IYSES Research Night Presentations

These are virtual, recurring sessions held in collaboration with IYSES chapters featuring University professors who will present on current events within their field and their own contributions through research.

Next Date/Time TBA Upon Sufficient Interest

Career Exploration Webinar Series

These are virtual, recurring sessions featuring students and other professionals in various fields who will present on their experiences, with the intention to provide insight into different career options and post-secondary experiences.

Next Date/Time TBA Upon Sufficient Interest

IYSE Youth Case Competition (IYCC) 2025 May 4, 2025

IYCC 2025 was a full-day case competition organized and held in collaboration with the IYSES University of Alberta chapter, where high school youth in the Edmonton, Alberta, Canada area can presented a STEM research-backed solution to a current problem.

The topic of IYCC 2025 was access to primary care physicians in rural areas. 9 teams were registered to compete.

IYCC 2025: Judges

Pratima Singh

Policy Advisor, Primary Care and Rural Health, Government of Alberta

Pratima Singh is a Policy Advisor at Primary Care and Rural Health, Government of Alberta, with a strong passion for evidence-informed policymaking in the realm of public health. She brings a unique blend of clinical and epidemiological expertise to her work, championing innovative solutions that improve access, equity, and outcomes in health care systems.

Dr. Jill Konkin

Professor and former Associate Dean of Rural and Regional Health, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta

Dr. Jill Konkin is a full Professor of Family Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta. In the first 20 years of her career, she worked as a full-service rural generalist family physician. Since taking an academic position, she continued to do locums for other rural generalists. She has held several senior leadership positions in the Faculty including Associate Dean, Rural & Regional Health and Associate Dean, Community Engagement. In these roles, she has developed and implemented new rural medical education programs.

Dr. Eleni Stroulia

Vice Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta. Former NSERC/AITF Industrial Research Chair on Service Systems Management; held leadership roles in GRAND, AGE-WELL, and CFN networks.

Dr. Eleni Stroulia is a Professor in the Department of Computing Science, at the University of Alberta. From 2011-2016, she held the NSERC/AITF Industrial Research Chair on Service Systems Management, with IBM. Her research focuses on addressing industry-driven problems, adopting AI and machine-learning methods to improve or automate tasks. She has played leadership roles in the GRAND, AGE-WELL and CFN Networks of Centres of Excellence. She has supervised more than 60 graduate students and PDFs, who have gone forward to stellar academic and industrial careers. Since 2021, she is serving as the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science.

Dr. Somkanya Tungsanga

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. Post-doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta. Nephrologist. ISN-GKHA Named Fellow.

Dr. Somkanya Tungsanga is a nephrologist and researcher with a dual appointment as a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Nephrology and Immunology at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry in Edmonton, Canada, and as an assistant professor and consultant nephrologist in the Division of General Internal Medicine–Nephrology at Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine in Bangkok, Thailand. Her significant contributions to the International Society of Nephrology’s Global Kidney Health Atlas have earned her the title of ISN-GKHA Named Fellow for the term January 2023 to December 2025. Dr. Tungsanga’s research focuses on chronic kidney disease and care disparities.

Maryam Zakeri Hosseinabadi

PhD Candidate, Alberta School of Business

Maryam Zakeri Hosseinabadi is a PhD candidate at the Alberta School of Business. Her research focuses on applying econometric models, statistical analysis, and machine learning techniques to behavioral operations management in healthcare.

IYCC 2025 in images

Other Past Events

Webinar: Careers in Law

A webinar conducted as a part of our career exploration series intended to provide insight into different career options and post-secondary experiences. Doctor of Law candidate, Queenie Chen, spoke on her experiences.

July 25, 2021, 7:00-8:00 PM MST. Virtual.

STEM Keynote Panel

A webinar conducted as a part of our career exploration series intended to provide insight into different career options and post-secondary experiences. Several speakers, including undergraduates from Harvard and a Cornell graduate, shared their experiences in computer sciences, business, and mathematics.

July 28, 2021, 7:30-8:30 PM MST. Virtual.

Webinar: Careers in Marketing

A webinar conducted in collaboration with Spectrum International as a part of our career exploration series intended to provide insight into different career options and post-secondary experiences. Shreyansh Bhatt, a MBA candidate, discussed his experience.

August 22, 2021, 9:30-10:30 AM MST. Virtual.

Remote Sensing and GIS

A webinar conducted in collaboration with Spectrum International where Dr. Dhanjit Deka from Gauhati University spoke about remote sensing, GIS, and careers in geoscience.

September 5, 2021, 9:30-10:30 AM MST. Virtual.

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