Project Operations
Hwee Teoh is an Adjunct Scientist within the Keenan Centre for Biomedical Science in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of Unity Health Toronto. She provides oversight for the clinical trial initiatives under the CardioLink research platform. After completing her BSc (Hons) in Pharmacology at University College London and her PhD in Neuropharmacology at The School of Pharmacy, University of London with Professor Norman Bowery who discovered the GABAB receptor, Hwee undertook postdoctoral training at the National University of Singapore and the University of Hong Kong before joining St. Michael’s. Hwee's research foci at St. Michael's have spanned bench to bedside, initially focused on the physiological and molecular/cellular aspects of vascular dysfunction in hypoxia, sepsis and inflammation and then transitioning to clinical trial work in cardiometabolic and surgical medicine.
Adrian Quan is a Research Program Manager at the Keenan Centre for Biomedical Science and Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital of Unity Health Toronto. He manages the day-to-day operations of CardioLink as well as the various administrative aspects of Dr. Subodh Verma's multi-disciplinary translational and basic science research team. He has a BSc (Hons) in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Toronto, and an MPhil in Cardiovascular Pharmacology from the University of Hong Kong. He has a wealth of expertise in functional assessments of large and microvessels, genetic models and translational research in cardiometabolic science and medicine.