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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!
Élyse Caron-Beaudoin
Career Profiles
Teaching Assistant in Environmental Health
![Ella Chan](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2021-05/Ella%20Chan.jpeg?itok=KL7TiqVq)
Ella Chan
Digital Media Outreach Specialist
Ella uses her creativity to explain science using videos.
![Scientist looking through a microscope](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-11/young_scientist_using_microscope.jpg?itok=E4OH4FHn)
Where Do New Medicines Come From?
Backgrounders
Learn how new medicines are developed and tested in Canada.
![Janessa Roy](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2021-04/Janessa%20Roy_0.png?itok=zhrYnKLn)
Janessa Roy
Aromatherapist & Teacher
Janessa Roy is an Aromatherapist & Teacher, located in Manitoba.
![Jessica Laidley](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2021-04/Jessica%20Laidley.jpeg?itok=YTPG9TW-)
Jessica Laidley
Food Resource Centre Manager
Jessica Laidley is a Food Resource Centre Manager for United Way Sault Ste. Marie & Algoma District.
![Embryonic stem cells](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-03/Event%20Card%20Template%20-%20Symposiums%202020_21.png?itok=KJPV_u8Z)
Resources on Stem Cells
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to stem cells.
![Amy Roneki](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2021-03/Amy%20Roneki.jpg?itok=NbjpanTB)
Amy Roneki
Healthcare Services Sales Executive
Amy Roneki is a Healthcare Services Sales Executive for NTT DATA Services.
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Resources on Immunology
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to immunology.
![Medical staff distributing COVID-19 vaccines](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-03/medical-staff-distributing-covid19-vaccine.jpg?itok=oqAfyGaD)
What’s Special About the New COVID-19 Vaccines?
STEM Explained
Learn about viruses, vaccines and why the new COVID-19 vaccines are innovative.
![Lakshmi Krishnan](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2021-03/Lakshmi%20Krishnan.jpg?itok=6lr3vAi2)
Lakshmi Krishnan
Vice President, Life Sciences
Lakshmi Krishnan is the Vice President of Life Sciences for the National Research Council.