Science in the Cinema presents: Black Panther

Dr. Jennifer Jackson PhD

Dr. Jennifer Jackson is a registered nurse and an assistant professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary, with a joint appointment in Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine.  

She’s also a member of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health, Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education.  

Her research interest is supporting nurses and improving health systems, currently focusing on community-based addiction and harm reduction services. Social vulnerability, health systems, and nursing workforce and professional issues are her areas of expertise.  

Dr. Nevicia Case, PhD, MSc

Dr. Nevicia Case is the inaugural Manager of Black Health, Innovation, and Advancement within the Health Equity & Systems Transformation portfolio at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. Her post-doctoral experience is in health law from the University of Alberta, a PhD research in psychiatry from McGill University, and an MSc in medical science with a focus on clinical neurosciences from the University of Calgary. 

Dr. Case serves as a board member for The Howl Experience and is a 2025 Results Canada Fellow, among several other community engagements. In recognition of her commitment to global health equity through her career and service, Dr. Case is a recipient of the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation’s 2023 Top 30 Under 30 award and The Peak's Emerging Leaders of 2024 in Healthcare in Canada.

Dr. Motilola Akinfemisoye-Adejare PhD

Dr. Motilola Akinfemisoye-Adejare teaches courses in the African studies program in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Calgary. She is an African scholar focused on the intersection of popular media, politics, journalism and technology in Africa, and has published in these areas. She is also particularly interested in the representation of women politicians in Africa and what these might mean for their inclusion (or not) in governance. 

Prior to joining UCalgary, Motilola taught both theoretical and practical broadcast courses in the media studies department at the University of Botswana. She supervised many dissertations as well as radio documentary and radio drama projects and was instrumental in the development of the department's radio station.  

Motilola has served on the advisory board of the Journal of African Media Studies and is a regular peer reviewer of submissions from journals including African Journalism Studies, Journal of African Media Studies, and others. In 2024, she was recipient of the Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award for the Faculty of Arts.

Dr. Michael Kallos, PhD, PEng

Dr. Michael Kallos is professor and head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at the University of Calgary — a new department with 25+ faculty members and 500+ students in graduate and undergraduate programs. Truly transdisciplinary, the graduate program involves six faculties and acts as a hub for BME research across campus with 300+ faculty members from engineering, medicine, kinesiology, veterinary medicine, nursing and science. 

Dr. Kallos also has an adjunct appointment in Cell Biology and Anatomy in the Cumming School of Medicine and is a member of the McCaig Bone and Joint Institute, and the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute. 

His research is in stem cell biomanufacturing and scaling up cell production in bioreactors for regenerative medicine. He is a member of the board of the Stem Cell Network, and chair of the board of directors of the North American Veterinary Regenerative Medicine Network.  He also leads the Alberta-wide A-MEDICO medical devices initiative funded partly by the Alberta government and co-leads the Technology Solutions Accelerator of the One Child Every Child initiative at UCalgary.