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We are thrilled to share that Dalhousie Medical Sciences student Diana Adamo has become our university’s 94th Rhodes Scholar (Rhodes Trust)! We wish her all the best as she pursues postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford. Learn more: bit.ly/3sLmn3I 🙌  #DalProud

Congratulations to UPEI's Luke McCarvill on being one of 11 outstanding Canadian students awarded the 2024 Rhodes Scholarship! We wish him all the best as he pursues postgraduate studies University of Oxford #PantherProud #RhodesClassof2024 upei.ca/communications…

Yesterday, I sent my letter of resignation as a board director to Canadian Medical Association. As the national organization that represents physicians and medical learners in Canada, I am profoundly disappointed and appalled by their actions and behaviour. Link to letter: yipeng.ca/2023/12/22/my-…

Very excited to be racing for the Oxford University Boat Club in the women’s spares race as part of The Boat Race! We race tomorrow (Wednesday 27 March) at 10am UK time, against Cambridge.

Oxford won with a verdict of 2.5 boat lengths! If you’re interested in hearing a bit more about the race and the event, here’s an interview I did with CBC Nova Scotia’s Information Morning, the evening before my race: cbc.ca/player/play/1.…

Honoured to have received a Doctoral Research Award from CIHR through the sex, gender, and intersectionality in health research priority area CIHR Institute of Gender & Health. A huge thanks to my mentors (especially Dr Joana Pinto), my supervisor, and everyone who has supported me! Engineering Science, Oxford

Excited for day one of the ARVO annual meeting! Love the “new bee” pin for my first ARVO conference 🥹 #ARVO2024

I’ll be presenting my poster, “Comparing the pupillary light response to white, red, and blue stimuli with cerebrovascular reactivity” today from 3:00-4:45pm PDT at poster A0389 at #ARVO2024! If you can’t make it, you can see the supporting materials here: linktr.ee/sierrasparks?u…

Having fun at #ARVO2024 with Sierra Sparks! #SciCommTF ARVO

Thank you so much for the support!

It’s one of my favourite days of the year - Happy Women in Engineering Day! I’m honoured to have a place in engineering with so many incredible women.

First day of the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress, and excited to start the day with an important discussion led by Dr. Christine Kiire on sex-specific differences that must be considered in research - going beyond bikini medicine!

Honoured to have been able to speak at the Research at ARUK Thames Valley Network Research Day yesterday! My talk, “The Nine Month Stress Test: is pregnancy a risk factor for dementia?” outlined the work we are doing with the Maternal Brain Project, led by Dr Joana Pinto! CIHR Institute of Gender & Health

Dal alumni include an impressive 94 Rhodes Scholars in its ranks, and in a new Dal Magazine article, meet a selection who are standing up for the world in a range of ways. dal.ca/news/2024/06/2…

Wondering how to include intersex, trans, non-binary and Two-Spirit people in your studies? Check out @CGSHEquity’s Gender and Sex in Methods and Measures Research Equity Toolkit, funded in part by the CIHR-IGH Sex and Gender Science Chairs program. bit.ly/3Xj62Ac

Our article, where we explore the relationship between cerebrovascular reactivity and different parameters of the pupillary light response, is out now!

Well, I've started a... 📚 Women's Health Book Club 📚 Our next meeting will be held on Monday, 23rd September, 2pm @ IBME (Oxford, UK) We will be discussing the book "Eve" by Cat Bohannon Let's have open discussions on topics/issues related to women's health! Join us 🤗

Had a fantastic time attending and presenting at the Inaugural Podium Institute Conference on Sports Medicine and Technology! It was great to explore the intersections of sports, engineering, and medicine, and to hear about some exciting research. Engineering Science, Oxford CIHR