Awards and Scholarships
UBC Faculty of Medicine Graduate Award ($2,250) 2014
CIHR Travel Award ($1,000) 2014
UBC Faculty of Medicine Graduate Award ($2,750) 2013
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada PhD Award ($21,000/year) 2012-2014 [National Award to Only 7 PhD Students]
Omer H. Patrick II Memorial Prize ($1,550) 2012
Alzheimers Association International Conference Travel Award ($400) 2012
UBC Faculty of Medicine Graduate Award ($100) 2012
Louise McGregor Memorial in Neurorehab ($800) 2011
Omer H. Patrick II Memorial Prize ($2,000) 2011
UBC Faculty of Medicine Graduate Award ($7,000) 2011
Omer H. Patrick II Memorial Prize ($1,500) 2010
Louise McGregor Memorial in Neurorehab ($850) 2010
UBC Faculty of Medicine Graduate Award ($3,000) 2010
UBC International Di erential Tuition Fee ($3,200/year) 2010-2013
UofA Faculty of Graduate Studies Travel Award ($1,100) 2010
UofA Graduate Student Association Travel Award ($500) 2010
UofA International Di erential Tuition Fee ($3,200/year) 2008-2010
Media Coverage
2016: New York Times covered one of my PhD publication again! Read More: Can you get smarter?
2016: I was a panelist at “The Art of start” at Women Who Code Silicon Valley.
2015: I’m honored to be included in PTE’s list of 100 top influential innovators.
2015: New York Times covered my PhD publication in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society. Read More: Lifting Weights, Twice a Week, May Aid the Brain
2015: Silicon Valley Business Journal covered Brite Health based on my PhD studies. Read More: Brite Health Co.: Exercise your mind by first exercising your body
2015: VCHRI covered my publication in PLOS ONE journal. Read More: BALANCE AND OTHER SIMPLE PHYSICAL FUNCTION MEASUREMENTS CAN PREDICT COGNITIVE DECLINE
2014: PsychCentral covered my publication in British Journal of Medicine. Read More: Aerobic Exercise May Boost Memory
2013: New York Times covered our lab’s publication in Journal of Aging Research. Read More: Getting a Brain Boost Through Exercise
2011: New York Times covered our lab’s publication in Archives of Internal Medicine. Read More: How Exercise Can Keep the Brain Fit
2010: Rehabilitation Sciences department at UBC covered my PhD studies. Read More: Rehabilitation Sciences
