Kira Tosefsky MD/PhD candidate

Department of Medicine

I am a current MD/PhD student in the Experimental Medicine program with a BSc (Hon.) in Cellular, Anatomical and Physiological Sciences from UBC. I completed my undergraduate honours thesis in cellular neuroscience under the supervision of Dr. Shernaz Bamji. I am now pursuing my PhD under the supervision of Dr. Silke Cresswell at the Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre, where I am investigating the effects of nutritional interventions on the gut microbiome, inflammatory biomarkers, and clinical outcomes in patients with Parkinson’s disease. I am interested in leveraging data science innovations to improve the efficiency and lower costs of patient-centered clinical research.

Research Interests: Data science, microbiome, metagenomics, clinical trial design, machine learning

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Kira Tosefsky MD/PhD candidate

Department of Medicine

kiratos@student.ubc.ca

Data Science and Health

10th Floor, Diamond Health Care Centre, 2775 Laurel Street
Vancouver, BC Canada V5Z 1M9

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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