Daniel Shirvani

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Experience & Education

  • Harvard Medical School

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Volunteer Experience

  • Anytime Fitness Graphic

    Gym Volunteer

    Anytime Fitness

    - 2 years 10 months

    Health

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    Hangouts Volunteer & Technology Consultant

    West Coast Kids Cancer Foundation

    - 2 years 10 months

    Health

    Hosted virtual hangout groups for children affected by cancer and blood disorders.

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    Wayfinding Volunteer

    Vancouver General Hospital

    - Present 4 years

    Health

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    Summer Student, Marra Lab

    BC Cancer

    - 2 months

    Health

    160+ hours over the summer at the Marra Laboratory, run by the Head of the Department of Genetics at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine. Tasks involved data analysis, as well as contribution to wet-lab and tissue culture work.

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    Committee Member at Youth Advisory Committee

    District of West Vancouver

    - 1 year 5 months

    Social Services

    An active committee member at the West Vancouver District's Youth Advisory Committee. The purpose of this committee is the provide feedback to the mayor's office for improvements to the West Vancouver community. The Youth Advisory committee had also played a major role in setting up youth events and communal opportunities throughout the year. Taking on a principal role at the Youth Advisory Committee had entailed leadership, team collaboration, and planning.

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    Assistant Instructor

    UME Academy

    - 1 month

    Science and Technology

    As a volunteer at UME Academy, I had helped instructors with computer management, student administration, event preparation, and asset programming in C# with Unity3D. I had also given one-on-one lessons to students who needed help and or wanted advanced material.

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    Teacher

    West Vancouver Memorial Library

    - 5 months

    Social Services

    Taught free digital communication sessions to local seniors. 1-hour long, one-on-one sessions would be given to each client. Primarily assisted with emailing, but had also expanded to different forms of digital communication (i.e. texting), as well as miscellaneous lessons with technology.

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    Research, Personalized Cancer Care

    ICAN, International Cancer Advocacy Network

    - 1 year

    I led ICAN's initiative to index literature related to 700+ rare lung cancer mutations. In conjunction with executive leadership at ICAN and physicians, I helped plan the creation of a crowd-source genomic browser to enable proper use of patient genomic reports for physicians, without extra training or cost.

Publications

Honors & Awards

  • Carl Bradford Robertson Scholarship

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    This $15,000 scholarship is awarded to four students at UBC per year. The winners are selected by a special committee among candidates nominated by faculties. This scholarship is among the highest paying Premier Scholarships at UBC.

  • Wesbrook Scholarship

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    The annual Wesbrook Scholarship is given to the top twenty undergraduate students at UBC. Candidates are nominated by their Faculty/School and selected by a special committee. The winners are presented with a $1,000 scholarship and a certificate. The Wesbrook Scholar designation appears on the student's permanent record.

  • Dean of Science Scholarship

    UBC Faculty of Science

  • Robert and Kazuko Barker Award

    UBC Enrolment Services

    I was among 2 students nominated by the UBC Department of Pharmacology, Anesthesiology and Therapeutics to receive this award. Final selection by Enrolment Services was between all department nominees in the Faculty of Sciences and Faculty of Arts.

  • Teaching Excellence Award

    UBC Science Undergraduate Society

    $500 award given to Teaching Assistant in Faculty of Science for exemplary work & engagement with students.

  • British Columbia Government Scholarship

    Government of British Columbia

  • Principal's Award of Merit

    Steve Rauh

    The $500 Principal Merit Award is given to students selected by the Scholarship and Awards Committee who have been active school citizens, with an extra-curricular life outside of school, and a strong academic record. This award is given upon graduation.

  • Youth Group Awards

    West Vancouver Municipality

  • Silver Medal in Academic Standing

    Steve Rauh

    Awarded as the second highest student in academic standing for Grade 10 year.

  • Honours with Distinction

    Steve Rauh

    Achieved Honours with Distinction standing on school-based marks for 2016-17 school year.

  • Mathematica Centrum School Award 2016

    Mathematica Centrum

    Medal awarded to school's top most student in Mathematica Centrum Euler Competition.

  • Mathematica Centrum School Award 2015

    Mathematica Centrum

    Medal awarded to school's top most student in Mathematica Centrum Pythagoras Competition.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Persian

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Elementary proficiency

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