UBC PhD candidate first recipient of science policy fellowship

As the first recipient of a new Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Science Policy Fellowship, Noreen Kamal will have an opportunity to develop evidence-based provincial policy for emergency care. Kamal is an electrical and computer engineering PhD candidate studying human-computer interaction as it pertains to health.

The fellowship will embed Kamal for six months in the Ministry of Health to develop policy recommendations for emergency department care informed by research evidence and best practice.

For more information, visit http://www.ece.ubc.ca/news/201204/noreen-kamal-first-recipient-science-policy-fellowship.