Personal Biography for Dave Harper

Age: He is 48 years old.

Partner of 11 years: Dave’s partner, Dale Drewery, is a television director/writer, and a former CBC current affairs producer and arts reporter.

Residence: Dave has been a resident and renter in the West End for 14 years and now lives at Chilco and Barclay.

Phone: 604.833.8138 (mobile)

Email: info@daveharper.ca

Professional History:

• Dave Harper is a Professor of Kinesiology at the University of the Fraser Valley. He has 25 years experience teaching about the human body and the mechanisms of disease. He is an internationally recognized expert in active and contemporary health, Aboriginal health, and health promotion and education.
  
• After completing his doctoral degree at the University of British Columbia in 1990, he was awarded a National Science and Engineering/NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Cambridge University (U.K.), where he conducted research into biofluiddynamics and comparative physiology.
  
• Dave is the President of Pacific BioVentures Inc., a private consulting company that provides information, education, due diligence and advice to the investment and biotechnology communities.
  
• He is the co-manager of the BioWest Biotech Hedge Fund, a private fund that uses alternative strategies focused solely on the biotech sector.
  
• He is the author of Investing in Biotech: How to Profit from the Biopharmaceutical Revolution, which was published in North America by Raincoast Books in 2002 and quickly became a best seller in Canada.
  
• Dave is a sought-after expert and professional speaker on contemporary health issues, education and biotechnology. He is a business consultant for the investment and knowledge-based communities, and an educational consultant on e-learning in post-secondary education.
  
• He has many North American media appearances to his credit, including radio and television interviews, newspaper and magazine articles, and online podcasts.
  

• Dave is a long-time West End resident. Having lived in the area for over a decade, he is intimately familiar with the issues important to the community.
  
• With a partner in the entertainment industry, Dave has an inside knowledge of and personal investment in addressing the issues that affect the arts and culture sectors.
  
• He created and established the First Nations Health Network to deliver, via the Internet, culturally sensitive, university-transferable health courses to First Nations students in their home communities.
  
• Dave is an enthusiastic mentor for the Student Biotech Network.
  
• He and his partner, Dale, are volunteers for the West End Cleanup, part of the Keep Vancouver Spectacular program.
  
• As a health specialist, Dave knows the importance of physical fitness. He has been a member and supporter of the West End’s Denman Fitness for more than a decade.
  

Education:

• B.Sc. (Zoology) University of British Columbia - 1983
  
• Ph.D. (Zoology) University of British Columbia -1991: Biomechanics (Fluid Dynamics)
  
• Postdoctoral fellowships:
  
  • Cambridge University - 1992 – 1994: Comparative Physiology and Biofluiddynamics
    
  • Woods Hole - 1992: Muscle Physiology
    

Publications:

• Education for a Digital World (Editor). Commonwealth of Learning - 2008
  
• Investing in Biotech: How to Profit from the Biopharmaceutical Revolution - 2002. (A best-seller three times on the ‘Books for Business’ list).
  
• Many articles in scientific and popular journals.