Alumni spotlights

As a postdoc in biomedical engineering at the Schulich School of Engineering, Emily Bishop (PhD ‘15) researched the effectiveness of a high-tech knee brace for people with osteoarthritis. She won a graduate program award for her “extraordinary accomplishments and outstanding contributions.” Bishop helped with the strategic planning and implementation of the university’s Biomedical Engineering Research Strategy. She worked with the private sector and taught third-year students at Mount Royal.

But after having a baby in 2020, Bishop did the mother of all pivots.

“When I went back to work after my first child, I was not proud at all of how I was showing up for my family,” she says. “It was not okay. I wanted to make a change.”