Yara Nasrallah
Ph.D. Student

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Email: yara.nasrallah@mail.mcgill.ca

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Educational Background:

BASc; Bachelor of Applied Science in Biomedical Engineering (with Distinction and Co-operative Education), The University of British Columbia, 2020-2025

Favourite Lab Equipment:

P200 Pipette

“Who would have thought?”
— Yara Nasrallah

Research Project and Interests:

Engineering Membrane-Derived Nanovesicles as Therapeutic Delivery Systems for Osteoarthritis Treatment

  • McGill Biological and Biomedical Engineering Recruitment Award (2025)

    British Columbia Women in Technology Scholarship (2024)

    NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (2024)

    UBC School of Biomedical Engineering Synergy Summer Studentship (2024)

    Second Place in Simon Cox Student Design Competition (2024)

    UBC's Trek Excellence Scholarship for Continuing Students (2021 & 2022)

    UBC School of Biomedical Engineering Scholarship (2021)

  • Lorne D. Sullivan Research Day at the Vancouver Prostate Centre (2024): Poster presentation - Engineering Novel Collective Cancer Migration Models Using Open Space Microfluidics.

    UBC School of Biomedical Engineering Symposium (2024): Poster presentation - Engineering Novel Collective Cancer Migration Models Using Open Space Microfluidics.

  • Microfluidics and Tumour Modelling Research Student at Dr. Govind Kaigala's Lab at the Vancouver Prostate Centre (Jan to Aug 2024): Studied leader cell-initiated cancer metastasis in 2D and 3D using open space microfluidics.

    Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, and Genomics Co-op Student at STEMCELL Technologies (May to Dec 2023): Designed molecular biology assays to routinely analyze the genomic health of pluripotent stem cells.

    Undergraduate Research Student at Dr. Rees Kassen's Lab at the University of Ottawa (May to Aug 2021): Analyzed the effect of synonymous mutations on cell fitness levels using site-directed mutagenesis.

  • St. John Ambulance Medical First Responder at Vancouver's Rogers Arena (May 2023 to May 2025): Provided first line of aid at concerts and Canucks hockey games with a team of around 6 to 8 advanced first aid volunteers.

    UBC Baking Club (Sep 2023 to May 2025): Vice president of the UBC baking club where I managed club collaborations and logistics.

    UBC Biomedical Engineering Student Team - Multiple Sclerosis to Movement (Oct 2020 to Aug 2024): Co-lead of a 14-person team where we developed a sensor-equipped glove that interfaces with a custom mobile-gaming application for the improvement of hand rehabilitation for those with multiple sclerosis.

    UBC Geering Up Engineering Outreach (May to Sep 2022): Delivered various STEM-related workshops and week-long camps to high school students for the purpose of engineering outreach to youth across the lower mainland in British Columbia.