This immersive, two-week program is designed to enhance science education in secondary schools, empower communities through youth leadership and increase diversity in students pursuing post-secondary education and careers in STEM and biomedical sciences.
Each participant in the X-Labs program was paired with a faculty member, guiding them through an immersive scientific experience. Here are the X-LABS AMDSB students, their mentors, and their fields of study:
- Ryan Roberts (GDCI) - MRI & Biomedical Biology (Dr. Art Poon / Dr. Christina Castellani)
- Aanya Anand (LDSS) - Immunology & Microbiology (Dr. Stephen Karfoot)
- Mila Campbell (LDSS) - Developmental Biology (Dr. Katherine Willmore)
- Christie Mason (GDCI) - Musculoskeletal Imaging & Orthopaedic Biomechanics (Dr. Geoffrey Ng)
- April Selkirk (GDCI) - Medical Imaging - PET, CT Functional Imaging & PET Molecular Imaging (Dr. Ting Lee)
- Natalie Stanlake (SHDHS) - Immunology, Heart Disease, Infectious Disease (Dr. Bryan Heit)
- Janaya Guled (SMDVCI) - MRI & Medical Biophysics (Dr. Corey Baron / Dr. Joe Gati)
- Nolan Dowdell (LDSS) - Structural Biology & Calcium Signalling (Dr. Peter Stathopoulos)
- Pearl Petal (SHDHS) - Reproductive Biology & Cell Biology (Dr. Stephen Renaud)
- Addison Halliday (LDSS) - Pulmonary Imaging (Grace Parraga)
- Duncan Kent (GDCI) - Molecular Biology & Biochemistry (Dr. Caroline Schild Poulter)
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Photo: Student in science lab wearing white lab coats, filling a test tube.
