Omer Jamal is a recent undergraduate from the University of Toronto Scarborough, who completed a double major in Human Biology and Health Studies. He is currently a MSc student in Public Health at Dalla Lana School of Public Health. He is an established researcher that currently works as a research assistant at the Boggild lab for Tropical Infectious Diseases, and within the HIV-intensive care project at UTSC. During the summer of 2020 and 2021, Omer worked on two racial equity and health equity projects via the UofT student engagement award. In the racial equity project, he researched the importance of collecting race-based COVID-19 data to provide an equitable response to the current pandemic.  In the health equity project, he developed insights on how high-level decision-makers can implement more accessible, equitable, and anti-oppressive pop- up COVID-19 vaccine clinics, specifically for racialized postsecondary students residing in Canadian COVID-19 hotspots. Omer hopes to continue his undergrad research work on important topics revolving around health equity. In addition, Omer's research interests include Global Health Equity, Disease Prevention and Treatment, and Epidemiology. In his free time, Omer enjoys playing and watching sports such as cricket, basketball, and soccer. In addition, Omer loves traveling, trying new food spots, watching Netflix, and being with friends/family.