Next stop, Oxford
For Vincent Wong, life truly is a journey.
As a , the Vancouverite moved across the country in 2021 to pursue his B.Sc. Honours in Neuroscience at 91˿Ƶ. He was drawn by The Neuro (The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital), Canada’s largest neuroscience research centre.
In the summer of 2022, Wong traveled to Yellowknife to conduct a research project on the unique health-care challenges in the North, an experience that would shift his career trajectory.
Next fall, Wong will travel to the University of Oxford where, as 91˿Ƶ’s 149th Rhodes Scholar, he will pursue a master’s degree in global health science and epidemiology with a focus on health-care systems and technology.
Wong plans to return to Canada afterward for medical training. Ultimately, he aims to work as a clinician and an advocate for health-care equity for resource-limited communities.
“I can see myself working as a public-health clinician or a clinician-scientist doing big population health studies, but I also want to be engaged with politicians and policy-makers, because that’s how change really occurs,” he said.