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Volunteer Experience
Graduate Student Association of Psychiatry
I volunteered as part of
11
committees and associations:
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Member, Trainee Communications Committee, 2023, Stem Cell Network
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Advisor, Fair Science Platform, 2020, AltPaP Innovation
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President, Graduate Student Association of Psychiatry, 2019, McGill University
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Voting Member & Representative of the Graduate Student Association of Psychiatry, 2018 - 2019, McGill Association of Students in Healthcare
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Sponsorship Admin, Montreal Chapter, 2018, NeuroTechX
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Vice-President, Finance, Graduate Student Association of Psychiatry, 2018, McGill University
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McGill University Health and Wellness Committee, 2016 - 2018, McGill University
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McGill University Ad-Hoc Mental Health Policy Working Group, 2016 - 2017, McGill University
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Administrative and Attendee Relations, Dr. Steven Pinker seminar, Leadership in Community & International Initiatives, 2015, McGill University
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Committee Liaison (Marketing & Communications, Speakers & Content), 2013 - 2014, Campus Alberta Student Conference on Health
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Peer Helper, Student Non-Academic Misconduct/Student-at-Risk Policy, 2012 - 2013, University of Calgary
I engaged in the community through
6
different roles:
National Psychiatric Hospital, Guyana
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Technician, Stage Light Design & Production, 2019 - 2020, La Chapelle, Montreal
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Writer, “Machine Learning for Brain Computer Interfaces” Online Course Development, 2018, NeuroTechEDU, NeuroTechX, virtual
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Writer, “Introduction to Neuroscience” Online Course Development, 2018, NeuroTechEDU, NeuroTechX, virtual
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Distance Residential Staff Consultant, Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Sport, 2013, Guyana, South America
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Residential Staff Trainer and Psycho-educational Group Facilitator, Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Sport, 2013, Guyana, South America
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Psycho-educational Group Facilitator/Science Instructor of Middle and High School Youth-at-Risk, Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sport, 2010, Guyana, South America
Health Startup Day 2020 Recap
I organised
10
conferences:
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One Health Connect 2021, Health Innovation Initiative & Public Health Insight, virtual
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Health Startup Day 2021, Health Innovation Initiative, virtual
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Health Startup Day 2020, Health Innovation Initiative, Imagine Ideation, & Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives, McGill University
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Creative Collisions: Life Sciences & Artificial Intelligence, Montreal NewTech, Health Innovation Initiative, & District 3 Innovation Centre, 2020
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3rd Annual Integrative Psychiatry Conference, Graduate Student Association of Psychiatry, McGill University, 2019
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Health Startup Day 2019, Health Innovation Initiative, McGill University
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NeuroTech Entrepreneurship Series: Applied Neuro Research, NeuroTechMTL, NeuroTechX, 2018
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2nd Annual Integrative Psychiatry Conference, Graduate Student Association of Psychiatry, McGill University, 2018
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Contemporary Concerns Symposium Series, Graduate Student Association of Psychiatry, McGill University, 2018
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Health Startup Day 2018, Postgraduate Student Society, McGill University
Additional Training and Projects
2024
Summer Institutes in Global Health, McGill University
Completed 6 courses: 1) Reimagining Global Health, 2) From Evidence to Impact: Fundamentals of Global Health Advocacy, 3) Digital Health, 4) Global Health Law: A Primer for Health Students, Practitioners, & Professionals, 5) Health Systems Strengthening and Global Governance, and 6) Peace through Health
2023
Building Research Relationships with Indigenous Communities, First Nations University of Canada
Hosted by the Indigenous Continuing Education Centre, this course covered the history of Indigenous health and research in Saskatchewan, existing policies and frameworks guiding research with Indigenous communities such as OCAP® (Ownership, Control, Access, Possession), Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls to Action, Tri-Council Policy Statement Chapter 9, and protocol on how to respectfully and meaningfully engage Indigenous communities in research projects.
2022-2023
Regulatory Literacy, Stem Cell Network & weCANreg
Hosted by the Stem Cell Network and weCANreg, this course consisted of lectures and a group project on translating scientific discoveries to early phase clinical trials.
2019
Critical Neuroscience, McGill Summer Certificate
Hosted by the Department of Psychiatry's Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, this Summer Intensive consisted of literature, faculty lectures, and discussions on topics including neurobiological reductionism in psychiatry; neuroethics; cultural neuroscience and neuropolicy; and the models, metaphors and political contexts of mainstream brain research.
2019
Science Advice Workshop, Science & Policy Exchange
Practical training providing graduate students and early career researchers with skills to advise science policy at the provincial, federal, and international levels, particularly during a crisis. Case studies were provided by the International Network for Government Science Advice and covered all three stages of science policy: analysis, public outreach, and advocacy. A report on the workshop's outcomes can be found here.
2018
Artificial Intelligence in Life Sciences Discovery Program,
District 3 Innovation Centre, Concordia University
Participated in entrepreneurship training for students and young professionals across life/health sciences and artificial intelligence. The training consisted of both lectures (including content from Y Combinator) and practical group-work covering the ideation, business model development, and market research stages of a startup. My role was Chief Operating Officer for my group's startup, Seismo, which designed a wristband to alert epileptic patients of oncoming seizures. This program culminated with a pitch to two dozen investors.
Pitching to investors during the
Artificial Intelligence in Life Sciences Discovery Program