The document outlines the services and experience of Mayachaddah as a strategic communications consultant, including writing and editing grant proposals, reports, publications, and educational materials for over 20 years for clients in life sciences, engineering, and education. She has significant experience writing and editing successful grant proposals that have obtained over $98 million in research funding, as well as strategic plans, publications, educational projects, and illustrations for textbooks and courses. The document provides examples of her roles and contributions to numerous projects, publications, and clients.

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Focus Strategic communications in life sciences, engineering and
education for over 20 years.
Clients Centres of Excellence, Research Institutes, Universities,
Government; Non-Profits, For-Profits.
Services Project Manager, Writer, Editor, Researcher, Illustrator,
Rapporteur, Interviewer.
Education MSc Immunology, BSc Human Biology, BA Spanish, University of
Toronto.
Projects and Publications…
GRANT PROPOSALS [OVER $98 M IN RESEARCH FUNDING]
Canadian Probe Development Consortium (CPDC) CECR Renewal Letter of Intent.
Client: Dr. John Valliant, CEO CPDC, McMaster University. Role: Project Editor, Illustrator,
Liaison with CECR.
BioCanRx, Networks of Centres of Excellence Application (funded, $25M). Client: Dr. John
Bell, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Role: Project Editor, Illustrator, Liaison with NCE.
Centre for Advanced Therapeutic Cell Technologies, FedDev Ontario Advanced
Manufacturing Fund (funded, $25M). Client: Dr. Michael May, President and CEO, Centre for
Commercialization for Regenerative Medicine. Role: Project Editor, Illustrator, Liaison with FedDev.
Canadian Frailty Network 2017-2022 NCE Renewal Application (funded, $23.9M).
Client: Dr. John Muscedere, Queens University and Kingston General Hospital. Role: Project Editor,
Illustrator, Liaison with NCE.
The Fraunhofer Project Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing
(BEAM) at McMaster University, FedDev Ontario Investing In Commercialization
Partnerships (funded, $11.8M). Client: Dr. Jonathan Bramson, Assistant Dean and Director,
McMaster Immunology Research Centre. Role: Project Editor, Liaison with FedDev.
Trent University’s Bata Research & Innovation Cluster, Strategic Investment Fund
(funded, $7M). Client: Trent University, Brenda Blackburn, Executive Advisor. Role: Project
Manager, Editor, Liaison with SIF.
Computing Hardware for Emerging Sensing Applications (COHESA) NSERC SPG-N Grant
(funded, $5.3 M). Client: Dr. Andreas Moshovos, Computer Engineering Group, University of
Toronto. Role: Project Editor, Illustrator, Liaison with NSERC.
ACTION: Advancing Immunotherapy Strategies in Ontario, OICR Translational Research
Initiative Grant (funded). Client: Dr. John Bell, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; BioCanRx
(Scientific Director). Role: Project Editor, Liaison with TRI.
Factors Predictive of EBV Lymphoproliferation: Beyond Viral Load: Canadian Institutes
of Health Research (funded, 207K). Client: Dr. Upton Allen, Division Head, Infectious Diseases,
Hospital for Sick Children. Role: Project Editor.

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Ultra-lightweight Alloys with Novel Mechanical Properties for Automotive and
Aerospace Applications, Early Researcher Award (funded, 190K). Client: Dr. Chandra Veer
Singh, Departments of Materials Science & Engineering & Mechanical & Industrial Engineering,
University of Toronto. Role: Project Editor.
Genome-wide Discovery and Interpretation of Driver Genes and Pathways in
Medulloblastoma, Cancer Research Society Operating Grant (funded, 120K). Client: Dr.
Jüri Reimand, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Role: Project Editor.
Prevention of Infectious Diseases in Pregnant Women and Their Infants: Health Canada
(funded). Client: Dr. Lee Ford-Jones, Chair, Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children. Role: Writer,
Researcher, Editor.
Factory of the Future Initiative, University of Toronto, FedDev Ontario Advanced
Manufacturing Fund (submitted). Client: Dr. Hani Naguib, Director, Toronto Institute of
Advanced Manufacturing; University of Toronto. Role: Project Editor, Illustrator, Liaison with
FedDev.
Centre for Diagnostics Innovation, 2017 Ontario Research Fund – Large Infrastructure
Application (submitted). Client: Dr. John Brennan, Director of Biointerfaces Institute, Co-
Director, FPC-BEAM, Canada Research Chair in Bioanalytical Chemistry, McMaster University.
