Webinar: Careers in the Medical Science Start-up Industry

Paola Solis, ‘17 MSc

Scientist, Entos Pharmaceuticals

Paola Solis has many years of experience in research as well as industry (ranging from worldwide renowned companies to start-ups) , her research background includes: chemistry, microbiology, molecular biology. She currently specializes in Lipid nanoparticles research and development, manufacturing and quality control and has been involved and phase I and phase II vaccine production.

Juliana Valencia, ‘17 PhD

Clinical Scientist, Nanostics Inc.

Dr. Juliana Valencia is an experienced researcher with a history of working in academic, start-up and clinical settings in the areas of pre-clinical research (cell biology, oncology, cell therapies) and clinical research (hematology and cardiology).

Rinde Johansson, '14 BDes, '19 MSc

Rinde Johansson has a master of science degree with a specialization in surgical design and simulation at the University of Alberta and the Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine (iRSM). She has applied her education to a number of roles in the start-up space applying skills in human factors engineering, research and development, product design, product development and more. Rinde currently works for MACH32, an Edmonton-based start-up focused on creating innovative medical devices.