Shabnam Medhizadah

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Program: Masters Candidate - Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Internship Location: Mwanza, Tanzania

Partner Organization: Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences

Internship Project: Investigating the high instances of motor vehicle accidents in Mwanza
Shabnam Medhizadah completed her Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology at York University in 2012. Ms. Medhizadah is currently a first year Masters student in the Health and Rehabilitation Sciences program at Western University. Her current area of research focuses on the fitness to drive abilities of medically at-risk older drivers in Canada. Furthermore, she is an active member of the i-Mobile Research Lab, a lab focusing on fitness to drive screening measures, assessments, and interventions with a special focus on medically at risk drivers. Presently she is collaborating with the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences on high instances of motor vehicle accidents in Mwanza.