Our Team

Pascal Lavoie

Co-Principal Investigator

Pascal is a physician at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre and researcher at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. His research is focused on understanding immunity to infections in populations from newborns to adults.

Fun fact: I like water sports. At a younger age, I used to do windsurfing, scuba diving (my father is a professional scuba diver), played water polo, swam competitively, and even played underwater hockey for over 15 years. Now, I am more “quiet” — enjoying occasional catamaran sailing for fun with my children once in a while off Jericho Beach. 

Allison Watts

Project Manager

Allison received her PhD in Epidemiology from UBC. Her research interests include understanding nutrition behaviors and determinants of health behavior change from adolescence to adulthood.

Fun fact: I enjoy trail running or cross-country skiing on the North Shore mountains and discovering good coffee shops to refuel afterwards.

Laura Munoz

Study Coordinator

Liam Golding

Master’s Student

Liam holds a BSc in Biology, minor in Chemistry from Carleton University, Ottawa. He is interested in how immune memory develops in response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and the link between experimental and clinical research.

Fun fact: His favourite hobby is skiing ‘big mountain’ and terrain parks coast-to-coast.

Abdelilah Majdoubi

Postdoctoral Fellow

Abdelilah holds a PhD in microbiology and immunology from the University of Montreal. His main research interest is to understand how pre-existing antibodies affect individuals’ susceptibility to COVID-19. He leads the seroprevalence and immunology studies.

Lauren Muttucomaroe

BSc, Research Coordinator

Lauren has completed her bachelor’s degree in Biology with a minor in Psychology at UBC, and she loves knowledge translation and interacting with participants. She is planning to pursue a master’s degree in public health to further her career in the Healthcare and Research fields.

Fun fact: I was a competitive swimmer for 10 years and at my peak used to train 30-35 hours per week!

Tisha Montgomery

Research Coordinator and Phlebotomist

Lauren has completed her bachelor’s degree in Biology with a minor in Psychology at UBC, and she loves knowledge translation and interacting with participants. She is planning to pursue a master’s degree in public health to further her career in the Healthcare and Research fields.

Fun fact: I was a competitive swimmer for 10 years and at my peak used to train 30-35 hours per week!

Frederic Reicherz

Postdoctoral Fellow

Frederic is a physician and visiting post-doctoral fellow from Germany who came to study immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 and other common respiratory viruses in infants.