Nicole Li-Jessen
Associate Professor;Â Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)
Nicole Li-Jessen (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor from the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FoMHS). She is a speech-language pathologist and a computer biologist by training. She is the Canada Research Chair in Personalized Medicine of Voice Disorders. She leads the Voice and Upper Airway Research Laboratory at McGill. The team focuses on advancing personalized medicine in voice and upper airway disorders through the development of high-performance computing, wearable devices, non-invasive diagnostics and biomaterials for tissue regeneration.
Dr. Li-Jessen is dedicated to promoting diversity, cultural competence and social accountability in health professions. She is the Chair of Widening Participation Committee (FoMHS) with the mission of enhancing the diversity of student body within health professional programs at McGill. She works with McGill student leaders to develop outreach and mentorship pathway programs for high-school students from under-represented populations.
Further, Dr. Li-Jessen was in the inaugural cohort and is now on the steering committee of the Telemachus Scholars Program, a mentorship program for the members of FoMHS. As a newly minted tenure faculty, she has been greatly benefited from the Telemachus program and is excited to provide similar support to the junior faculty at McGill.