LEILA LAX BA, BScAAM, MEd, PhD
Leila’s MEd & PhD are from the University of Toronto, Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, in Higher Education with a specialization in health professions education and computer applications. Her roots are in Art as Applied to Medicine (Class of ’83), teaching in the Art as Applied to Medicine program and the undergraduate and the Master of Science programs in Biomedical Communications, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (1983-2019), supervising masters student research (1997-2019), and conducting medical and health sciences education research (since 1997). Her interest in design research (Dr. Carl Bereiter), knowledge building theory (Dr. Marlene Scardamalia), and codesign processes (Dr. Leila Lax) led Leila to create the Visual Knowledge Building & Translation (vKBT) Lab in Biomedical Communications.
As an Assistant Professor (part-time), Leila also designed and taught the 2nd year graduate course, “Sequential Medical Communication: Demonstrative evidence for the courtroom”. In addition, she codesigned and cotaught 2 undergraduate courses, “Forensic Visualization” and “eLearning Environments”.
Leila served a 2-term appointment as Commissioner to the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Program (2009-2016) and the Accreditation Review Committee for the Medical Illustrator, for the Association of Medical Illustrators.
On June 30. 2020 Leila retired from Biomedical Communications after 37 exceptional years that she is enormously grateful for. She will continue to work on various codesign research projects and pursue her interests in the history of medical art.
Contact: l.lax@utoronto.ca