Project Lead at ONTalent / Western University (2025-01 – 2026-01)
- Conceived and led development of an AI-driven health literacy platform designed to improve health education engagement among elementary and secondary school students, transforming an initial project concept into a functional prototype used by 200+ youth participants.
- Directed project planning, stakeholder engagement, timelines, team coordination, outreach activities, and deliverables across a multidisciplinary team of graduate students and technical collaborators.
- Leveraged relationships developed through leadership within the AI Collective healthcare community to secure private funding, extending the project beyond its original 12-week pilot and supporting continued product refinement and technical development.
- Presented project findings and product demonstrations to faculty, researchers, parents, and youth stakeholders, incorporating feedback to improve usability, engagement, and educational impact.
Regional Manager, Healthcare Vertical at The AI Collective Toronto (2025-01 – Present)
- Founded and leading healthcare-focused programming across Toronto, Brampton, and London chapters, convening healthcare professionals, researchers, founders, and AI innovators to explore responsible AI adoption and healthcare innovation.
- Plan and execute professional networking and educational events attended by 70+ stakeholders, managing outreach, speaker engagement, logistics, facilitation, and post-event follow-up.
- Developed strategic relationships across healthcare, technology, and cybersecurity compliance, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and leveraging stakeholder networks to secure external funding that extended the ONTalent HealthQuest project beyond its original pilot phase.
Graduate Teaching Assistant – Research Methods at Western University (2024-01 – 2025-01)
- Facilitated weekly tutorials for approximately 30 undergraduate students, reinforcing qualitative and quantitative research concepts through discussion, case studies, and applied learning activities.
- Developed educational resources, evaluated assignments, and provided individualized feedback to support student learning, critical thinking, and research skill development.
Surgical Coordinator at Clarity Eye Centre & Lumea Surgical Centre (2023-01 – 2024-01)
- Coordinated cataract surgery workflows for 25+ patients daily, serving as the primary liaison among surgeons, optometrists, operating room staff, insurers, and patients.
- Implemented digital pre-operative and post-operative documentation processes that reduced administrative follow-up inquiries and improved patient preparedness for surgery.
- Guided patients through treatment decisions involving premium intraocular lens options while ensuring informed decision-making and a high-quality patient experience.
- Resolved scheduling, documentation, and diagnostic record issues proactively, helping patients avoid unnecessary testing, treatment delays, and additional costs.
Honours Researcher | Telehealth Access & Patient Experience at University of Ottawa (2022-01 – 2023-01)
- Led an honours thesis examining the impact of COVID-19 on abortion service delivery through telehealth models, focusing on healthcare accessibility, patient experience, and health system adaptation.
- Designed interview guides, recruited participants, conducted and transcribed interviews, and analyzed hundreds of qualitative responses using NVivo and Excel.
- Presented findings through faculty presentations and research dissemination activities, contributing evidence that supported continued investigation of telehealth service delivery within the research program.
Clinical Research Associate & Team Lead at Reproductive Health Research Lab (Dr. Angel Foster) (2019-01 – 2023-01)
- Supported multiple reproductive health studies examining contraceptive access, medication abortion, and emerging reproductive technologies through participant recruitment, data collection, qualitative analysis, and knowledge translation activities.
- Maintained partnerships with clinics across Ontario to facilitate participant recruitment and data collection while ensuring compliance with privacy, ethics, and research protocols.
- Conducted hundreds of interviews, coded qualitative data, analyzed findings, and contributed to reports, presentations, and dissemination materials for multidisciplinary research teams to support ongoing studies examining healthcare access, reproductive health policy, and patient experiences across Canada.
- Improved data quality and participant engagement through supportive interviewing practices and rigorous data validation processes.