Role: Project Editor and Illustrator; Liaison with CFI.
Canadian Virus and Immunology Consortium, 2017 Canada Foundation for Innovation
Fund (submitted). Client: Dr. John Bell, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Scientific Director,
BioCanRx NCE. Role: Project Editor, Illustrator, Liaison with CFI.
Stem Cell Technologies to Better Medicine (SCT2BM), 2017 Canada Foundation for
Innovation Fund (submitted). Client: Dr. Mick Bhatia, Scientific Director McMaster University
Stem Cell & Cancer Research Institute. Role: Project Editor, Illustrator, Liaison with CFI.
Centre for Diagnostics Innovation, 2017 Canada Foundation for Innovation Fund
(submitted). Client: Dr. John Brennan, Director of Biointerfaces Institute, Co-Director, FPC-BEAM,
Canada Research Chair in Bioanalytical Chemistry, McMaster University. Role: Project Editor,
Illustrator, Liaison with CFI.
MAC-Obesity Research Program, 2017 Canada Foundation for Innovation Fund
(submitted). Client: Dr. Gregory Steinberg, Canada Research Chair in Metabolism and Obesity,
McMaster University. Role: Project Editor, Illustrator, Liaison with CFI.
Toronto Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM2
I-TIAM), 2017 Canada Foundation
for Innovation Fund (submitted). Client: Dr. Hani Naguib, Director, Toronto Institute of
Advanced Manufacturing, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of
Toronto. Role: Role: Project Editor, Illustrator, Liaison with CFI.
DyMnemo – Memory Theory and Aging, 2017 Canada Foundation for Innovation Fund
2017 (submitted). Client: Dr. Randy McIntosh, Director Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest
Centre. Role: Role: Project Editor, Illustrator.
Network for Innovative Plastics Materials and Manufacturing Processes (NIPMMP),
NSERC. Client: Dr. Chul Park, CRC and Director Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory,
University of Toronto Engineering. Role: Project Editor.

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Lead to Drug Translational Program (L2DTOP), Ontario Research Fund – Research
Excellence Fund. Client: Dr. Mick Bhatia, Scientific Director, McMaster University Stem Cell &
Cancer Research Institute, Canada Research Chair. Role: Project Editor.
Algorithms and Systems for Precision Medicine: Discovery Frontier Proposals,
Advancing Big Data Science Proposals in Genomics Research, Genome Canada, NSERC,
CIHR and CFI. Client: Ontario Genomics Institute; Dennis McCormac Canada; Dr. Gary Bader,
Research Chair in Information Processing and Machine Learning; Dr. Quaid Morris, Donnelly
Centre; Dr. Brendan Frey Banting and Best Department of Medical Research. Role: Project Editor
and Illustrator.
GRANT CALLS FOR INNOVATION
Clinician-Researcher Partnership Program Call for Innovations – Information Package.
Client: Jane van Alphen, Canadian Centre for Aging & Brain Health Innovation. Role: Consultant,
Editor.
Clinician-Researcher Partnership Program Call for Innovations – Eligible Expenses
Guidelines. Client: Jane van Alphen, Canadian Centre for Aging & Brain Health Innovation. Role:
Consultant, Editor.
LANDSCAPE REPORTS
Unique Opportunities: Oncology Asset Map Magazine. Client: Dr. Robert Phillips, Ontario
Institute for Cancer Research; Elizabeth Turnbull, Ministry of Research and Innovation. Role:
Writer, Researcher, Editor.
Cannabinol (CBN) Position Paper for Health Canada. Client: Phytogene Resources Inc. Role:
Researcher, Writer.
2010 System Performance Report. Client: Dr. Heather Bryant, Canadian Partnership Against
Cancer. Role: Writer, Researcher, Editor.
CONFERENCE REPORTS
International Consortium of Stem Cell Networks Workshop Report on Progress Toward
Clinical Trials Using Stem Cells for ALS/MND. Client: Drew Lyall, Stem Cell Network. Role:
Rapporteur, Writer.
The Canada-California Stem Cell Workshop Report. Client: Dr. Cindy Bell, Genome Canada.
Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
Patient-Centric Cyber Workshop Report, OICR, Mount Sinai Hospital, Queens,
Sunnybrook, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Client: Dr. Thomas Hudson, Scientific
Director, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
CCRA CPAC ICGC Cancer Genome Workshop. Client: Dr. Thomas Hudson, Scientific Director,
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
Digitization and Interpretation of Cancer Data in the Era of Personalized Medicine
Workshop. Client: Dr. Thomas Hudson, Scientific Director, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
Role: Rapporteur, Writer.

