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Salvatore Vitale
Salvatore Giovanni Vitale was born in Catania (Italy) on 30th august 1984. His main research interests are: intracavitary uterine pathology, reproductive biology, hysteroscopy, chronic pelvic pain and gynecological endocrinology. He is author of many papers published in national and international peer-reviewed journals, and his presence is often requested as invited speaker in international congresses.
Marianne Vidler
Marianne Vidler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at UBC. Her research focus is on pregnancy complications and maternal mortality in resources constrained settings. Marianne received a Masters in Public Health at Simon Fraser University in 2011, where her research focused on the obstetric referral system in rural Mexico. Marianne […]
Bruce Vallance
Dr. Bruce Vallance completed his PhD training in Gastrointestinal Inflammation at McMaster University’s Intestinal Disease Research Program under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Collins. He then pursued studies on disease causing bacteria at the University of British Columbia’s Michael Smith Laboratories with Dr. Brett Finlay. Based on his expertise in the study and modeling of […]
Dr. Germaine Tuyisenge
Dr. Germaine Tuyisenge (she/her) is an incoming Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London, UK). Dr. Tuyisenge completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity (2020-2021), working on the IRIS Project under the supervision of Dr. Shira Goldenberg. She is a Fellow of Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Scholarship (Kenya, 2015), a bridge […]
Rebecca Todd
Dr. Todd’s research program focuses on neurocognitive processes underlying the interaction between human emotion and cognition in health and in psychopathology. It employs brain imaging methods and laboratory experiments to investigate how we process the affective salience, or emotional/motivational importance, of objects and events around us, and how such affective salience influences what we see, […]
Judith Soon
Dr. Judith Soon, BSc (Pharm), RPh, ACPR, MSc, Dipl (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), PhD, FCSHP Assistant Professor | UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Associate Member | UBC Department of Family Practice, Pharmacist Expert, Women’s Reproductive Health Dr. Judith Soon has extensive experience in clinical pharmacy practice and outcomes research. She has developed a province-wide community pharmacy-based […]
Sonia Shirin
Sonia Shirin is a researcher (volunteer) for CeMCOR in the field of clinical research. She is a physician and has over 10 years of solid job experience in medical health care. Sonia has a unique combination of experience in practicing clinical medicine (treating patients) along with extensive knowledge base and experience in the public health […]
Laura Schummers
Dr. Schummers is a reproductive epidemiologist and health policy researcher. She completed her doctorate in Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health in 2018 and her postdoctoral fellowship with the Contraception and Abortion Research Team in the Department of Family Practice at UBC in 2021. Dr. Schummers conducts epidemiologic and health policy research to […]
Denise Pugash
Dr Denise Pugash is a radiologist and specialist in fetal imaging at BC Women’s Hospital. She is a graduate of UBC and the McGill University medical school, and she completed residency training at the University of British Columbia. She is a Clinical Professor and in the Department of Radiology at UBC. Dr Pugash is also […]