Tag: past-student

MSc. Medical Physics, University of Victoria
B.Sc. Physics, UBC Okanagan

2009 – 2013

Click here to view Daniel’s Masters thesis

M.Sc. Computer Science, UBC
B.Sc. (Hon.) Computer Science, UBC

2010 – 2013

Steve McAvoy is a computer science graduate student at the University of British Columbia. Funded by the BC Cancer Agency’s Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior, Steve’s graduate research focuses on automated methods of determining breast tissue density from digital mammogram images.

Steve has assisted the BC Cancer Agency in creating web-based survey software which is currently in use by the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Project, a tool for analyzing breast cancer risk, as well as numerous software utilities for DICOM medical image files.

view Steven’s Masters thesis

MSc. Statistics, UBCO
B.Sc. Statisitics, UBCO

Projects (2011 – 2013):

• The Gail model and the SMPBC

Tanja did her undergraduate degree in Mathematics and a Minor in Physics at Augsburg University in Germany. She now finished her graduate studies in Statistics at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan Campus. Her previous work has been mostly working in computer oriented statistics, data analysis and information visualization. At the BC Cancer Agency, she looked at risk factors for breast cancer and building a predictive model for breast cancer risk.

view Tanja’s Masters thesis

B.Sc. Computer Science (Hon.) UBCO 2013

Projects (2012-2014):

• Prostate Cancer Web Follow Up  

Andrew graduated from The University of British Columbia with an Honours Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Mathematics and Statistics. His main areas of work have been in simulation/modelling software and building web based applications based on open source platforms. At the Cancer Agency Andrew’s work has focused on the Prostate Cancer Web Based Follow Up and some smaller projects on ROI detection in RapidARC generated images. In his spare time, Andrew loves to play basketball, soccer, tennis and to go skiing and to train for triathlons. Beginning in early 2014, Andrew took a position with Microsoft in Seattle, WA.

View his personal website and his LinkedIn.

UBC Faculty of Medicine, Class of 2018
B.Sc. Microbiology, UBCO 2013

Projects (2013 – 2014):

• Validation of Volumetric Breast Density as a Risk Factor for Breast Cancer Screening
• Breast Cancer Surgical Outcomes Database
• Lung Cancer Surgical Outcomes Database

Ashley’s past research experience has been in gastrointestinal health and fungal ecology, but she has since been inspired to become involved in cancer research. She is excited to have received the 2013 Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF) studentship grant and to be on the Early Detection team. She also sits on the CBCF Run for the Cure Committee (2013) and the Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life Committee (2014) in Kelowna. In her spare time, she enjoys racing long distance triathlon (pictured) and is interested in how exercise affects disease susceptibility and progression.

B.Sc. Mathematics and Statistics, UBCO 2014

Projects:

• Breast Cancer Care Pathway and Micro-simulation Model
• Validation of Breast Density

Chloee will be graduating with a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics from UBC in 2013. After completing her B.Sc. in April 2014, Chloee plans to go to SFU to attend their Master’s Program for Statistics and Actuarial Science, potentially, going on to get a PhD.

B.Sc. General Science, UBCO 2014

Projects (2013):

• Lung Cancer Database

Courtney will be entering her fourth and final year at UBC Okanagan in September. She has no past research experience, however this project has inspired her to do further research in the future. Working on the Lung Cancer Database in conjunction with the Interior Health Thoracic Surgical Group was a great experience for her and she hopes to continue her research next summer. In her spare time, she enjoys jogging, reading, and playing with her dog Coco. She is interested in the field of surgery, potentially transplant or orthopaedic, and is fascinated by the internal workings of the human body. Courtney plans to enrol in the MD program at UBC in the fall of 2014 after graduating with her BSc. in June 2014.

UBC Faculty of Medicine, Class of 2018
B. Sc. Combined Major in Computer Science and Biology, UBC 2013

Projects:

• Application of radiomics in Tomo-Histology

Michelle completed her Bachelor of Science at UBC in Computer Science and Biology, and was subsequently accepted into the UBC Faculty of Medicine at the Southern Medical Program (SMP) in Kelowna. Despite studying medicine now, she hopes to continue learning in the computer science field. She jumped at the opportunity to combine her medical and technical experiences at the BCCA. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking and trying new foods. 

B.Sc. Computer Science, UBCO 2014

Projects (2010 – 2014):

• Risk Modelling on GPU
• CADe/CADx Recall Information
• Mammography Quality Control

Stephen was the recipient of the 2013 CBCF Wine, Women and Woods Studentship. Stephen’s main areas of research include medical image processing, parallel algorithms and CUDA-accelerated hardware applications. When not working, Stephen is often hiking, camping, playing ultimate, or cheering on the Canucks.

UBC Faculty of Medicine, Class of 2020
B.Sc. Microbiology (Honours), UBCO 2014

Projects:

• Breast Cancer Care Pathway and Micro-simulation Model
• Integration of a Web-Based Follow-Up Platform into the BC Cancer Agency for Improving Quality of Life Care and Research 
• Wait Times for Lung Cancer Patients in BC

Kelowna born and raised, Breanne received her BSc in Microbiology with Honours from UBC Okanagan. She started working in the Early Detection lab with the support of the B.C. Cancer Foundation Studentship and has continued working on various projects including the development of the Breast Cancer Care Pathway and Microsimulation Model, analyzing wait time data in lung cancer surgery, as well as cleaning and organizing data for the Dashboard. Breanne loves to travel, enjoy new cultures, meet new people, and try new foods. Breanne has been accepted to UBC Faculty of Medicine Southern Medical Program in Kelowna and is excited to apply her experiences at the BC Cancer Agency to her future career as a medical doctor.