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Kendra Zadravec
Kendra is currently completing the first year of the combined Master of Physical Therapy and PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences program at the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Dr. Kristin Campbell. Kendra completed her MSc in Rehabilitation Sciences in August 2020 at the University of British Columbia and her BSc in Kinesiology in […]
Alexis Fabricius
Alexis Fabricius is a PhD student in the Applied Social Psychology program at the University of Guelph in Ontario. She uses qualitative methods and draws on Science and Technology Studies, feminist bioethics and critical health psychology to explore issues related to women’s health. Her doctoral research examines how digital technologies mediate women’s understandings of their […]
William Casazza
William Casazza a PhD Candidate in the Bioinformatics Training Program at UBC. His main research interests focus on the role of sex and environmental factors in determining complex disease risk. Currently, he is studying how genetic regulation of DNA methylation changes with sex within term placental tissue. In particular, he is interested in how these […]
Shayda Swann
Shayda is a third-year MD/PhD student at the UBC Faculty of Medicine. She completed her B.Sc. in Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University and has previously worked for the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. She is supervised by Dr. Hélène Côté and Dr. Melanie Murray to study healthy aging and endocrine changes in women […]
Tristan Joshua Philippe
I have a decade of research experience where I am extremely grateful to have been exposed to anything from cellular and molecular biology techniques, to rodent surgery, behaviour and cutting edge genetic manipulation, to novel bioinformatics analysis. Additionally, I mentored countless undergraduate, MSc and a PhD students many of whom received prestigious awards and […]
Kiran Jhajj
I’m Kiranjot from Prince George, BC and I just finished my BSc Honours in Psychology at the University of Northern British Columbia. Currently, I am an MSc student in the UNBC Psychology program. My research interests include female behavioural neuroendocrinology, specifically looking at the effects of ovarian hormones on learning. I am also passionate about […]
Dr. Whitney Wood
Dr. Whitney Wood is a historian of medicine, health, and the gendered body in modern Canada. She earned her PhD from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON in 2016, and before joining VIU in July 2019, held postdoctoral fellowships at Birkbeck, University of London and the University of Calgary. Dr. Wood’s research explores the broad history of attitudes towards […]
Dr. Richard Harrigan
For 20 years I was Director of the Research Laboratory at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, where I undertook the development, validation and implementation of methods for monitoring disease progression and response to antiviral therapy. Before this, I was Group Leader, Clinical Virology at the UK pharmaceutical companies Wellcome and GlaxoWellcome, working on […]
Dr. Elizabeth King
: Elizabeth King received her BSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Northern British Columbia, followed by her MD at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She went on to gain specialty training in Internal Medicine and subspecialty training in Infectious Diseases at UBC. Her research and clinical interests are to better understand […]