Karam Elabd Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

London Area, United Kingdom

Research scientist on the Lab Assistance Benchmark - Multimodal (LAB-MM) biosecurity project where we benchmark how effective LLMs are in assisting scientists with practical lab tasks. Read more here: https://securebio.org/lab-mm/

Part of the 1Day Africa Malaria Research Program. I managed a pool of mixed-methods research contractors by scoping, assigning, and reviewing research tasks. My independent contributions involved cost-effectiveness analyses, evidence reviews, expert interviews, and report writing.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Algorithms research engineer on the Cardiac Mapping team. Kardium develops the Globe Pulsed Field system for the diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation. I designed and evaluated tracking and navigation algorithms that transform multivariate physiological data into actionable information for electrophysiologist physicians during cardiac ablation procedures. MATLAB, Python, and Meshlab.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Quantitative research scientist on the Advanced Concepts Product R&D team. My role entailed a mix of applied research and protocol design which involved leading and on-body human biomechanics and materials lab data collection, as well as producing documentation-rich and generalizable software tools to facilitate our cross-functional research needs. MATLAB, Python, and Scala.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Research scientist intern on the Advanced Concepts Product Innovation team (formerly Whitespace labs).

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Instructor for an upper division/fourth year biomedical sciences course on wearable technology and human physiology (course code: BPK 409). I prepared and delivered lessons, lab sessions, assignments, and quizzes. Course content included wearable tech hardware and software to acquire and process data using Arduino and Python, and programming industry-standard machine learning algorithms to analyze physical motion and cardiac electrical activity (ECG).

Lead data engineer and analyst role with principal investigators Victoria Claydon, PhD. (CPL) and Tom Claydon, PhD. (Claydon Lab) on two independent projects: (1) Syncope cardiovascular pathophysiology mechanisms, (2) drug-induced cardiac arrhythmias in benchtop myocytes. Resulted in several publications.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Delivered 1-on-1 and group tutoring sessions in foundational Mathematics, Physics, and Biomechanics courses to student-athletes.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Teaching assistant (paid position) for several courses:- Exercise Health and Performance (Course code: BPK 343): Mandatory, third-year exercise science course for all students in the Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology program.- Mechanical Behaviour of Biological Tissues (Course code: BPK 402): Mandatory, fourth-year biomechanics course for all students in the Biomedical Engineering.- Biomechanics (Course code: BPK 201): Mandatory, second-year biomechanics course for all students in the Biomedical Engineering and Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology programs.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Injury Prevention and Mobility Laboratory. Researched the biomechanics of falls and fall-related injury, and developed a novel mechanical testing method to simulate head impact dynamics in real-life older adult falls.

Winnipeg, Canada Area

Center for Earth Observation Science (CEOS). Researched sea ice geophysics and climatology by imaging the temporal and spatial evolution and movement of brine in surrogate sea ice using electrical resistivity tomography (ERT).

Sfu Data Fellowships, Artificial Intelligence

Fully funded by an AGE-WELL ACCESS Award and an SFU Scale AI grant. Course-based fellowship covering data processing/analysis best.

Master Of Applied Science, Biomedical/Medical Engineering - Injury Biomechanics, 4.08/4.33 (First-Class Or 'A' Average On The Faculty Scale)

Activities and Societies: Member/speaker at Point of Care Health Technologies (PCHT) | Member/speaker at Origins of Balance Deficits.

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Member/resident at St. John's College | Member of the University of Manitoba Space Applications and Technology.