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Early Detection and Imaging Workshop Report. Client: Dr. Thomas Hudson, Scientific
Director, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
October 2007 International Cancer Genomics Meeting Report. Client: Dr. Thomas Hudson,
Scientific Director, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
Biomarker Initiative Workshop Report. Client: Dr. Robert Phillips, Ontario Cancer Research
Network. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
The Ontario Stem Cell Strategy Workshop Report. Client: Michele Noble and Dr. Janet
Rossant, Ontario Innovation Trust. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control Research Working Group Report. Client: Dr. Robert
Phillips, National Cancer Institute of Canada. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
MANUSCRIPTS
Measuring the Success of Surgical Humanitarian Mission to Low Middle Income
Countries: A Modified Scoping Review of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs).
Clinics in Surgery. Client: Dr. Fiona Webster, Department of Family and Community Medicine,
University of Toronto. Role: Editor.
From Opiophobia to Overprescribing: A Critical Scoping Review of Medical Education
Training for Chronic Pain. Pain Medicine. Client: Dr. Fiona Webste, Department of Family and
Community Medicine, University of Toronto. Role: Editor.
Pathway and Network Analysis of Cancer Genomes. Nat Methods. Client: Dr. Nuria Lopez-
Bigas and Jennifer Jennings, International Cancer Genome Consortium. Role: Editor.
Computational Approaches to Identify Functional Genetic Variants in Cancer Genomes.
Nat Methods. Client: Dr. Nuria Lopez-Bigas, International Cancer Genome Consortium. Role:
Editor.
ICSCN Workshop Towards Clinical Trials Using Stem Cells for AML/MND. AML. Client:
International Consortium of Stem Cell Networks. Role: First Author.
The Ontario Cancer Research Ethics Board: A Central REB That Works. Current Oncology.
Client: Dr. Robert Phillips. Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Role: Project Manager,
Researcher, Interviewer, First Author.
Variable Self-Renewal of Stem Cells in Long Term Bone Marrow Cultures. J Exp Med.
Role: First Author.
The Abuse Potential of the Synthetic Cannabinoid Nabilone: a Systematic Review.
Addiction. Client: Kaleidoscope Strategic. Role: Editor.
Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Node Positive Breast Cancer. Client: Kaleidoscope Strategic.
Role: Editor.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
OICR Independent Institutional Review Report. Client: Ontario Institute for Cancer Research,
Panel Chair, Sir John Bell, Oxford University. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.

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Computational and Data Science, Canada First Research Excellence Fund (submitted).
Client: Judith Chadwick, VP Research Services, University of Toronto. Role: Rapporteur for
Strategy Workshop; Illustrator.
Transformative Pathology Program Scientific Advisory Board Report. Client: Dr. John
Bartlett, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
Cancer Stem Cell Program Panel Review Report. Client: Dr. Nicole Onetto Ontario Institute
for Cancer Research. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
Cancer Stem Cell Research Program Report. Client: Dr. John Dick, Cancer Stem Cell Program.
Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
Genome Technologies Program Panel Review Report. Client: Dr. Pascale Leon Ontario
Institute for Cancer Research. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
Informatics and Bio-computing Program Panel Review Report. Client: Rob Campos, Ontario
Institute for Cancer Research. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
Selective Drug Program, Small Molecule Chemical Engineering Platform. Client: Dr.
Thomas Hudson, Scientific Director, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Role: Editor.
Late Effects of Pediatric Cancer Treatments: RFA Development Meeting Report. Client: Dr.
Judith Bray, CIHR Institute of Cancer Research. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
Chairs’ Update Initiate Report. Client: Dr. Mark Greenberg, Pediatric Oncology Group of
Ontario. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
Scientific Advisory Board Meeting Reports. Client: Dr. Thomas Hudson, Scientific Director,
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
Directors’ Meetings Reports. Client: Dr. Thomas Hudson, Scientific Director, Ontario Institute
for Cancer Research. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
Strategic Communications. Client: Dr. Fiona Webster, Faculty of Family & Community Medicine,
University of Toronto. Role: Writer, Editor.
International Cancer Genome Consortium Working Groups Teleconference Report.
