Alec Yu Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, BC, CA

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Established a new collaboration with the Canadian Mental Health Association that pairs patients with a peer health navigator that has lived experience with homelessness
• Leading a prospective cohort study on the outcomes of peer navigation, and of British Columbia’s first Transitional Care Centre, to improve and scale these interventions

New Westminster

• Secured $10,000 of renewable research funding with the University of Oxford through creating a business case for medical sustainability
• Reduced waste produced by an ICU by 80% through completing a medical waste audit and working with frontline staff and administrators to implement recommendations
• Produced the first nation-wide census on ICU waste through a national survey, travelling to sites across the country to share best practices.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Utilized Lean Six Sigma QI methodology, along with skills from other disciplines, to improve instrument and personnel flow between the operating room and medical device reprocessing unit.
• Created a flow map and value stream map, completed a strengths-gaps analysis, and used Adobe InDesign to create an engaging data dashboard for frontline staff.

• Assisted physicians who had novel ideas for new tools or technology to improve medical care to develop those ideas into real products
• Developed over 60 portfolios for innovative ideas championed by over 40 physicians, including market analysis, patent searches, and literature searches
• Formed and collaborated with partners (BCIT, Emily Carr Health Design Lab, UBC Biomedical Engineering) to determine the need for an idea, then prototyped, tested, and iterated.
• Presented ideas in a “Positioning Statement” for non-medical investors to evaluate; pitched ideas along with physicians to an internal funding committee.

SFU Molecular Cardiac Physiology Group

• Developed a computer model of the functioning of an action potential using Python
• Contributed to the medical literature on the pharmacokinetics of sodium channels

- Canadian Red Cross certified First Aid Instructor for Pacific First Aid Ltd. - Creates and delivers lessons on occupational, standard, and emergency first aid - Also has experience working in sales and trade shows selling first aid products

- Received training on teaching and grading with Kumon Math & Reading Centre- Instructed children and youth aged 5-17 in the subjects of English and Mathematics

Doctor Of Medicine - Md

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate Medical Education Committee; Learning Environment Advisory Council; Refugee Health Initiative.

Bachelor'S Degree, Biomedical Physiology

Activities and Societies: Faculty of Science - Student Ambassador; SFU Red Cross Club - VP Internal Affairs- President's Honour Roll (GPA.

Bc High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: President and Co-Founder - Pinetree Global Issues Club/Red Cross Club; Athlete - Badminton, Track and Field.