BESA is a student organization representing the needs of graduate students at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at the University of Toronto, as well as students in the various collaborative programs. All graduate students in BME and any of the collaborative programs are automatically members of BESA. BESA is an official student government and provides a link between the students, the Institute, and the Graduate Students Union. BESA plans and organizes social, professional and special events for BME students, such as ski trips, sports games, live performances, career spotlights and more. We provide services such as charity donation support for students fundraising for biomedical charities, student support for community projects and maintaining a professional avenue of communication for external bodies. We also take the lead in planning Scientific Day, a showcase of graduate students’ work in April, with the assistance of the department. Meet the team! Contact us at besa.ibbme@utoronto.ca
BESA Exec 2023-2024
President
Aleksandra Fomina
BESA Exec 2022-2023
President
Amber Xue
< amber.xue@mail.utoronto.ca >
VP Events
Ruonan (Crystal) Cao
< ruonan.cao@mail.utoronto.ca >
VP Operations and Finance
Aleksandra Fomina
< aleksandra.fomina@mail.utoronto.ca >
VP Professional Development
David Li
< dx.li@mail.utoronto.ca >
VP Communications
Chung Yi (Eric) Tseng
< chungyi.tseng@mail.utoronto.ca >
ToBE Conference Chairs
Christopher Ling
< cwf.ling@mail.utoronto.ca >
Saba Sadatamin
< saba.sadatamin@mail.utoronto.ca >
Community Outreach Director
Megh Rathod
< megh.rathod@mail.utoronto.ca >
University Affair Representatives
Janice Pang
< janice.pang@mail.utoronto.ca >
Soowan Choi
< soowan.choi@mai.utoronto.ca >
Social Directors
Mina Vaez Ghasemi
< mina.vaez@utoronto.ca >
Gurnish Sidora
< gurnish.sidora@mail.utoronto.ca >
Athletics Director
Travis Douglas
< travis.douglas@mail.utoronto.ca >
BESA Exec 2021-2022
President
Carter Teal
< carter.teal@mail.utoronto.ca >
VP Operations and Finance
Aleksandra Fomina
< aleksandra.fomina@mail.utoronto.ca >
VPs Professional Development
Ruonan (Crystal) Cao
< ruonan.cao@mail.utoronto.ca >
Amber Xue
< amber.xue@mail.utoronto.ca >
ToBE Conference Chair
Aleksandra Fomina
< aleksandra.fomina@mail.utoronto.ca >
Athletics Director
Soowan Choi
< soowan.choi@mail.utoronto.ca >
University Affairs Representatives
Janice Pang
< janice.pang@mail.utoronto.ca >
Chung Yi (Eric) Tseng
< chungyi.tseng@mail.utoronto.ca >
BESA Exec 2020-2021
VP Communications
Carter Teal
< carter.teal@mail.utoronto.ca >
BESA Exec 2018-2019
President
Amir Reza Peimani
<amir.peimani@mail.utoronto.ca>
VP Operations and Finance
Kristie Liu
<kristie.liu@mail.utoronto.ca>
VP Communications
Ilham Hafizovic
<ilham.hafizovic@alum.utoronto.ca>
VP Events
Wenhan Liu
<wenhan.liu@mail.utoronto.ca>
VP Professional Development (2)
Parmoon Bayat Sarmadi
<parmoon.bayatsarmadi@mail.mcgill.ca>
Greg McGillis
<gmcgillis@gmail.com>
iARC Co-Chairs
Chaim Katz
<chaim.katz@mail.utoronto.ca>