Zhi Ling Jiang

The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Curiosity has its own reason for existing
- Albert Einstein

Hi!
I'm Zhi Ling (zai-ling).
Studying Health Sciences at Laurier in Waterloo.
I'm passionate about doing impactful work, people and building community, scientific innovation and technology.

I love going on sidequests that contribute to my main quest of:
learning a ton about the world, the systems, and intricacies
that make it all work.

Partnerships Lead, Sponsorships Coordinator | Hack the North
- Raised XXX,XXX 2x to fund the next generation of tech leaders to build at the largest hackathon in the world
- Co-led Techyon Microgrants, the first ever Canadian Microgrants Program
- Led key ecosystem partnerships for the inaugural Waterloo Tech Week
Hack the North
Waterloo Tech Week
Instructional Assistant | Wilfrid Laurier University
- Passing down my learnings to the next cohorts in BI110, BI111, HN204 (Biology, Human Anatomy)
Research Assistant |
Wilfrid Laurier University
University of Toronto
University Health Network
- Literature reviews, scoping review, computational methodology
- Data analysis, animal handling, surgical technique - mice, stereotactic surgery
Milosevic Lab
Ramp Lab
Connect with Concussion - Ability Online
Connect with Concussion Initiative:
- Facilitated a corporate partnership with Ability Online and Concussion Centre, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital to create a novel digital solution to increase patient support and engagement
- Launched first web platform initiative connecting survivors of mild traumatic brain injury through creation and management of adapted medical resources, online forums, peer livechats, resource pages, “Chat with a Pro” within a year
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Advisory & Consulting Roles | Various.
Advising and consulting for multiple organizations on events, partnerships, engaging and building early talent communities.

Tinkering. A collection of personal and collaborative projects.

Neophil
Neophile: defined as the love of or enthusiasm for what is new or novel.
A web app recommending you new experiences based on the metrics of your life.
Treehacks 2024 @ Stanford University
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Gexture Beyond
A Gesture sensor-based prototype for programming simple gestures to execute a task based on tactile input.
Built with: Arduino UNO, Youtube API, PAJ7620U2 Grove-Gesture Sensor
Make UofT 2023.
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Construction Materials Optimization Platform
Winner. A B2B solution dedicated to advancing a circular economy within the construction, materials, trades sector.
Microsoft Aspire Green-a-thon 2023.
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ReGen Hub
Winner - $1000 24 hr case competition to propose, design, pitch a digital product to create connected communities upon analysis of community data, demographics, resource optimization
KPMG Pitch Competition - TKTS
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Hospital Length of Stay & Cost Estimator
Top 3.
Toronto Health Datathon - Top 3 @ Google Cloud
Machine Learning model to predict hospital length of stay and correlate cost of stay based on analysis of large patient dataset and services rendered.
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Community building initiatives.

BioTEC
- Raised XX,XXX and built partnerships to fund conference and pitch competition of the largest student-run bioengineering and biotechnology conference in Canada.
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Hack the Globe | Global Spark
- Led logistics of the first multidisciplinary social impact hackathon hosted at Boston Consulting Group.
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Waterloo Tech Week
- Formed key partnerships to bring WTW of over 60 events, WTW Kick Off to life.
- Did some media support too 😊
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Toronto Health Datathon - Google Cloud
- Raised $XX,XXX to fund Canada's first and only health datathon for graduate students and young professionals to advance skills in implementing machine learning models to solve real-world health system problems.
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Laurier Art Showcase
- Lead 6+ art sessions/year and an art gallery showcase highlighting art created by the Laurier/Waterloo community.
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Career Connect
- Changed the pipeline of student career options with a $2125 government grant
- Connected 300+ students with 10+ leaders and professionals with 5 events executed over 4 months
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