As a clinical researcher and educator, my projects largely surround SDG 3: Good Healthand Well-being as well as SDG 4: Quality Education. 

As a clinical researcher, I manage investigator-initiated research projects at the FoothillsHospital and Alberta Children’s Hospital. Clinical research involves working with humanparticipants in various capacities, whether it be a project discovering infectionbiomarkers for a critically ill infant or randomizing patients in a drug trial assessing the risk of blood clot recurrence. 

Maternal and pediatric medicine are my two significant research interests. My Foothills research team focuses on the prevention, diagnosis and management of venous bloodclots throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period. For one study, I designed adatabase to create an effective and reliable means of communication between participants and researchers. I added accessibility features in public facing web pageswith text size, language, and narration customizations, ensuring our participants couldcommunicate in an environment inclusive of their diverse needs. 

My Children’s Hospital research team focuses on a variety of projects in pediatric emergency medicine, approaching and consenting patients into medical or quality improvement projects. In this role, I serve as a Peer Mentor with the team, training volunteers in the ethical nuances of consent, assent, and evaluating pediatric decision-making capacity in a stressful environment like the Emergency Department. 

My work in health research directly supports SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being, especially within the lens of reducing inequalities in research and barriers to access. 

In support of SDG 4: Quality Education, I completed my Master’s of Precision Health at the University of Calgary in 2025, returning to the department as a sessional instructor for this past Fall. I was appointed as a graduate student ambassador by my program, building connections with prospective graduate students from around the world who areinterested in pursuing higher education. I speak with these students about life in Calgary, what financial resources and scholarships can be used to fund education, and the different programs available to study. All of this is done in order to increase access to higher education, especially for international students who do not often have aconvenient point of contact to connect with. 

Also in support of quality education, I deliver engaging and exciting classes about chessto several hundred Calgary youth each year, highlighting the transferable skills that chess can have on a child’s learning. I teach resilience, patience, perseverance, andcritical thinking skills in order to equip youth with the skills necessary to face challenge sthey will encounter outside the world of chess. Chess is a universal language manyimmigrant children already speak, and the connections that form over a shared love ofthe game makes this a particularly meaningful endeavour for me.