Overview
The BDC Program is excited to welcome you to our annual BDC Engage Symposium, taking place on April 8, 2022! The Symposium provides an opportunity for our students to share their work and accomplishments with our community and celebrate the end of the academic year. Each year we showcase the work of our third year and Master of Biomedical and Discovery Commercialization students. Please join us to celebrate the success of our students.
Morning Session
Alumni and Third Year Undergraduate Pitches
9:00: Director’s Welcome
9:05: MBDC Alumni Presentations
10:00: Third Year Drug Discovery and Commercialization Pitches
10:50: Winning Pitch Announcement
Afternoon Session
Master of BDC Internship Presentations
1:30: Director’s Welcome
1:35: Master of BDC Internship Presentations
3:50: Winning Presentations Announcement
3:55: Open Q&A with Master of BDC Students
MBDC Alumni Presentations
Our alumni will join us to share the varying career pathways that are possible with a Master of Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization degree.

Market Access Manager
Specialty Care
GSK

Medical Advisor
Women's Health
Bayer
Third Year undergraduate Pitches
The third-year BDC student teams have been working alongside their research mentors to design creative solutions to biomedical problems. Each team has created an amazing poster that will be accompanied by a three-minute pitch.
Master of BDC Internship Presentations
The Master of BDC students will be presenting an overview of their internship experience in the pharmaceutical, therapeutic, biotechnology and consulting sectors, and how the experience has prepared them for the next steps in their career.
Session One – 1:35 PM
Information Box Group

Angelica Giansante
Primary Care and Medical Operations Intern
Bayer

Preston Chan
Marketing and Business Analyst
eye3concepts

Meshwa Pandya
Sales and Marketing Analyst
Miravo Healthcare

Archan Dave
MS/NMR Analyses & Laboratory Logistics Support Intern
Sanofi Pasteur

Annamaria Dobrin
Research Assistant – Health Economics and Market Access
EVERSANA

Mohamed Mohammad
Clinical Trials Project Manager
NeuroCatch

Keya Sultanaamin
Technology Transfer Associate
Roche
Session Two – 2:20 PM
Information Box Group

Sigaan Nagalingam
Marketing and Sales Coordinator
Linggo

Noorisah Khan
Business Development Analyst
McMaster Industry Liaison Office

Kristyn Guglielmin
Medical Governance Intern
Bayer

Victoria Schofield-Zioba
Pharma Technical Analyst
Roche

Ethan Raizman
Market Intelligence Research Analyst
Optimal Innovation Group

Alyshia Laidlaw
Research Assistant – Health Economics and Market Access
EVERSANA
Session Three – 3:05 PM
Information Box Group

Prabakar Shan
Data Sciences Product Leader – Data Quality Lead
Roche

Dhiren Pranami
Health Economics and Market Access Associate
Johnson & Johnson

Lee Jiang
Laboratory and Clinical Trials Intern
McMaster Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Clinic

Abhira Raveendran
Student Intern – Science Partnerships and Programs Branch
Government of Canada

Hiba Minhaj
Analyst, Quality Systems and Operations Division
Roche

Aarsh Shah
Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Consultant
Intertek

Jose Esguerra
Product Management Intern
Trudell Medical International

Leander Ovid
Patient Centre of Excellence Intern
AstraZeneca