Shiva Amiri

Dr. Amiri is currently a Senior Program Lead at the Ontario Institute where she works on research and commercialization of cutting edge neuroscience projects to translate research into patient centred outcomes. Previously, Dr. Amiri was a Program Officer at Grand Challenges Canada where she worked to implement innovative solutions for global health’s greatest challenges. She was formerly the Team Lead for UK’s Science and Innovation Network in Canada. Her role was facilitating scientific collaborations between UK and Canadian universities and research laboratories and encouraging innovation by providing access to the best technologies and policies. She has also been working on a Computational Biology start-up company for the past two years on next generation screening methodologies.

Shiva completed her D.Phil. (Ph.D.) in Computational Biochemistry at the University of Oxford where she focused her work on computational studies of membrane proteins involved in neuronal diseases. Prior to her studies at Oxford, she received an Honour’s Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto with a double major in Computer Science and Human Biology. During this time, she conducted research at the Best Institute for Medical Research’s Bioinformatics and Proteomics program.

Dr. Amiri is involved with several organisations including Let’s Talk Science and the Canadian Science Policy Conference. Apart from science, her interests include history, film, and fine arts. She also likes to play sports, travel, and involve herself in humanitarian causes in the developing world.