Congratulations to Dr. Kendra Furber, who joined the Northern Medical Program, University of Northern British Columbia, as Assistant Professor on May 1, 2019.
Dr. Furber trained as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Drs. Adil Nazarali and Ron Doucette in the Neuroscience Cluster, and as a Research Associate with Dr. Bogdan Popescu at the Cameco MS Neuroscience Research Center.
Fortunately, Dr. Furber will continue her affiliation at the University of Saskatchewan, and she will make periodic visits to U of S over the next year as Visiting Professor with Dr. Phyllis Paterson.
Kendra is continuing her research into myelin degeneration and repair in the aging brain, in part supported by a research contract with the Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission (2017-2022), having acquired this contract with Dr. Nazarali along with Dr. Paterson as Co-Investigator.