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RITA LAM
from Grad Pathways
AHPS ‘16
Congratulations to alumna, Rita Lam (‘16), on successfully defending her MASc thesis, and on winning first place in the UBC Okanagan Three Minute Thesis competition.
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The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills. Participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a nonspecialist audience.
Rita’s research aims to understand the interactions between two healthy building foundations: indoor daylight and indoor microbiome. Specifically, she studies the effect of indoor daylight through a newly developed electrochromic smart window on the microbiome within the building. The results of her study can provide important insights for future healthy building design and infectious disease control in all built environments. Well done Rita! We’re keeping our eyes on you!
