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 YouTube Guest: Gabriel Potvin Associate Professor of Teaching, UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering Dr. Potvin's current focus is in engineering pedagogy and curriculum development, with a particular interest in problem-based learning, laboratory instruction, sustainability education, and inter ..read more

 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 Director Student, Microbiology & Immunology and Computer Science Emilia Chen is a fifth year student studying Microbiology & Immunology and Computer Science. She is passionate about finding the intersection of computational and biological sciences. Synthetic biology has opened her eyes t ..read more

Getting science communication 80% right. Concussion recovery and inspiring research. The Olympics, doping, and human potential. We sat down with Dr. E. Paul Zehr on all this and more in our latest episode. Guest: E. Paul Zehr Author & International Science Communicator Professor, University of Victoria Affiliate Professor, UBC Department of Medicine E. PAUL ZEHR, Ph.D., is a professor, author, and martial artist at the University of Victoria. He is passionate about the popularization of science using superheroes as foils for human achievement and ability. His recent pop-sci books includ ..read more

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 mathematics and a faculty member at the University of British Columbia, Professor Adem has significant ..read more

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 Immunology Dr. 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 microbial communities and their response to perturbations during disease. By combining imaging, microf ..read more

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 Director of Strategic Planning and Operations at UBC's School of Biomedical Engineering and holds a BASc in ..read more

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 biggest challenges moving forward. All episodes available to watch on our YouTube Channel Guest: Ubaka ..read more

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 Channel Guest: Karen Cheung Associate Director and Professor, SBME Graduate Program Director, SBME Karen C. Cheung is a Bioengineering Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as well as an Associate Director and Professor in the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering. Cheung received her BSc a ..read more

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 Channel Guest: Murali Chandrashekaran Vice Provost International & Fred H. Siller Professor UBC Sauder School of Business Dr. Murali Chandrashekaran is UBC’s first Vice-Provost, International. Born in Bangalore, In ..read more

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 YouTube Guests: Maryam Tayyab MASc Student, Tam Lab, SBME Maryam 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 methods to predict clinical outcomes in populations with neurological disorders like Multiple Scle ..read more