Charis Lai


Cluster assistant coordinator, Vaccine Evaluation Center

Charis is the Cluster Assistant Coordinator and Knowledge Translation Assistant Coordinator at the Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute. Charis has earned a Master of Public Health degree and a Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree, double majoring in Physiology and Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences. Previous to this role, she worked as a Project Coordinator in the Knowledge Translation and Exchange Team, Strategic Initiatives at BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services. She has also acted in research assistant and coordinator roles in pediatric dermatology, otolaryngology, and animal physiology/toxicology in the context of environmental health.

First Nations land acknowledegement

PREVENT-AMR operates on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples — xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.


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