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Welcome to SBME Interfaces. Our goal with this show is to introduce you to the people who interface with the School of Biomedical Engineering from students and faculty to staff and industry—and everyone in between. Biomedical Engineering is shaping an exciting future for health, healthcare and personalized medicine where the possibilities are limitless, and the human impact is immeasurable.
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Communicating with conspiracy theorists.Teaching students to be advocates for science.Rebuilding trust in science communications.Special guest host Dr. Jenna Usprech and I sat down with Dr. Gabriel Potvin to discuss all this and more in our latest episode.All episodes available on to watch on YouTubeGuest: Gabriel PotvinAssociate Professor of Teaching, UBC Chemical and Biological EngineeringDr. Potvin's current focus is in engineering pedagogy and curriculum development, with a particular int...
UBC iGEM and Undergraduate Innovation.Interdisciplinary scientific exploration.Changing course through UBC iGEM.We sat down with iGEM Executive Directors past and present, Emilia Chen and Janella Schwab, on all this and more in our latest episode.Guests: Emilia Chen UBC iGEM 2021 Executive DirectorStudent, Microbiology & Immunology and Computer ScienceEmilia Chen is a fifth year student studying Microbiology & Immunology and Computer Science. She is passionate about finding the ...
Our renewed interest in science.The state of scientific funding in Canada.Supporting both applied and pure research.We sat down with Dr. Alejandro Adem on all this and more in our latest episode.Guest: Alejandro Adem President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Professor Alejandro Adem was appointed President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) in October 2019. As a highly accomplished researcher in the field of mathemat...
Connecting Climate Change to our gut.Doing better in the EDI space.Did we learn from the pandemic?We caught up with Dr. Carolina Tropini on all this and more in our latest episode.Guest: Carolina Tropini Assistant Professor, SBME & Dept. of Microbiology and ImmunologyDr. Tropini’s interests lie at the nexus of medicine, microbial biophysics, and engineering. Working in the field of the gut microbiota, she is applying novel tools to longstanding questions regarding the stability of microbi...
In this special episode, Miguel Eichelberger chats with Payam Zahedi, former host and Strategic Planning and Operations Director for the school as he looks back over his time with SBME, and says farewell. Guest: Payam Zahedi Former Strategic Planning & Operations Director, SBME Current Director, Office of the Vice Principal, Research, UTM Payam is a born problem solver and dot connector who believes that real impact only occurs when everyone is given the means to chase it. He's the Direct...
We chat with Dr. Ubaka Ogbogu, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, and the Katz Research Fellow in Health Law and Science Policy, at the University of Alberta, Recipient of the Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations Distinguished Academic Early Career Award and a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellow (2020). We discuss the national and international biotechnology policy process, how Biomedical Engineering fits in the Canadian economic landscape over the next five years, and our big...
We chat with Karen Cheung, Associate Director and Professor at SBME (as well the Graduate Program Director), on the school, the SBME graduate program, chatting with the Prime Minister, advocating for women in STEM, and much more. All episodes available to watch on our YouTube ChannelGuest: Karen CheungAssociate Director and Professor, SBMEGraduate Program Director, SBMEKaren C. Cheung is a Bioengineering Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as well as an Associat...
We chat with Murali Chandrashekaran, Vice Provost International and Fred H. Siller Professor of Marketing and Behavioural Science at Sauder School of Business, on UBC, the role of Universities in building a more just and prosperous world, changing the way we teach and learn, and on SBME creating its very own "Learning Cauldron."All episodes available to watch on our YouTube ChannelGuest: Murali ChandrashekaranVice Provost International & Fred H. Siller Professor UBC Sauder School of Busin...
On this episode recorded at the end of May 2021, we caught up with SBME Grad Students Maryam Tayyab and Emily Bliven on the Graduate experience at SBME, the role of student leadership, the SBME Graduate Association, and more. All episodes available on to watch on YouTubeGuests: Maryam TayyabMASc Student, Tam Lab, SBMEMaryam is a Master's student at the School of biomedical engineering, president of BMEGA and co-chair of BMEGA REDI subcommittee. Her research is on developing machine learning m...
In this episode, we interface with Paul Cubbon, Assistant Dean of Innovation at UBC's Sauder School of Business, Leader of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group, and Leader at the Creative Destruction Lab West (CDL-West). We chat about innovation at UBC, Sauder’s impact on the local ecosystem, SBME’s potential to grow the BC Life Sciences Community, retaining talent and innovations in Vancouver, the Climate XPrize, and more.All episodes available to watch on our YouTube ChannelGuest: Paul...