Bioinformatics; Clinical Annotation; Consent and Data Access; Data Coordination & Management; Data
Release; Executive & International Scientific Steering Committees; Ethics and Policy; Mutation Consequences
and Pathways; Technologies; Verification and Validation; Planning Committee. Client: ICGC Secretariat,
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Jennifer Jennings. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
Sperm Preservation Task Force Teleconference Reports. Client: Dr. Mark Greenberg
Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario. Role: Rapporteur, Writer.
EDUCATION PROJECTS
Post Graduate Medical Education Curriculum, University of Toronto. Client: Post Graduate
Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Role: Writer, Editor.
Ideas into Action: Psychological Leadership Resources. Client: Ministry of Education. Role:
Writer, Editor.

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The ISSCR Writers’ Guide to Stem Cells. Client: International Society of Stem Cell Research.
Role: Interviewer, Writer, Researcher, Illustrator.
The Wharton Head and Neck Centre Website. Client: Dr. Ralph Gilbert, Princess Margaret
Hospital, UHN. Role: Writer, Researcher.
Stem Cells in Focus Blogs. ‘Exploring Endogenous Heart Repair and Regeneration’ [Interviewed
Dr. Deepak Srivastava]; ‘Hematopoietic Stem Cells: a New Transplant Paradigm for Multiple
Sclerosis?’ [Interviewed Dr. Harold Atkins]; ‘Making Sense of Disease – In a Dish’ [Interviewed Dr.
Kevin Eggan]; ‘Ramping Up Discovery with Kidney Organoids’ [Interviewed Dr. Melissa Little];
‘Stem Cells May Be Key to Curing Retinal Disease’ [Interviewed Dr. Robin Ali]; ‘Connecting
genetics and Heart Disease’ [Interviewed Dr. Chad Cowan]. Client: International Society of Stem
Cell Research. Role: Researcher, Interviewer, Writer.
Stem Cells and Disease (Patient and Lay Summaries).
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Arthritis, Autism, Blood Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Crohn’s Disease,
Diabetes, Eye Diseases, Graft-Versus-Host Disease, Heart Failure, Liver Disease, Multiple Sclerosis,
Muscular Dystrophy, Parkinson’s Disease, Solid Tumours, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke, Wound
Healing. Clients: Stem Cell Network, Lisa Willemse; Canadian Stem Cell Foundation, Joe
Sorberger. Role: Researcher, Writer.
Multiple Sclerosis Grant Summaries 1995 -2007. Client: Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.
Role: Writer, Researcher.
The Wild Cells. Client: Canadian Cancer Society. Role: Writer, Researcher, Editor.
Alcohol and the Liver; Hemochromatosis; Liver Cancer; Liver Transplantation Pamphlets.
Client: Canadian Liver Foundation. Role: Editor.
Speaking of Bones National Presentation Kit. Client: Osteoporosis Society of Canada. Role:
Project Manager, Writer, Editor.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Texbook illustrations…
Cell Press Edition of Primer to the Immune Response Textbook, Tak Mak, Mary Saunders
and Brad Jett [Best Undergraduate Textbook, 2014, Royal Society of Biology], Elsevier.
Client: Dr. Tak Mak, Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer, PMH.
The Immune Response (Textbook), Academic Cell Press. Dr. Tak Mak, Campbell Family
Institute for Breast Cancer, PMH.
Primer to The Immune Response, Elsevier. Client: Dr. Tak Mak, University Health Network.
T Cell Development (Book Chapter). Client: Dr. Rae Yeung, Hospital for Sick Children.
Curriculum illustrations….
Online Immunology Course. Client: Dr. Wendy Tamminen, Department of Immunology,
University of Toronto.
Grant illustrations…
2017 Ontario Research Fund-Large Infrastructure Proposal. Client: Dr. John Brennan,
Director of Biointerfaces Institute, Co-Director, FPC-BEAM, Canada Research Chair in Bioanalytical
Chemistry, McMaster University.

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2017 Canada Foundation for Innovation Fund. Client: Dr. Gregory Steinberg, Canada
Research Chair in Metabolism and Obesity, McMaster University.
2017 Canada Foundation for Innovation Fund. Client: Dr. Hani Naguib, Director, Toronto
Institute of Advanced Manufacturing (TIAM), Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering,
University of Toronto.
2017 Canada Foundation for Innovation Fund. Client: Dr. Randy McIntosh, Director Rotman
Research Institute, Baycrest Centre.
BioCanRx Networks of Centres of Excellence Proposal. Client: Dr. John Bell, Ottawa Hospital
Research Institute.
