculitis and rare rheumatic diseases. He has completed an additional two years of training as the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium/Vasculitis Foundation clinical research fellow supervised by Dr. Nader Khalildi. He is also completing his PhD in Health Research Methods at McMaster University with a focus on trial design, epidemiology, and shared decision making in vasculitis under Dr. Michael Walsh. He is the co-founder of the McMaster Vasculitis Research Group and member of the Canadian Rheumatology Association Guidelines and leadership development committees. He takes special interest in imaging and diagnostic approaches in GCA and outcomes and long-term management of individuals with ANCA vasculitis. He is a father, runner, and cook.

Silvia Maiorano

Research Fellow

Silvia is a Research Fellow at PHRI, an MSc candidate in the Health Research Methodology Program at McMaster University, and the Project Officer for the HIP ATTACK-2 trial. Her supervisors are Scientist Flavia Borges, Scientist Maura Marcucci and Senior Scientist PJ Devereaux. Her research focuses on optimizing perioperative care for patients undergoing urgent surgeries.

Silvia obtained her medical degree from the University of Bari (Italy) and completed her training as an internist and intensivist in Switzerland. She also completed a Research Fellowship at the Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB, Prof. Christian Müller).

Jianguo Xu

Research Fellow

Jianguo Xu is a research fellow supervised by PHRI Senior Scientist PJ Devereaux, Scientist Emilie Belley-Côté, and Senior Scientist Richard Whitlock. He obtained his MD from Lanzhou University in 2020 and has since been pursuing his PhD in evidence-based medicine under the supervision of Professor Jinhui Tian. He was awarded a China Scholarship Council fellowship, which supported his one-year PGME research training in cardiac surgery at McMaster University.

His research interests include clinical trial design and implementation, knowledge synthesis, and guideline development, with the aim of establishing an evidence ecosystem for cardiovascular clinical practice. He aspires to become a cardiac surgeon in China, and we wish him well on this path.