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You’ve heard of the expression “the right place at the right time”? Well, in Dr. Kate Spanos’ case, it was a matter of being the right person for the right project.

Vancouver, British Columbia has become the Canadian epicentre of both opioid abuse and addiction research. It’s also home to Pauline Voon, a PhD student at the University of British Columbia.

Brown rats are nearly entirely dependent on humans for resources, which suggests that their evolutionary histories might be linked to the ways humans build and organize their urban landscapes.