Strand A. Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration
Daniel Meister
Career Profiles
Master's Student, Kinesiology
Dure Butt (she/her)
Career Profiles
Operations Associate
I work in a team that helps streamline the processes used to create support materials for healthcare professionals and patients.
Adam Kowalczyk (he/him)
Career Profiles
Research Scientist (Analytical)
I help create new medicines such as vaccines, anti-cancer drugs, and cures for genetic diseases.
Rudolf Uher
Career Profiles
Psychiatrist
I teach, I do research, and I treat patients.
Nevicia Case (she/her)
Career Profiles
Postdoctoral Fellow
I do research on how to make stem cell therapies more accessible, while also making sure they're safe and effective in treating diseases.
Sarah Vaselenak
Career Profiles
Health Economist
My work helps determine whether Canadians will be able to access a new medicine or not.
Chelsea Matisz (she/her)
Career Profiles
Postdoctoral Scholar
As a postdoctoral researcher, I have completed my PhD, and am now developing all the research, writing, and technical skills I need to become a skilled scientist.
Marianne Parent (she/her)
Career Profiles
Veterinarian and PhD Candidate (Animal Epidemiology)
I am a doctor to cats and dogs, as well as some other animals, such as parrots and rabbits. I also do research into a parasite of farmed salmon.
Hannah Dudney (she/her)
Career Profiles
Research Analyst
I'm involved in different kinds of health research related to disability, engineering, and access to places like parks.
Let's Talk Health and Wellbeing Resources
Backgrounders
Discover a set of resources that will give you the background information you need for the Let's Talk Health and Wellbeing Visionary Symposium.
Khashayar Farzam (he/him)
Career Profiles
Emergency Medicine Doctor
As an ER doctor, I take care of any patient who comes through the hospital door for literally anything!
Megan Coles
Career Profiles
Pediatric Nurse
I care for the inpatients admitted to the medical-surgical units at my local children's hospital.
Xin Yi Dong (she/her)
Career Profiles
Medical documentation Specialist
I review and analyze medical and insurance data to make sure it is accurate.
Bukola Salami (she/her)
Career Profiles
Professor, Faculty of Nursing
I do research with Black communities and teach undergraduate and graduate students.
Dr. Paula Littlejohn (she/her)
Career Profiles
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
I research problems that affect peoples’ health, specifically in children.