In this episode, we interface with Dr. Gabrielle Lam and Dr. Jenna Usprech, both Assistant Professors of Teaching at SBME. We discuss changing the way we teach (on the fly), what makes SBME special as a proving ground for integrated experiential learning, student wellness, changing our mindsets around teaching, and more.All episodes available on to watch on YouTubeGuests: Gabrielle LamAssistant Professor of Teaching, SBMEDr. Lam is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in Materials Engineering a...
In this episode, we interface with Shernaz Bamji, Associate Director of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and in the School of Biomedical Engineering. We chat about following a career in academia, mentorship, the future of neuroscience, the exciting prospects for the SBME, and much more.All episodes available to watch on our YouTube ChannelGuest: Shernaz BamjiAssociate Director, DCMBHProfessor, Dept. of Cellular & Physiological Scien...
In this episode, we interface with Lynn Raymond, Director of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Louise A. Brown Chair in Neuroscience. We chat about becoming a clinical scientist, working on Huntington’s Disease, UBC’s UG neuroscience program, the importance of collaborative science across health and healthcare, leadership and more.All episodes available to watch on our YouTube ChannelGuest: Lynn RaymondDirector, Djavad Mowafaghian Ce...
In this episode, we interface with Kari LaMotte, Managing Director of entrepreneurship@UBC (UBC’s incubator and accelerator for ventures built by students, staff and faculty), and Co-Founder of Women Tech Founders. We chat about venture creation in BC, Kari's path to entrepreneurialism, keeping ventures in Vancouver, leveraging the Medici Effect, and recognizing research as the foundation for critical solutions to healthcare and climate challenges.All episodes available to watch on our YouTub...
In this episode, we interface with Dr. Kelly McNagny, SBME and Department of Medical Genetics professor, Associate Scientific Director of AllerGen Network and Director of two core facilities in BRC; and Dr. Fabio Rossi, SBME Research Director & Associate Director as well as the Director of the BC Regenerative Medicine Cluster.We discuss everything from the legacy of BME at UBC to their paths to BME to making science fiction a reality as well as the resources and funding necessary to make ...
Welcome to the Season 2 premiere of SBME Interfaces In this episode, we interface with Rick Hansen, the Man in Motion and founder of the Rick Hansen Foundation, on building a universally accessible world, resiliency, the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification™, the exciting prospect of working with SBME, and more.All episodes available to watch on our YouTube ChannelGuest: Rick HansenFounder, Rick Hansen FoundationMedalist at Paralympic and Pan Am GamesCompanion of the Order of Ca...
Welcome to SBME InterfacesOn our season one finale, we interface with Ananya Mukherjee Reed, Provost & Vice-President Academic at UBC Okanagan, on the social responsibility of post-secondary institutions, Equity and Diversity in Academia, giving ordinary citizens power over their own lives, poetry, and more.All episodes available to watch on our YouTube ChannelGuest: Ananya Mukherjee ReedUBC Okanagan Provost & Vice-President Academic Professor Ananya Mukherjee Reed is Provost and Vice...
Welcome to SBME InterfacesIn this episode, we interface with Andrew Szeri, UBC Provost & Vice-President Academic, on passion, the draw of UBC, the establishment of the SBME, UBC’s Academic Excellence Initiative, literature, leadership, and more.All episodes available to watch on our YouTube ChannelGuest: Andrew SzeriUBC Provost & Vice-President Academic As Provost and Vice-President Academic for UBC Vancouver, Professor Szeri provides leadership for the university’s academic str...
Welcome to Episode 13 of SBME Interfaces In this episode, we interface with Leanne Denis, Executive Director, Development & Alumni Engagement for the Faculty of Medicine, and Debbie Woo, Senior Director, Development & Alumni Engagement for theFaculty of Applied Science, on the path to UBC development, bringing money and attention to worthy causes, excitement surrounding SBME, living a life of service and more.All episodes available to watch on our YouTube ChannelGuest: Leanne Denis Ex...
Welcome to Episode 11 of SBME Interfaces In this episode, we interface with Wendy Hurlburt, President and CEO of Life Sciences BC, On the BC Life Sciences community, where the SBME fits into the picture, mobilizing Life Sciences BC through a pandemic, leadership, and more.All episodes available to watch on our YouTube ChannelGuest: Wendy HurlburtPresident and CEO, Life Sciences BCWendy Hurlburt, a passionate global executive with more than 25 years of experience in the Life Sciences and Techn...
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