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Kowatsch, Monika
Dr. Monika Kowatsch is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia whose research focuses on how HIV and hormones affect healthy aging in women living with HIV. Her work is conducted with the British Columbia CARMA-CHIWOS Collaboration (BCC3), a cohort study of WLWH and control HIV-negative women that takes a holistic cell-to-society […]
Szakmar, Eniko
After graduating as an MD in 2015 from Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary, she pursued a PhD degree in clinical medicine, during which she conducted research on optimizing the intensive care of infants who received therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). As part of her training, she completed the Program in Clinical Effectiveness at […]
Tancred, Tara
Tara has been carrying out research to support the health and wellbeing of women for almost 15 years. Most of her research has been to improve the quality of sexual and reproductive health care through operationalizing and embedding evidence-based practices—that is, implementation research for improved sexual and reproductive health. Underscoring this improvement in quality […]
Elrick, Carrie
I have a career long interest on the the social determinants to women’s health with a focus on the effects of abuse and violence on women’s physical, emotional,and spiritual well-being. My research focuses on the socioeconomic context of women and the workplace and the impact of restricted opportunities to accessing labour opportunities due to […]
Najafi, Atefeh
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia (UBC). As a member of the Yong Research Team at BC Women’s Hospital, my current research investigates the role of somatic activating KRAS mutations in endometriosis. Through this work, I aim to uncover the molecular […]
Minkyung Kim, Michelle
Michelle Minkyung Kim is a medical student at the University of British Columbia. Her research focus includes health equity, social determinants of health, surgical research, and interdisciplinary care.
Christie, Brian
Dr. Brian Christie was recruited from UBC to the UVic in 2007 as one of the founding members of Island Medical Program (IMP; UBC) and the Division of Medical Sciences (DMS; UVic). In addition to acting as a lecturer and instructor/tutor for UBC medical Students in the IMP, Dr. Christie helped found the Neuroscience […]
Johnson, Nicole
Dr. Nicole L. Johnson, PhD (she/her) is at her core an intersectional feminist, who beliefs ‘the personal is political’. She is a white, queer, cisgender, able-bodied, woman, uninvited settler on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) land. Nic is also a mother, a wife, a mentor, a learner, and a wounded healer. She is a licensed psychologist in Pennsylvania, […]
Coté, Anita
Dr. Cote is an Associate Professor in the School of Human Kinetics at Trinity Western University, and Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine (Pediatrics) at the University of British Columbia. As Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Adaptation to Exercise, Dr. Coté’s research focuses on how the female heart adapts to exercise beginning […]