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Student of the Year Award: Jamie Magrill (Biology)
March 31, 2016
Jamie recently completed a 12-month Co-op term at the BC Cancer Agency. As a Co-op student Jamie was responsible for validating a cutting-edge molecular classifier for endometrial cancer, and he also initiated a number of novel projects on rare ovarian cancer biomarkers. Jamie was able to co-author… read more
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Student of the Year Award: Alanna De Mello (Combined Majors in Science)
March 30, 2015
Alanna recently completed a 16 month Co-op placement with BC Children’s hospital in the Division of Nephrology, where her colleagues, peers and mentors considered her to be “one of the strongest research students that our Division has ever seen”. In addition to Alanna’s outstanding performance as a… read more
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Student of the Year Award: Lucas Cahill (Engineering Physics)
March 28, 2014
Lucas is an ideal candidate who exhibits all the qualities of an outstanding Co-op student. During his time as a Co-op student, he has achieved many impressive accomplishments in his workplace, contributing much to advance the research projects that he was a part of. His supervisors described him… read more
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Student of the Year Award: Abhijit Parolia (Biotechnology)
March 29, 2013
Abhijit Parolia is one of the top five students admitted to the Joint UBC/BCIT program over the past ten years. He already has co-authored three scientific papers and has kept a very high grade-point average in a very demanding program. Abhjit also volunteers for the Two World Cancer Collaboration… read more
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Student of the Year Award: Trisha Roberson (Physics)
March 30, 2012
This year’s Science Co-op Student of the Year recognizes an outstanding young physicist, Trisha Roberson (Honors Physics & Philosophy), who has stellar achievements in all areas in her academics, co-op work terms and UBC community. As one of the forerunners of the Max Planck Institutes &… read more
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Student of the Year Award: Gurpal Bisra (Engineering Physics)
March 30, 2011
Gurpal’s one dream is to have a positive impact on humankind and our planet. His participation in the Science Co-op program has shown that he is determined to make his dream come true. In grade 10, he was inspired by his Science teacher who talked about how nanotechnology could be used to cure… read more
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Student of the Year Award: Maya Tong (Microbiology & Immunology)
March 30, 2010
Maya began her co-op career with us much like any other student. She attended workshops and applied to jobs in hopes of landing her first placement. What separates Maya from others is how much effort she put into her co-op experience. In a word, she was persistent. She didn’t try to take the easy… read more
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Student of the Year Award: Alec Lee (Biotechnology)
March 30, 2010
Alec is the kind of person who makes change happen. In 2007 he co-founded a company, MCAT Question a Day, which provides free test prep services to pre-medical students preparing for the rigorous MCAT examination. Their website launched in 2008 and since then has grown to serve nearly 80,000 users… read more