Student Leadership

Our student leadership team promotes quality improvement and patient safety and healthcare. Students are elected or appointed each April. See our Constitution for information about eligibility and criteria.

Past Student Leadership: 2011-2012    |    2010-2011    |    2009-2010

Current Student Leadership: 2012 – 2013

Executive Team

Position Name Program Contact
President Cindy Shen Medicine president@utihiopenschool.ca
Ex-officio President Sara Omar Radiation Sciences pastpres@utihiopenschool.ca
VP Operations Akib Uddin Clinical Engineering operations@utihiopenschool.ca
VP Communications Tanvi Agarwal Medicine communications@utihiopenschool.ca
VP Practical Experience Laetitia Tam Medicine practical@utihiopenschool.ca
VP Recruitment Heather Thompson Nursing recruiting@utihiopenschool.ca
VP Education Margaret Saari Nursing education@utihiopenschool.ca
VP Collaboration Manas Bhatnagar Clinical Engineering collaboration@utihiopenschool.ca
Website Lead Andrea Jovanovic Industrial Engineering contact@utihiopenschool.ca
Seminar Co-Leads Laura Quigley, Natasha Correa Medicine seminar@utihiopenschool.ca
QI Projects Lead Jacqueline Chan Industrial Engineering qi@utihiopenschool.ca
QI Observerships Lead Erin Chung Pharmacy observership@utihiopenschool.ca
Conference Lead Sabrina Tang Clinical Engineering conference@utihiopenschool.ca

Class Representatives

Name Program Faculty Year
Agnes Chow MBA Rotman School of Management  2
Priya Eapen Nursing Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing  2
Masood Hassan  Master of Higher Education (Health Profession Education) Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE) 1
Ilyse Lax Rehabilitation SciencesSciences Occupation Science and Occupational Therapy  2
Charlie Wu Clinical Engineering Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME)  1

Seminar Working Group

Name Program Faculty Year
Melissa Li Medicine Faculty of Medicine  1
Annabelle Ong Pharmacy Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy  2


Past Student Leadership: 2011 – 2012

Executive Team

Position Name Program Contact
President Sara Omar Radiation Sciences president@utihiopenschool.ca
Ex-officio President Kavita Patel Medicine pastpres@utihiopenschool.ca
VP Operations Franky Liu Pharmacy operations@utihiopenschool.ca
VP Communications Shelly Luu Medicine communications@utihiopenschool.ca
VP Practical Experience Chris Yarnell Medicine practical@utihiopenschool.ca
VP Recruitment Andrea Jovanovic Industrial Engineering recruiting@utihiopenschool.ca
VP Education Timea Urban Nursing education@utihiopenschool.ca
VP Collaboration Jieun Cha Medicine collaboration@utihiopenschool.ca
Website Lead Gregory Handrigan Medicine contact@utihiopenschool.ca
Seminar Lead Laura Quigley Medicine seminar@utihiopenschool.ca
QI Projects Lead Valerie Mais Industrial Engineering qi@utihiopenschool.ca
QI Observerships Lead Nishita Kamath Industrial Engineering observership@utihiopenschool.ca
Conference Lead Cindy Shen Medicine conference@utihiopenschool.ca

Class Representatives

Name Program Faculty Year
Manas Bhatnagar Clinical Engineering Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME)  1
Kate Dunbar Nursing Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing  1
Albert Gheorghita Medical Radiation Sciences Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences  3
Prasaanthan Gopee-Ramanan Medical Radiation Sciences Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences  3
Natasha Iyer Pharmacy Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy  2
Hanna Janossy Industrial Engineering Faculty of Applied Sciences and Engineering  3
Amber Liu Pharmacy Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy  4
Jennifer Siu Neuroscience, Physiology Faculty of Arts and Science  4
Gabilan Sivapatham Global Health Faculty of Arts and Science  2
Jawaria Zafar Pharmacy Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy  2
Khuzaima Zafar Pharmacy Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy  2


2010 – 2011

Position Name Faculty
President Kavita Patel Medicine
Ex-officio President Jason Coke HPME
VP Operations Muhammad Saeed Engineering
VP Communications Cindy Shen Public Health
VP Practical Experience Beth Li Pharmacy
VP Recruiting Jeff Alfonsi Medicine
VP Education Annie Leung Medicine
VP Collaboration Michael Li Medicine
Website Lead Rob Fraser Website Lead
Seminar Lead Margaret Saari Nursing
QI Projects Lead Jacqueline Chan Engineering
QI Observerships Lead Jamie Zao Pharmacy
Conference Lead Sara Omar Radiation Sciences
Website Team Franky Liu Pharmacy

2009 – 2010

Position Name Faculty
President Jason Coke HPME (2nd year)
Blog, Seminars Karen Born HPME (PhD)
Seminars, Meeting logistics Kavita Patel Medicine (1st year)
Facebook Maintenance Elizabeth Elliot Radiation Sciences (1st year)
Mentorship, “Job Shadowing” Ben Fine Medicine (3rd year)
Curriculum Lisa Caulley Medicine (2nd year)
Curriculum, Mentorship Pierre Robichard Medicine (1st year)
Allison Loh Kandylis Nursing (Masters)
Deb Winick HPME (1st year)
Julie Reid HPME (2nd year)
Meghan Ho Medicine (2nd year)
Melissa Griffin Clinical Engineering
Natalia Lizon Industrial Engineering
Olivia Ng Pharmacy (2nd year)
Rachel Fu Pharmacy (3rd year)
Sara Omar Radiation Sciences (1st year)
Stephanie Low Medicine (1st year)
Victoria Paullonis Nursing (2nd year)
Wister Ng Life Sciences