Quincy Norman Vaz graduated from medical school in Mumbai, India, in 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. She was struck by how essential research and development is to enhancing health outcomes and as a physician, she felt helpless due to the dwindling resources and lack of treatment options in the face of crisis.
This epiphany led her to the Research Analyst Post Graduate Certificate Program at the Humber IGS in January of 2022, a three-semester program with a required work placement. Quincy describes the program to be “research-intensive, with an exceptionally structured academic curriculum” combined with hands-on experience through a required work placement. During her time at the IGS, she leveraged the plethora of resources available to support students in launching their careers in Canada, including participation in resume clinics, career development workshops, industry career mentorship program, and the Industry and Community Engagement Course. Quincy completed a 5-month work placement at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) as a part of her Research Analyst Program at the end of which she was offered a full- time role as a Research Analyst at CAMH.