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Dr Tayaba Khan is a dental surgeon, a medical editor, a coach & trainer, and a health management and communications professional. She has over 20 years of experience in clinical dentistry, management, healthcare communications, training and teaching, and ethics pertaining to advanced healthcare aspects such as stem cell research and patient involvement in healthcare. Dr Khan has extensive experience in liaising with researchers and industry, managing university partnerships, developing health IT companies, contributing as a patient advisor, training medical postgraduates, and conducting project management for startups. She coordinated and executed the annual Aga Khan University International Ethics Thinking Group meetings in 2018 (London) and 2019 (Lisbon), actively contributing towards discussions on stem cell research and future human ethics perspectives with world renowned leaders, theologians, scientists, and lawyers. Dr Khan is currently a faculty at Bow Valley College, Calgary Alberta. Prior to this, Dr Khan supported Alberta Health Services as a credentialed EPIC trainer for the launch of ConnectCare, providing training for OPTIME modules, and contributed during the Calgary launch phase of this historical provincial healthcare change. She is currently a Board Member for Imagine Citizens Network; Member at International Advisory Committee of Strategic Patient-Oriented Research Evidence Alliance (SPOREA); and a Member of the Patient Advisors Network (PAN), Canada. In her various roles and capacities, she demonstrated skills in coaching and training, medical writing, editing, and healthcare communications, public engagement, mentoring, and grant development. Dr Khan is passionate about patient advocacy and creating solutions bridging information gaps between various stakeholders in the healthcare industry, with patients at the heart.