Program: Master of Public Health
Year in Program: 2
In the last six years, I completed my residency and fellowship training in pediatrics and pediatric nephrology at UBC. I was exposed to clinical research through journal clubs, research courses, and my own reading and studying. I also had research projects that I led and collaborated on that stimulated my interest in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics. I pursued the Master of Public Health (MPH) program and the UBC Clinician Investigator Program concurrently to pursue in-depth research and specialized training.
I have completed all of my training through UBC. It is a great environment to learn, work, and live. Looking through courses and electives at the School of Population and Public Health, I felt the MPH program offered a great variety of courses in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics that would augment my research skills. Working in a specialized area of medicine, I felt it was also important to refocus and broaden my understanding of the “big picture” of global health, Indigenous health, and health care policy offered through UBC’s program.
I am working with Dr. Dina Panagiotopoulos and Dr. Cherry Mammen in the Department of Pediatrics. We are studying renal outcomes in pediatric type 1 diabetes, and we are particularly interested in how kidney function changes over time for children as compared to adults with type 1 diabetes.
Top of my bucket list is to travel again! Provided it is safe for everyone, I hope to do some more exploring next summer.