Centre for Advanced Therapeutic Cell Technologies, FedDev Ontario Advanced
Manufacturing Fund. Client: Dr. Michael May (President and CEO) and Dr. Peter Zandstra (Chief
Scientific Officer), Centre for Commercialization for Regenerative Medicine.
Factory of the Future Initiative, University of Toronto, FedDev Ontario Advanced
Manufacturing Fund. Client: Dr. Hani Naguib, Director Toronto Institute of Advanced
Manufacturing (TIAM), Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Engineering.
CFREF Proposal Development. Client: Judith Chadwick, Assistant VP Research Services,
University of Toronto.
Computational Model of Splicing, Journal submission to Science [Xiong H.Y et al. The human
splicing code reveals new insights into the genetic determinants of disease], University of Toronto,
Dr. Brendan Frey.
Discovery Frontier Proposals Funded by Genome Canada, NSERC, CIHR and CFI:
Advancing Big Data Science in Genomics Research, Client: Client: Ontario Genomics
Institute; Dennis McCormac Canada; Dr. Gary Bader, Research Chair in Information Processing
and Machine Learning; Dr. Quaid Morris, Donnelly Centre; Dr. Brendan Frey Banting and Best
Department of Medical Research.
Manuscript illustrations…
Protein Trafficking through the Nuclear Pore Complex. Client: Dr. Albiruni Razak, University
Health Network.
Hedgehog Signaling through PTCH1, Oncologist. Client: Dr. Albiruni Razak, University Health
Network.
Designing Transformative Clinical Trials in the Cancer Genome Era, J Clin Oncol. Client:
Dr. Lillian Siu, Princess Margaret Hospital.
The T Cell Antigen Receptor: “The Hunting of the Snark”, European Journal of
Immunology. Client: Dr. Tak Mak, AMGEN.
Historical versus Contemporary View of T and B Cell Signaling. Client: Basel Institute, Dr.
Hans Wigzell.
Factors Predictive of EBV Lymphoproliferation: Beyond Viral Load, CIHR Research
Proposal. Client: Dr. Upton Allen, Hospital for Sick Children.

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Nobel Foundation Presentation. Client: Dr. Tak Mak, Advanced Medical Discovery Institute.
Meeting report illustrations…
Digitization and Interpretation of Cancer Data in the Era of Personalized Medicine
Workshop. Client: Dr. Thomas Hudson, Scientific Director, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
October 2007 International Cancer Genomics Meeting. Client: Dr. Thomas Hudson, Scientific
Director, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
MANUALS, GUIDELINES, NEWSLETTERS
International Cancer Genome Consortium Toolbox. Client: Jennifer Jennings, ICGC
Secretariat. Role: Project Manager, Researcher, Editor.
The Pediatric Infection Report Quarterly Newsletter. Client: Dr. Stanley Read, Hospital for
Sick Children. Role: Project Manager, Editor.
Transplantation Guidelines, Special issues of the Pediatric Infection Report. Client: Dr.
Upton Allen, Hospital for Sick Children. Role: Project Manager, Editor.
The Tuberculosis Clinical Manual. Client: Dr. Ian Kitai, Hospital for Sick Children. Role: Project
Manager, Editor.
POLICIES, PRESS RELEASES, COMPANY PROFILES
Nature and Research Journal Call for Papers. Client: Jennifer Jennings, Ontario Institute for
Cancer Research. Role: Editor.
Draft Policy on New Projects. Client: Jennifer Jennings, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
Role: Editor.
Proteacel LLC Website. Client: Dr. Joe Zendegui, Proteacel, LLC. Role: Writer, Editor.
TEXTBOOKS
Cell Press Edition of Primer to the Immune Response Textbook, Elsevier. [Best Undergraduate
Textbook, 2014, Royal Society of Biology]. Client: Dr. Tak Mak, Campbell Family Institute for Breast
Cancer. Role: Editor, Illustrator.
Chapter 3.1 Cancer Genomics, World Cancer Report 2013. Client: Dr. Tom Hudson,
Scientific Director, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Role: Editor, Illustrator.
Primer to The Immune Response Textbook, Elsevier. Client: Dr. Tak Mak, Campbell Family
Institute for Breast Cancer. Role: Editor, Illustrator.
The Immune Response Textbook, Academic Press. Client: Dr. Tak Mak, Amgen. Role:
Researcher, Editor, Illustrator.