{"id":34227,"date":"2026-04-14T09:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/alumniandfriends\/?p=34227"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:38:18","slug":"olga-klushina-beng-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/alumniandfriends\/2026\/04\/olga-klushina-beng-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Olga Klushina (BEng \u201921)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/alumniandfriends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/03\/Olga-Klushina-Headshot-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33975\" style=\"width:354px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/alumniandfriends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/03\/Olga-Klushina-Headshot-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/alumniandfriends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/03\/Olga-Klushina-Headshot-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/alumniandfriends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/03\/Olga-Klushina-Headshot-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/alumniandfriends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/03\/Olga-Klushina-Headshot.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Olga\u00a0Klushina\u00a0is a biomedical engineer and entrepreneur passionate about improving patient care through human-centred medical technologies. 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