A geriatric medicine resident and PhD candidate at Dalhousie University, Dr. Jasmine Mah is helping medical researchers expand the impact of their work, and driving system change in Canada and internationally.
Dr. Mah is currently studying the impact of social vulnerability and frailty on health outcomes and the use of health care resources among older adults in Nova Scotia. To put her learning into action, she also explores ways to improve emergency room admissions for socially vulnerable individuals.
But Dr. Mah recognizes the challenge of putting medical research into practice. To help her peers make their work more accessible both within the field and for the general public, she co-founded Let Science Connect, which offers science communication coaching and workshops to researchers.
Beyond her work in Canada, Dr. Mah was involved in developing the National Plan for Solid Organ Donation and Transplantation for Greece. The project was presented to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in July 2021, resulting in a significant transformation of the country’s transplant infrastructure.
Dr. Mah earned a medical degree at the University of Ottawa and a Master of Science at the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has held leadership positions with the Canadian Resident Geriatrics Interest Group.
“I am in awe of all she has accomplished in her short career and eager to see what comes next.” — Dr. David Anderson, dean of medicine at Dalhousie University
Dr. Jasmine Mah is receiving the CMA Award for Young Leaders (resident) for her accomplishments in leadership, policy change and science communication.