SBME Interfaces UBC School of Biomedical Engineering

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 YouTubeGuest: Gabriel PotvinAssociate Professor of Teaching, UBC Chemical and Biological EngineeringDr. Potvin's current focus is in engineering pedagogy and curriculum development, with a particular int...

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 DirectorStudent, Microbiology & Immunology and Computer ScienceEmilia Chen is a fifth year student studying Microbiology & Immunology and Computer Science. She is passionate about finding the ...

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 CommunicatorProfessor, University of VictoriaAffiliate 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...

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 mathemat...

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 ImmunologyDr. 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 microbi...

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 Direct...