Meet our DASH community

DASH is featuring our members and trainees on our newsletter and website to explore the various expertise, interests, and background that each of us brings to our data science and health community.

Name:

Miini Teng

Title and Affiliation:

Medical Student, The University of British Columbia

Data Science and Health 2023 Trainee Research Award Recipient

Role in DASH:

Trainee

Bio:

Miini Teng is a 4th year medical student at The University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Data Science and Health 2023 Trainee Research Award Recipient. Prior to medical school, she completed a BSc and MSc in Occupational Therapy, both at UBC. 

Miini has a unique background in occupational therapy and data science. She has worked as a data science fellow with the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and has conducted research in age technology and digital literacy. Her work also includes collaborating with people with disabilities to pilot remote assessments to evaluate how the design of human-computer-environment interactions can be optimized for compassionate care. Her research interests include age technology, AI ethics, digital literacy, and human-computer interactions.