Sanaz Alavizadeh graduated with a master’s degree in Molecular Biology in 2017 from the University of Grenoble Alpes in France. She also obtained a specific university diploma in clinical research. She worked as an assistant engineer from July 2020 under the supervision of James Bonaiuto at the Decision, Action, and Neural Computation (DANC) Lab. She is currently the National Research Coordinator for the Canadian Coinfection Cohort, under the supervision of Dr Marina Klein in the Chronic Viral Illness Service (CVIS) Research Team of the McGill University Health Center (MUHC). Her work primarily involves coordinating the 18 participating sites for observational research focused on HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV).