Elina Mer

Director, Center of Excellence

Elina is passionate about telling visual stories that improve medical and scientific education.

She creates illustrations and content for projects dedicated to improving patient experience, and uses design strategies to enable patient education. She has created resources for the Toronto Scleroderma Program and the Royal Ontario Museum. She has worked in the communications departments at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and the Field Museum in Chicago. She holds an MSc degree in Biomedical Visualization from the University of Illinois, and a BA degree with Highest Honours in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University.