Yale Michaels, Synapse Youth Profile
Future
Yale Michaels
High-school Student
Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 2006 Member of Team Canada at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
- 2005 Places 2nd in provincial wrestling championship
- 2003 With help from a science teacher, begins working in a lab at the University of Manitoba
- 2000 In grade 4, completes 1st science fair project
Present
Dr. William Ghali
Professor, Departments of Medicine
and Community Health Sciences
University of Calgary
- 2006 Runs the Boston Marathon for the second time
- 2003 Named as one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40
- 2002 Completes post-doctoral studies at Boston University and returns to University of Calgary
- 1993 At height of tainted blood scandal, publishes 1st-ever paper, on blood transfusions - gets prominent media coverage
The Future - It's yours to change
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- Finding a cure for cancer?
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