Dr. Goodarzi is the Scientific Director of both the Evict Radon National Study. He is also an associate professor at the University of Calgary (UC), where he is also the Director of the Robson DNA Science Centre, lead of Science Communication for the Charbonneau Cancer Institute. He obtained his PhD from the UC in 2005, and postdoctorate in 2010 from the University of Sussex in the UK. In 2011, he opened his laboratory at the UC’s Cumming School of Medicine and, since then, has been named one of Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40 for achievements in science and education, and a “Peak Scholar” by UC’s President Elizabeth Cannon for innovation and knowledge translation in the community.

Dr. Pearson is one of the senior scientists and in the Goodarzi laboratory and is the research operations manager for the Evict Radon National Study project. His work focuses on the biology of alpha particle exposure, as well as the study of the real-time indoor air dynamics of radon within the residential built environment. Dustin’s work is currently supported by the Canadian Cancer Society. In this project, Dr. Pearson serves as the primary manager for all radon databases, masterminding the security, annotation and analysis of our complex datasets relating to radon exposures, participant demographics, building metrics and more. 

Ms. Salgia is the Research Infrastructure Manager for Charbonneau Cancer Institute and handles the Financial Operations for Evict Radon, a Canadian non-profit organization. She has a Masters in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Southern Illinois University, US. Shilpa has been a key member of the Goodarzi research lab from 2011-2021 and continues to support the Evict Radon team on the financial side.