Graduate Student
Stanford University, California, United States
Catharine Bowman (BHSc) is a master’s student in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University and MD Student at the University of Calgary. She graduated First Class from the University of Calgary with an Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences, receiving the President’s Award for Excellence in Student Leadership. In 2007, Catharine’s mother was diagnosed with lymphedema, leading Catharine to promise her mother that she would one-day develop a pharmacological treatment for her incurable lymphatic disease. By the age of fifteen, Catharine founded a national team of clinicians and scientists to pursue this work across Canada. Today, Catharine's research focuses on the epidemiology of lymphatic disease, lymphedema therapeutics, psychosocial manifestations, and surgical treatment of lymphedema. Through her speaking campaign, "Let's Talk Lymphedema", Catharine has presented on lymphedema internationally. Catharine has been named one of Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30, one of Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40 by Avenue Magazine, and was selected as one of thirteen women in the world to join the Rising Talents Network in Paris, France. In 2022, Catharine was awarded the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship to pursue graduate studies at Stanford University.
Systemic Pharmacotherapy for Lymphedema an Open Label Trial
Friday, September 19, 2025
10:05 AM – 10:20 AM EDT