Dena Shahriari
Title: Assistant Professor
Department and affiliations: Department of Orthopaedics and School of Biomedical Engineering
Location: ICORD
You are part of the ATM Early Career Researcher cohort at UBC. What is the most important aspect of that community for you?
The peer support and generous mentorship offered to the community are the most important aspects.
What excites you the most about translational medicine at UBC?
The abundant resources for collaboration between research and clinical researchers provide unique opportunities for bench to bed research, which is at the core of translational medicine.
Tell us about a project or endeavour that you’ve participated in that makes you proud:
I am particularly proud to be part of the Mend the Gap Transformation grant by which scientists and researchers of different fields have come together to improve function after spinal cord injury.
What is your best advice for students?
Being kind to ourselves.
How do you like to recharge?
A bike ride, a swim, a hike, a paddle… as long as there is fresh air for the mind to relax and an activity for the body to workout.