It has been an amazing start to 2023 for the @Millerlab_atMac. @Hannah_Stacey_ , an absolute scientific rockstar, successfully defended her #PhD. At the time of her defence, Hannah had already published 19 papers - more than many folks have when starting their first faculty job!
She will start her postdoc next week with the ever impressive @profshanecrotty! Hannah is going to set the scientific world on fire! Infectious disease/immunology departments around the world - keep your eyes on this one!
Special thanks to @SCOTTeHENSLEY for serving as external examiner and @MsMacrophage for chairing the exam! We’re all immensely proud and excited for Hannah (despite how hard it is seeing her go!) @McMasterIIDR @MacGlobalNexus @MacImmunology @machealthsci
In January, Ali Zhang, a world class MD/PhD candidate also defended (with 23 papers!!!). Any group would be lucky to have trainees like Ali and @Hannah_Stacey_ once in a career. We are unbelievably privileged to have been lucky enough to train these brilliant scientists at once
Ali is now completing the MD portion of his degree with @McMasterMDPhD. I have never met anyone so ideally suited for a career as a physician-scientist! Both Ali and Hannah were also very well -supported by @CanSocVirol throughout their studies - an amazing community!