In my two years with the Faculty, I have had the pleasure of meeting many alumni, some in their home towns, but more recently, online. One thing that always amazes me, though, regardless of how we met, is the degree to which you care about improving the lives of others and how you strive to make an impact in your field. While I know that’s the way our faculty and staff approach their own work, I realize a Faculty focused on health attracts students who care about other people in the first place.
For this issue of Health Hub, we’re exploring the ways in which alumni have been making an impact in their various fields. Whether it has to do with the way data is used to improve services for Canadians, or whether it’s breaking the glass ceiling in aviation, improving the effectiveness of wearable technologies, or improving health care in our communities – alumni have been both making waves and quietly working behind the scenes to make lives better over the last five decades.
We also strive at the organizational level to improve the lives of individuals, communities and populations – whether it’s through research, education or partnerships. To that end, we’ve included some areas of notable impact in which the Faculty has been involved since 1967.
As always, I hope you enjoy reading about fellow alumni and I encourage you to reach out if you have story ideas you would like to share, either with me or our alumni and advancement team.
Lili Liu
Dean, Faculty of Health
