Aisha Mir (She/Her)

Student, University of Toronto

About Aisha Mir

Hello! I'm an incoming fourth year student at the University of Toronto, majoring in Health Sciences and double minoring in entrepreneurship and anthropology.

For my first summer research, I examined what environmental variables influenced sleep patterns in children located in the Republic of Congo. I will be extending this research, with a focus on how sleep is affected with the extent of market integration.

I've done research ranging from biomedical physics to pedagogy studies. I have co-authored two publications on treating glioblastoma cancer and Parkinson's disease in animal models using MR-guided focused ultrasound. Below are the links to the papers!

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-85314-6

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-85811-8

For my Leadership-in-Action project, I am in a tiny island in Japan called Yoron, There, I will be helping out the English teachers, creating a Model UN curriculum to help expose the children to more extracurricular opportunities, piloting a Pen Pal project, and helping the science camp students affiliated with the University of Tokyo by teaching academic writing and by extension, academic presentation skills. The last goal is an extension of research I conducted with another professor outside of Laidlaw on pedagogical implications of expert writers' citation practices. I would also like to take this time firsthand to understand cultural differences in academic writing.

I'd love to chat more! Please don't hesitate to send me a message. :D

I am a/an:

Undergraduate Leadership & Research Scholar

University

University of Toronto

Laidlaw Cohort Year

2024

Research Topic

Anthropology Biological Sciences Population Health Regional & Area Studies

Area of Expertise

Biomedical Sciences Humanities Social Sciences

I am from:

Canada

I speak:

English Urdu

My hobbies/interests are:

Badminton Cooking/Baking Gym Writing/blogging

I am open to participating in mentoring/buddy programmes

Yes

Influencer Of

Topics

Channels contributed to:

Scholars' Stories Research

Rooms participated in:

University of Toronto

Recent Comments

Comment on LiA - Week 4 Log
Jul 25, 2025

Aw thanks Hannah! That's the best compliment I can receive for a reflection! Actually your timing of the comment is so impeccable because I had a coaching session and I deep-dived the whole "leading with love" portion and I think I was able to really demonstrate that quality because I met halfway with the students. I also just love children hahah and the way the parents and teachers interact with the kids in Yoron puts me at awe. Like it's just one huge family together and I can go on for hours about how wholesome the community is!

I'm so glad you read this, again you have my many thanks! :D

Comment on LiA Outline
Jun 25, 2025

Quiet leadership, that was the word I was looking for! Have fun Neha!