Skylar was a great artist who had lots of friends in kindergarten, but she struggled to read the word “cat” and often wrote a few of her letters backwards. She felt different from other kids, so she was keen to participate in a BC Children’s Hospital project to see if her brain was wired differently…

Dr. Quynh Doan is a pediatric emergency physician at BC Children’s Hospital, investigator, director of clinical research and interim senior executive director at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Here, she talks about her background, career, research and passions.

Isabella Parrotta hasn’t quite decided yet where her life will go after she finishes her kinesiology undergraduate degree at the University of British Columbia later this year. She’s mulling over medical school or physiotherapy, but right now, the 22-year-old wants to keep her options open.