Samantha Lui recently completed her Geriatric Medicine fellowship at the University of British Columbia in June 2026 and is currently completing additional months of enhanced training in osteoporosis. During this training, she is working with mentors in Geriatric Medicine, Rheumatology, General Internal Medicine, and Endocrinology and is pursuing certification through the International Society for Clinical Densitometry.

Her clinical and academic interests focus on osteoporosis, fracture prevention, and optimizing bone health in older adults. She is leading a quality improvement initiative at Vancouver General Hospital evaluating osteoporosis treatment after hip fracture hospitalization, with the goal of identifying gaps in secondary fracture prevention and informing the development of a Fracture Liaison Service. The Tim Murray Short-Term Training Award will support her advanced osteoporosis training by providing opportunities for focused clinical learning across multiple disciplines, strengthening her expertise in evidence-based osteoporosis care and metabolic bone disease.

Samantha’s long-term goal is to become a geriatrician with specialized expertise in osteoporosis, bridging inpatient and outpatient care to improve fracture prevention and post-fracture management. Through clinical practice, quality improvement, research, and education, she aims to advance osteoporosis care for older adults and contribute to initiatives that improve bone health and reduce fracture risk across British Columbia.

Kandrix Kim is a Clinical Research Analyst and Coordinator at University Health Network, where he works under Dr. Andy Wong on clinical and imaging-based musculoskeletal research. His work combines research coordination with quantitative medical image analysis, supporting studies of knee osteoarthritis, bone structure, muscle composition, and musculoskeletal health.

Kandrix develops and applies Python- and SAS-based image analysis workflows involving image preprocessing, segmentation, quality control, and the extraction of quantitative imaging measures. His current work includes MRI analyses of subchondral bone perfusion in knee osteoarthritis, as well as the analysis of bone, muscle, and adipose tissue across MRI and multiple CT-based imaging modalities. He also coordinates participant recruitment, study visits, imaging procedures, data management, and communication across multidisciplinary research teams.

The Tim Murray Training Award supported Kandrix’s participation in the 2026 Open and Reproducible Musculoskeletal Imaging Research Workshop at the University of Calgary. Through the workshop, he received training in software engineering, collaborative development, and reproducible image analysis. He also contributed to ORMIR-XCT, an open-source software package for musculoskeletal imaging research, by improving documentation that supports the use, maintenance, and future development of its imaging-analysis tools. He plans to continue contributing to the project as part of the ORMIR community. 

Kandrix hopes to continue developing reliable, well-documented, and reusable imaging-analysis workflows that support research in osteoporosis, fracture risk, osteoarthritis, and musculoskeletal health.