PhD Candidate
University Of British Columbia, Canada
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
The main goal of my work is to reduce the burden of premature coronary disease in Canada by identifying barriers to early diagnosis and preventive treatment.
After obtaining my medical degree (honours) from the Ural State Medical University in Yekaterinburg, Russia and completing post-graduate medical training in Neurology, I spent several years working in a stroke centre at a large tertiary hospital and its outpatient clinic where I provided consultation on primary and secondary prevention of stroke and cardiovascular disease. Working there, I became interested in cardiovascular risk and prevention in young adults. At that time, my family was immigrating to Canada. I welcomed this new life chapter as it provided me with an exciting opportunity to pursue my scientific interest at the cutting edge of cardiovascular science at the University of British Columbia.