DR. DAVID SECKO

Associate Professor and Team Leader
Department of Journalism, Concordia University

Dr. Secko’s amazement at the speed at which an amoeba could crawl, led him to a Ph.D. (2004) from the University of British Columbia that focused on the soil amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. However, upon finishing his PhD, he started writing about science for the likes of The Scientist magazine and Vancouver’s Tyee. Now at Concordia University, Dave is working to give journalists new tools to communicate science. His interests further extend to research that links across journalism, science and ethical issues to clarify and experiment with the roles of the public, experts and journalists in the democratic governance of biotechnology. David won a Concordia University Research Award for his research contributions in 2011, the Dean’s Award for excellence as a new scholar in 2010 and was awarded the Hal Straight Gold Medal in Journalism from UBC’s School of Journalism in 2006.

DR. HOLLY LONGSTAFF

Research Associate
Department of Journalism, Concordia University

SHEREEN JOSEPH

M.A. Student
Department of Journalism, Concordia University

LOR SHIRLEY TRAN

M.A. Student
Department of Journalism, Concordia University (Alumni)

PATRICIA HANNEY

Senior Research Assistant
Genozymes GE3LS Project
(Alumni)

GABRIELA CAPURRO DE DARGENT

Research Assistant
Genozymes GE3LS Project (Alumni)

ERNEST HOFFMAN

M.A. Student
Department of Journalism, Concordia University (Alumni)

HALUK DAG

Research Assistant
Department of Journalism, Concordia University (Alumni)

ELYSE AMAND

M.A. Student
Department of Journalism, Concordia University (Alumni)

A. Novin

ALAMIR NOVIN

M.A. Student
Department of Journalism, Concordia University (Alumni)

E. Brass

EMILY BRASS

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Journalism, Concordia University (Alumni)

L. Gualtieri

LISA GUALTIERI

Research Assistant
Genozymes GE3LS Project
(Alumni)

S. Tlalka

STEPHANY TLALKA

Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Journalism, Concordia University (Alumni)

M. Dunlop

MORGAN DUNLOP

Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Journalism, Concordia University (Alumni)

G. Engelberts

GAËLLE ENGELBERTS

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Journalism, Concordia University (Alumni)

T. Friday

TERRINE FRIDAY

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Journalism, Concordia University (Alumni)

S. Rideout

SAMANTHA RIDEOUT

Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Journalism, Concordia University (Alumni)