Ismalia De Sousa

Ismalia De Sousa (she/her) is a Doctoral Student and a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia, and a Research Assistant in the Vancouver Stroke Program at Vancouver General Hospital/University of British Columbia. Her doctoral research will be exploring lived experiences of young women, LGBTQIA+ and visible minorities with a stroke […]

Tineke Dineen

  Tineke Dineen is a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences. She is a member of the Diabetes Prevention Research Group and is involved in the Small Steps for Big Changes program. Her main research interests focus on learning more about how and […]

Ashley Battaglini

Ashley received her B.Sc. (Honours) Specializing in Psychology at the University of Toronto and is now a graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Program at UBC. Her research seeks to investigate how individual differences influence cognitions and emotion regulation during stress and its relationship with anxiety and depression. She is currently examining this in participants […]

Jeffrey Bone

Jeffrey Bone is a biostatistician at B.C. Women’s and Children’s Hospital, and a PhD student in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. His work spans a variety of clinical and methodological disciplines. Through his appointment with the PRE-EMPT (PREganncy Evidence Monitoring, Partnership & Treatment) he works primarily in maternal global health, and has been the […]

Dr. Esther Alonso-Prieto

Esther Alonso holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and Neuroscience with additional post-graduate studies in Ethics and Adult Education. Throughout her career, she has developed expertise in conducting clinical research studies, ranging from investigator-initiated to industry-sponsored, international trials, in areas such as Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Neurology and Neonatology. She has also developed expertise in Research Ethics and, more recently, […]

Jenny Morgan

Dr. Jenny L. Morgan, Director, Indigenous Health, BC Women’s/Children’s hospitals. From the Gitxsan First Nation. Completed doctor in education program with the University of Western Ontario.

Holly Yager

Holly Yager is a BC Registered Clinical Counsellor and Canadian Certified Counsellor with a specialized focus on reproductive & sexual health. In her Vancouver private practice, Holly provides therapy to individuals and couples for issues related to infertility, assisted conception, third-party reproduction, pregnancy loss, perinatal/postpartum mood concerns, and sexual & pelvic pain. Holly has over […]

Roanne Preston

Dr. Preston is Professor and Head of the UBC Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Dr. Preston received her medical degree from the University of Ottawa, where she also completed an internship and residencies in Internal Medicine and Anesthesia. Dr. Preston subsequently completed a fellowship in Obstetrical Anesthesia at the University of Toronto, Women’s College […]

Alice Virani