Throughout my career, I’ve been dedicated to improving the representation and well-being of academic trainees.
I am the current President of the Boston Postdoctoral Association, one of the world’s largest nonprofit postdoctoral associations, and have led them to incorporate as a 501(c)6 organization. I am also their Advocacy Co-Chair and launched one of the largest ever postdoctoral surveys in the Boston area.
I am also an inaugural Board Member of the Boston University Postdoctoral Association, advocating for Boston University postdocs, and also represent science trainees by serving as a Committee Member on the Society for Neuroscience’s Boston Chapter, NeuroBoston. Boston University recognized these efforts with a Service Award.
I was President of the Graduate Students Association for Neuroscience during my PhD at McGill University.
I served as Committee Member and Reviewer for the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Awards (CGS-D) program for 2020-2021.
I have written publicly about how science trainees can communicate science (you can see other writings here).
As a Senior Editor and Content Director for Useful Science, I have trained many science science trainees to effectively and accurately communicate science to the general public.
I was one of the inaugural members, presenters, and Content Managers of BrainReach at McGill, with the aims of teaching and inspiring future neuroscientists, and for this received the Scarlet Key Award. Similarly, I also volunteered with Let’s Talk Science, and was the McGilll chapter’s Volunteer of the Year.
I am the current President of the McGill Alumni Association of Boston, helping to connect alumni with events, career development, and networking opportunities.
As a former Managing Editor of the McGill Science Undergraduate Research Journal, I led young scientists in communicating their research and develop their writing and publishing skills.