Joshua Liu, Synapse Youth Profile

Future

Joshua Liu
University Student
Toronto, Ontario

• 2006 Starts university, planning to become a doctor and volunteer with Doctors Without Borders
• 2006 Shares the stage with Steve Page of the Barenaked Ladies and Toronto Mayor David Miller
• 2005 Tours Europe with his high-school concert band
• 2003 Creates Our Kids Our Future, a non-profit group dedicated to ending child poverty

Present

Dr. Mona Loutfy
Infectious Disease Specialist
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
and North York General Hospital

• 2004 Completes her first triathlon, learning to swim only two months before the race
• 2003 Is called by a former mentor to battle SARS
• 2001 and 2002 Receives two separate CIHR postdoctoral training fellowships to support research into HIV
• 1991 Completes her BSc at the age of 19

The Future - It's yours to change

What's your dream?

• Finding a cure for cancer?
• Helping paralyzed people walk again?
• Keeping your family healthy for a long, long time?
• Still working on it?

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