TOPICS: Explore the various career paths available to biomedical engineering graduates within the Biotech industry

WHEN: September 21^st 12-1pm PT

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

• Robyn Newell (SBME, Moderator)
• Stuart Young (Scientific Medical Advisor, Bayer)
• Fiona Fitzgerald (Commercial Leader Nucleic Acid Therapeutics, Cytiva)
• Rishima Agarwal (Process Development Lead for Bioprinting, Aspect Biosystems)
• Bari Aadum (Senior Account Manager, Immunology, STEMCELL Technologies)

Sponsored by STEMCELL Technologies

TOPICS: Explore the various career paths available to biomedical engineering graduates within the MedTech industry

WHEN: September 27^th 12-1pm PT

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

• Negar Harandi (SBME, Moderator)
• Nick Allan (Starfish Medical, Bio Services Manager)
• Heidi Sharipov (Sr R&D Biomedical Engineer, Canary Medical)
• Shane Miller-Tait (Project Manager, Kardium)
• Jesse Ehrlick (Program Manager, McGill University)

TOPICS: Explore the various career paths available to biomedical engineering graduates within AI/Computational Biology  

WHEN: October 4^th  12-1pm PT

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

• Gabrielle Lam (SBME, Moderator)
• Shreshth Gandhi (Machine Learning Lead and Lead Scientist, Deep Genomics)
• Handol Kim (CEO, Variational AI)
• Natalia Grane (Director of Operations & Compliance, Synthesis Health)
• Sara Mahdavi (Technical Program Manager, Google Brain Research)

TOPICS: The process of applying to medical school at UBC, illustrated by a biomedical engineering student’s journey

WHEN: October 20th  12-1pm PT

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

• Shahin Shirzad (UBC MD Assistant Dean, Admissions)
• Rohit Singla (SBME MD/PhD student)

TOPICS: Participants of this 90-minute training workshop will learn how to get strategic about fully enlisting their personal (friends and family), professional (coworkers, peers) and strategic (mentors, executives) contacts to identify opportunities and land job prospects. Negotiation strategies will also be covered in this workshop.

*Limited to 30 participants. If this number has been reached upon your registration, you will be automatically added to the waitlist, and we will notify you.

WHEN: January 19^th  12-1:00pm PT

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

• Joanna Shea (The Negotiations Collective, Managing Partner)

TOPICS: Marketing yourself effectively as a biomedical engineer; creating a strong application: CV and cover letter basics; interview prep and best practices

WHEN: February 1^st  12-1pm PT

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

• Christine Genge, Associate Director of Global Talent Acquisition, STEMCELL Technologies
• James Toy, Human Resources Project Manager, Evonik
• TBD, Aspect Biosystems

Sponsored by STEMCELL Technologies