Summer Symposium Series: Health Sciences Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career in the health sciences would let you help people directly in a very 'hands-on' way!
Helping Patients through Drug Discovery
STEM Explained
Learn how researchers from Amgen are developing new drugs for cancer.
Does Living Near High-Voltage Power Lines Cause Cancer?
STEM Explained
Learn about the risks of electromagnetic radiation near high-voltage power lines.
Exploring Canada’s Particle Accelerators
STEM Explained
Particle accelerators have amazing applications - from growing food to making airplanes safe.
Nusheen Ditta
Senior Study Data Manager
Eden Klein
Education and Knowledge Exchange Specialist, Cancer Education
Elena Kuzmin
Postdoctoral Fellow
Radiation Effects on the Body
Backgrounders
This backgrounder explains the potential effects of radiation on the human body.
Why Do So Many People Get Cancer?
STEM Explained
We all know someone who has been affected by cancer. What causes cancer? Why is it getting more common?
Is Vaping Safer Than Smoking?
STEM Explained
Learn how e-cigarettes and other vaping products work, and why scientists and health professionals have concerns about their safety.
Gamma Rays: Helper or Hazard?
STEM Explained
Gamma rays might make you think of cancer, harmful radiation or superheroes. But gamma rays have lots of uses: food safety, manufacturing and even medicine!
Why is Henrietta Lacks Important?
STEM Explained
When the cells of Henrietta Lacks were collected by medical researchers after her death in 1951, it changed the future of medicine.
Can Your Own Cells Cure Cancer?
STEM Explained
When a person has cancer, CAR-T Therapy uses their own cells to destroy the cancer cells in their body.
Michelle Irvine
Career Profiles
Marketing Coordinator