09/02/2026
Two years into her biomedical sciences degree, Maïka Harvey has already taken her research from uOttawa all the way to Harvard.
After getting a head start in research through uOttawa’s URS and USRO programs, biomedical sciences student Maïka Harvey became one of just 11 students across Canada selected for the prestigious Amgen Scholars Program.
She spent the summer studying ovarian cancer at the University of Toronto before taking her research internationally to Harvard for the Amgen Scholars Symposium.
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