MAA Award Recipients

Eric Zhao, BSc’13, 2019 UBC MAA Student Leadership Award Recipient

Eric Zhao, BSc’13, is a data scientist and health innovator in genomics and oncology. As an MD/PhD student, he has co-authored over 25 original research articles, reviews, and book chapters and has delivered oral platform presentations at leading international conferences such as AACR, AGBT, and ASCO. Eric’s PhD dissertation involved developing computational methods to personalize […]

Alec Yu, 2019 UBC MAA Student Leadership Award Recipient

Alec Yu is a second year medical student with passions in student advocacy, medical sustainability, and poverty alleviation. He represents the students of the Vancouver-Fraser Medical Program in various Faculty of Medicine committees, where he has made significant impact on issues including student mistreatment, access to learning resources, and the CaRMS elective process. He’s also […]