Author Profile

Lili-Naz Hazrati is a neuropathologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and a principal investigator with the Canadian Concussion Center.She received her PhD in neurobiology at Laval University, and completed postdoctoral training subsequently at Yale University. She obtained a medical degree at the University of Montreal. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying the long-term effects of traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Nicole Schwab gained a BSc in Human Biology and Neuroscience from the University of Toronto, after which she acquired her MSc in Dr. Lili-Naz Hazrati’s lab at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Nicole is now pursuing her PhD in Laboratory Medicine and Pathology in Dr. Hazrati’s lab. Her research focuses on the pathophysiological mechanisms of traumatic brain injury, particularly the roles of DNA damage repair and cellular senescence.