Students of Health Studies:

Name: Allison Gallant

Program:  Honors Specialization in Health Sciences

Year: 3

Fun Fact: I am bilingual.  My hometown in New Brunswick is mainly francophone. 

Welcome back to Western! Tell me about what you did this summer.

This summer...

During the weekend of March 27th to March 30th I had the privilege to attend the Unite for Sight Global Health and Innovation Conference at Yale University. I was lucky enough to have been chosen to take part in this amazing experience and have memories that will last...

The Global Health and Innovation Conference was organized by Unite of Site, a non-profit organization that provides eye clinics for millions of individuals worldwide. This conference was created to exchange ideas across all disciplines of global health around the world...

Nothing short of life changing - that is my response when asked to sum up my experience at the Unite for Site: Global Health and Innovation Conference.

There were so many things about this trip that made it worthwhile: the people who I travelled with, the sessions I at...

The GHIC conference was a wonderful experience, filled with opportunity and intrigue. The

overall environment surrounding the conference was a community of like­minded individuals

coming together to seek improvement for society as a whole. One particular presentation tha...

Name: Tara Chen

Program: Honours Specialization in Health Sciences

Year: 5

HSSA Role: President

Fun Fact: I can eat a large Papa John’s pizza on my own in less than half an hour.

Why did you want to be on HSSA?

I started out as a residence representative for the Dream Team i...