Student of the Year Award: Julie Ng (Pharmacology)

In 2007/2008 we continued our annual tradition of presenting one exceptional Science Co-op student with the Science Co-op Student of the Year Award. 14 excellent
Science co-op students applied for the award. Based on criteria which includes job achievement, academic performance,and community involvement, the Co-op Student of the Year 2007 award was awarded to Julie Ng, a 4th year Pharmacology student.

Julie’s performance with her academic studies and Co-op work terms has been exemplary. During an 8 month placement at Roche Biosciences, Julie made significant contributions on a drug-discovery project which earned her an Individual Employee Achievement Award. She spent her next two Co-op work terms at the iCapture Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Heart and Lung Institute at St. Paul’s Hospital, where she discovered her desired career path as a clinician-scientist in cardiology.

Julie received the Summer Student Research Program Award from UBC’s Faculty of Medicine and is co-authoring a manuscript to be published this year. In between work and maintaining a 90%+ average, Julie contributes to her community with a variety of volunteer work. With her hard work, commitment, focus and compassion, Julie Ng epitomizes all the qualities we seek to instill in our students; we are extremely proud to have her represent the Science Co-op program.