Mehwish Anwer

Dr. Mehwish Anwer acquired her doctoral degree from University of Eastern Finland through the prestigious Marie Skłodowska Curie PhD fellowship awarded by the European Union. She joined Dr. Cheryl Wellington’s lab at University of British Columbia for her Postdoctoral research. Dr. Anwer she is investigating Traumatic brain injury (TBI), which is one of the leading causes of death and disability in Canada and costs more than $26.8 billion/year (Public Health Authority Canada) and is among the most difficult acquired neurological conditions to treat, due to heterogeneity in nature of impact and evolution of pathology. Dr Anwer employs cutting-edge techniques such as tissue clearing, light sheet imaging and spatial transcriptomics. Dr. Anwer have published 15 papers with 6 lead author articles (5 peer reviewed, 1 preprint) and have 32 conference abstract presentations and have received multiple awards for her work local and internationally. Dr. Anwer serves on various UBC committees to advocate integration of principles of equity, diversity and inclusion, and she believes that mutual respect and kindness can go a long way!