Curriculum Vitae
An abbreviated CV is below. Download the full CV (PDF) — or reach me at armaan.fallahi@mail.utoronto.ca.
Education
- MD–PhD, University of Toronto (Aug 2022 – 2030 expected)
- Integrated MD–PhD Program; Collaborative Program in Neuroscience
- PhD in the Department of Physiology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
- CIHR Vanier Scholar · Massey College Junior Fellow
- B.Sc. in Neuroscience, McGill University (2021)
- With Distinction · GPA 3.90/4.00
- Exchange term, Neuroscience, University College London (Jan – Jun 2020)
- Upper Second Class Honours; bursary to conduct computational psychiatry research
Research Experience
- PhD Student, Josselyn / Frankland Lab, Hospital for Sick Children (Sep 2024 – present; CREMS Jun–Sep 2023)
- Leading a doctoral project on how early-life adversity disrupts the molecular, cellular, and circuit development of the amygdala and its projections
- Techniques: mouse behaviour, immunofluorescence, spatial transcriptomics, calcium imaging, genetic engineering
- Neuroscience Thesis Student, Fon Lab, Montreal Neurological Institute (2020 – 2023)
- Characterized the mechanistic function of PINK1 in familial Parkinson’s disease; cell-line, cloning, transfection, mutagenesis, bioinformatic, and molecular biology techniques
- Research Assistant, Machine Learning & Neuroimaging Lab, UCL (2020)
- Trained classifiers on joint fMRI/EEG data to distinguish psychosis from control using biophysical modelling
- Independent Researcher, Flores Lab, Douglas Mental Health Institute (2019)
- Studied adolescent synthetic-cannabinoid exposure, stress susceptibility, and depression-like phenotypes in mice
- Research Assistant, Turecki Lab (McGill Group for Suicide Studies), Douglas Institute (2017 – 2019)
- Investigated the enteric nervous system and gut microbiome in depression linked to early-life adversity
- Keenan Research Summer Student, St. Michael’s Hospital (2018)
- Analyzed suicide-related emergency presentations in an unhoused population
Selected Awards
- CIHR Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship — $50,000/yr × 3 (2025)
- CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral, $40,000/yr × 3 (2025, declined)
- SickKids Restracomp PhD Scholarship, $35,000/yr × 4 (2024, declined)
- American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Global Scholarship (2026)
- Neurobiology of Stress Workshop — Best Poster Award (2026)
- Yuet Ngor Wong Award, Department of Physiology, U of T (2024)
- CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s (2024)
- Massey College Junior Fellowship (2023) & Lochhead Bursary (2024)
- Mary Cassidy Community Leadership Award, Temerty Faculty of Medicine (2024)
- MCAT: 523/528 (99th percentile)
Publications
Fallahi A, Wu B, Frankland PW, Josselyn SA. (2027). "Engrams and the neural architecture of memory in health and disease." Textbook of Neural Repair and Rehabilitation. [Forthcoming].
Wang Y, Wu B, Jacob AD, Ramsaran A, Fallahi A, Jung JH, Frankland PW, Josselyn SA. (2026). "Neuronal Competition Shapes the Encoding and Retrieval of Precise Spatial Memories." Current Biology.
Fallahi A. (2025). "On the Pleas of Humanity: The Evolution of Advocacy in Medicine." University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine.
Fallahi A*, Eldeeb MA*, Soumbasis A*, Bayne AN, Trempe JF, Fon EA. (2024). "Mitochondrial Import Stress and PINK1-Mediated Mitophagy: the Role of the PINK1-TOM-TIM23 Supercomplex." Autophagy. *Equal contribution.
Eldeeb MA*, Bayne AN*, Fallahi A, Goiran T, MacDougall EJ, Soumbasis A, Zorca CE, Tabah JJ, Thomas RA, Karpilovsky N, Mathur M, Durcan TM, Trempe JF, Fon EA. (2024). "TOM20 Gates PINK1 Activity and Mediates Its Tethering of the TOM and TIM23 Translocases Upon Mitochondrial Stress." PNAS. 121(10).
Fallahi A, Pickel L. (2023). "Celebrating the Centennial of the UTMJ: From the Archives - The Last Quarter Century." University of Toronto Medical Journal. 7-15.
Eldeeb MA, Thomas R, Ragheb M, Fallahi A, Fon EA. (2022). "Mitochondrial Quality Control in Health and in Parkinson's Disease." Physiological Reviews.
Zorca CE, Fallahi A, Luo S, Eldeeb MA. (2022). "Multifaceted Targeted Protein Degradation Systems for Different Cellular Compartments." BioEssays. 44(6).
Fallahi A, Hernandez G, Restrepo-Lozano JM, Flores C. (2021). "Effects of Adolescent Cannabinoid Administration in Mice on Behavioural Inhibition and Susceptibility to Stress During Adulthood." MSURJ. 16:31-37.
McInerney SJ, Fallahi A, Edgar NE, Ceniti AK, Rizvi SJ, Beder M, Bergmans Y, Kennedy SH. (2020). "Suicide-Related Presentations of Homeless Individuals to an Inner-City Emergency Department." General Hospital Psychiatry. 63:5.
Selected Talks & Presentations
June 01, 2026
Poster (Best Poster Award) at International Neurobiology of Stress Workshop, International
May 01, 2026
Podium presentation at 40th Annual Medical Student Research Day, Toronto, Canada
November 01, 2025
Invited panel / mentor at Massey College, Toronto, Canada
February 01, 2025
Invited panel at Massey College, Toronto, Canada
December 01, 2023
Media interview at Schizophrenia Society of Canada, Canada
October 01, 2023
Invited panel at Academic Interest Group, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
June 15, 2023
Invited talk at National Student Journal Forum, Canada
June 01, 2023
Poster at SickKids Summer Research Symposium, Toronto, Canada
November 01, 2022
Poster at CSCI / CITAC Annual Joint Meeting, Canada
April 01, 2021
Invited lecture / panel at McGill University, Montreal, Canada
December 01, 2019
Media interview at Schizophrenia Society of Canada, Montreal, Canada
Teaching
Editorial & Peer Review
- Editor-in-Chief (2023–2024) & Managing Editor (2022–2023), University of Toronto Medical Journal — led a team of 45+ to publish the 101st volume
- Section Editor (Neurosurgery, Psychiatry), Toronto Notes for Medical Students (2023–2025)
- Contract Academic Editor (Neuroscience & Neurology), Cactus Communications (2022)
- Peer Reviewer & Editor, McGill Journal of Global Health (2018–2021)
Leadership & Service
- VP Admissions / VP Mentorship / Research Day Rep, U of T MD–PhD Class Council (2023–present)
- VP External Affairs, University of Toronto Medical Society (2022–2024) — represented 1000+ medical learners provincially and nationally
- Youth Advisor, Schizophrenia Society of Canada — Cannabis & Mental Health (2019–2025)
- Student Director, Psychiatry Interest Group, U of T (2022–2023)
- VP Academic, Neuroscience Undergraduates of McGill (2020–2021)
- Shelter meal-service & psychiatric-ED volunteering (2017–2021)
Mentorship
- Undergraduate research mentor, Fon & Josselyn Labs (4 trainees, 2021–present)
- MD–PhD and medical-school mentor (5–10 mentees, 2020–present)
Beyond the Lab
- 2nd-degree black belt, Shotokan Karate; training for a half-Ironman triathlon (2026)
- Avid reader in religion, philosophy, psychology, and literature
