Hoda Hamouda

Ph.D, Library, Archival and Info. Sci

Doctoral Student

Hoda is a user experience designer at the Blockchain @ UBC interdisciplinary research cluster where she researches criteria necessary to support users in understanding consents–to the use of their data– in research of personalized medicine as well as their acceptance to self-sovereign control models over their health data. Hoda is responsible for designing user interfaces of web platform that translate this research into a tangible service to users. 

She is a Ph.D. student whose research focuses on verifying the authenticity of eyewitnesses and citizen journalism videos captured during politically significant events that document human rights violations against protestors, civilians, and civil institutions. 

She is the Head of Curriculum Design at the British Columbia Newcomers Association, which provides yearly a free summer camp, to children of new-coming families to BC, that is designed to assist them in overcoming language and social barriers.

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.

Blockchain@UBC

Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems, ICICS 179 – 2366 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
E-mail blockchain.ubc@ubc.ca

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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