Larouche, Maryse

  Dr. Maryse Larouche joined the Department of OBGYN at UBC, as a Urogynecologist in 2025. She completed medical school and Obstetrics & Gynaecology Residency at McGill University. She then pursued additional training in Urogynaecology / Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at UBC, as well as a Masters of Public Health degree, at the […]

Brown, Carolyn

  Dr. Carolyn J. Brown, Ph.D. obtained her Ph.D. in Medical Genetics from the University of Toronto in 1990. During her Ph.D. and subsequent postdoctoral work with Dr. H.F. Willard at Stanford and Case Western Reserve University, she studied the process of X-chromosome inactivation, identifying genes expressed from the inactive X, including the XIST gene, […]

Chelsey Gough

Pongpanit, Karan

  Dr. Karan Pongpanit is a postdoctoral fellow at Trinity Western University whose research focuses on the role of exercise in cardiovascular health following adverse pregnancy outcomes, particularly among women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. His work investigates how postpartum exercise influences cardiac structure and function, with the goal of promoting cardiovascular […]

Cossenas, Carolyn

Albanese, Melina

  Dr. Melina Albanese, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia. She completed her BSc in Biology at the University of British Columbia (2018), MSc in Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia (2021), and PhD in Public Health Sciences (Epidemiology program) […]

Mirrazavi, Seyedeh Darya

  Incredibly passionate about Women’s health research and excited to become more involved!

Samiee, Maisa

Smith, Carling

  Carling Smith’s research interests revolve around understanding sex differences in the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. Pursuing her graduate studies in the Rideout Lab at the University of British Columbia, Carling aims to elucidate how insulin producing cells of the endocrine pancreas in male and female mice respond differently to stress. She received her […]