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Princess is the Research Assistant for the IMASS Team, with many years of experience within the position. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science (2023) at the University of Manitoba with a Co-op degree in Psychology, and developed her research experience starting in 2021 as she completed her co-op work terms here at IMASS as Research Assistant.

Princess assists with all projects within IMASS, focusing on surgical simulation projects, developing relationships with Indigenous patients and improving their care in the Centre for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and clinical studies for patients going through bariatric surgery. Her experience allows her to work on all aspects of each project, including ethical approval, data collection, and publication, providing mentoring to Co-op and Undergraduate students.

Jammie Lee is currently a medical student at the University of Manitoba. He completed his Bachelor of Science (2023) at McGill University, where he received multiple awards for academic, teaching, and research excellence, including the Dean's Honour List, Tomlinson Engagement Award for Mentoring, and Dean's Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research List.

Jammie brings a rich research experience that spans physiology, chemistry, and surgery. He is assisting with research on simulating pelvic hand-sewn bowel anastomoses and has authored a systematic review on the use of artificial intelligence in endoscopic training. He is interested in learning more about the evolving field of minimally invasive surgery and how novel technologies such as AI and simulators can enhance surgical training and education.

Beyond medicine, Jammie is a nationally recognized concert pianist, named to CBC's 30 Under 30 List (2024). He is also passionate about teaching and mentorship, having supported hundreds of students as a teaching assistant for undergraduate science courses, a medical school admissions coach and consultant, and a volunteer teacher with Let's Talk Science.

Rebecca is currently completing her Bachelor of Science at the University of Manitoba as a Genetics Co-op Honours student. She strives to achieve high academic excellence, which has been recognized through awards such as Dean’s Honour List, President’s Scholarship, and Governor General’s Academic Bronze Medal. Her studies focus on medical genetics, research in epigenetics, and ethical genetic considerations.

As a research assistant, Rebecca contributes to a wide range of projects, focusing on clinical studies with current patients at the Centre for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and surgical simulation education innovations for surgical tasks such as laparoscopic hand-sewn bowel anastomoses and central venous catheterization. Her work also includes receiving ethical approvals for studies and preparing written discussions in manuscripts for publication.

Outside of her education, Rebecca is passionate about being an active member of her community, serving as Assistant Director of Programming (2025-2026) and Vice President (2026-2027) for the University of Manitoba’s Undergraduate Microbiology Student Club to enhance the undergraduate experience of her peers.

Wasif is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Manitoba, where he is completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics through the Faculty of Science. Throughout his studies, he has been recognized for his academic excellence and has been named to the Faculty of Science's Dean's Honour List on multiple occasions.

Wasif worked as a Student Research Assistant at the Institute for Minimal Access Surgical Sciences (IMASS) from August 2025 to August 2026. His work focused on examining gaze behaviour during simulated central venous catheterization procedures using eye-tracking technology. He also contributed to several other projects within the lab, including data collection for a waste audit survey in operating rooms and research involving endoscopy simulation. In addition, he collaborated with fellow research assistants to integrate machine learning techniques into the analysis of eye-tracking data collected during simulated central venous catheterization.

Beyond academics, Wasif enjoys mentoring fellow students by offering guidance on academic and professional development opportunities. He is also passionate about contributing to new research initiatives and collaborating with researchers across disciplines to address meaningful challenges.

Duc is an undergraduate Data Science Co-op student at the University of Manitoba. He joined the Institute for Minimal Access Surgical Sciences (IMASS) in September 2026 as a Data Analyst Co-op student and will be working with the team throughout Fall 2026 before returning to his academic program. Duc developed the IMASS lab website.

During his studies, Duc has held multiple undergraduate research roles across different labs. His current research interests include Medical Machine Learning, Data Mining, and Computer Vision.