The Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UFV, Dr. David Harper, will be our guest for this month's fireside chat. We'll walk through David's career as a science educator, researcher and technology CEO. We'll also dig into his new role as a catalyst of innovation and entrepreneurship at UFV.
Dinner and drinks included
Your ticket includes beer or wine and pizza!
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Cowork Chilliwack, 12-8465 Harvard Place, Chilliwack, BC V2P 7Z5
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Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Dr. David G. (Dave) Harper is a science educator, researcher, and technology CEO. Educated from K to Ph.D. in BC, he is an advocate for education, science and technology, diversity and inclusiveness, environmental sustainability, and is passionate about the importance of critical reasoning and reasoned skepticism.
Dave holds a BSc. and Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in mat…
Dr. David G. (Dave) Harper is a science educator, researcher, and technology CEO. Educated from K to Ph.D. in BC, he is an advocate for education, science and technology, diversity and inclusiveness, environmental sustainability, and is passionate about the importance of critical reasoning and reasoned skepticism.
Dave holds a BSc. and Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in mathematical biofluiddynamics and completed post-doctoral fellowships at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole and the University of Cambridge in comparative physiology. He is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the University of the Fraser Valley, where he teaches courses in Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, and Contemporary Health issues. He is also UFV’s Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
As a Visiting Scientist at the BC Cancer Research Centre, Terry Fox Lab, his current research focusses on the therapeutic benefits of ketogenic diets for women with metastatic breast cancer. He is on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute for Personalized Therapeutic Nutrition and has just completed a book about the new science of nutrition.
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