Jessica Kalra

Dr. Jessica Kalra is an assistant professor of teaching in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC, a principle investigator in the Applied Research Centre at Langara College and a staff scientist in Experimental Therapeutics at the BC Cancer Research Centre. She graduated from UBC with PhD in pathology and laboratory medicine.

Dr. Kalra has two theme areas of research and scholarly activity: 1. Developing and implementing in vitro and in vivo models for streamlined testing of drug efficacy and 2. innovation and evidence-based research and practice in STEM education.

Dr. Kalra has had many roles in post-secondary education. She has been teaching undergraduate students in STEM for over 20 years. She was integral to designing developing and implementing three new undergraduate programs at two institutions. Dr. Kalra also worked with faculty as a curriculum consultant and a facilitator of professional development for educators and is an academic integrity advocate with an ongoing program of scholarship in the area of academic integrity and universal design for learning.