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Leiana Hoshyari

Research Assistant

Leiana is a co-op student under the supervision of Dr. Del Dorscheid. She works with Leeanne and Shoshana with the ongoing asthma clinical trials. She also splits her time at the Dorscheid lab at HLI also located at St. Paul’s hospital. She is enjoying her time between clinical and wet lab research and hopes to continue this for the remainder of her co-op. She is completing her Bachelor of Sciences in Biology from UBC and on track to graduate spring of 2025. Outside of work, she enjoys running and spending time with her friends and family.