Niyitegeka, Julie

Niyitegeka, Julie

Biography:
Julie is an international student originally from Rwanda, currently pursuing her Bachelor of Science degree with a specialty in Microbiology at Vancouver Island University (Nanaimo campus). As a fourth year student, she enjoys spending time in the laboratory working on different research projects, reading her Biology textbooks and learning more about how the Science she is learning can be used to help improve others’ wellbeing.

Research interests: Epidemiology, especially ways to control and prevent epidemic diseases; metabolic diseases; ways to use nutrition to improve people’s wellbeing; and natural/herbal medicine.

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