Anarna, Kia

  Dr. Kia Anarna is a clinical fellow of neonatal neurology under University of British Columbia. She finished her fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine in the same institution and is doing a subspecialty training to improve neonatal brain health. Her research interests include improving outcomes on term infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, looking at their risk […]

Irving, Lauren

  Lauren Irving (she/her) is a family nurse practitioner from Prince George, BC. She is a Medical Lead at Soonats’ooneh Health Society, a busy primary care clinic, where she provides leadership and comprehensive primary care services. Alongside her clinical work, Lauren teaches in the Nurse Practitioner program at UNBC and the Northern Medical Program at […]

Long, Hannah

Kuiper, Madeline

  Madeline Kuiper is a health services researcher whose work centres on women’s reproductive health, gender equity, and the organisation of healthcare systems. She recently completed her Master of Applied Health Services Research at the University of Prince Edward Island, where her thesis, An In-Depth Understanding of the Pregnancy Experience of Members of the Royal […]

Jewett, Emily

  Emily is a graduate student currently supervised by Dr. Nicole Templeman at the University of Victoria. Her research aims to investigate the role of endogenous insulin levels on the onset and progression of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) using a prenatal androgenized mouse model. Prior to beginning her graduate studies, Emily graduated from the University […]

Gould, Grace

  Grace graduated with her Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from UBC in 2025. She will be continuing her studies in Mechanical Engineering investigating the mechanical properties of the breast during lactation, which is currently a major gap in breast biomechanics research.

Besharah, Toshka

  Olympian and fourth-year Translational and Molecular Medicine student at the University of Ottawa, bringing a unique combination of high-performance sport, academic excellence, and leadership to every environment she joins. Now in her sixth year on the Canadian National Canoe Kayak Team, she balances elite athletic commitments with a rigorous academic schedule, demonstrating exceptional time […]

Zwicker, Jill

  Dr. Jill Zwicker is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Brain Development and Rehabilitation and a Professor at the University of British Columbia. She has 35+ years of clinical experience as an occupational therapist and is an internationally recognized expert in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Dr. Zwicker’s research program aims to better […]

Methi, Ani

  Ani Methi is an MSc student in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia, under the supervision of Dr. Mary De Vera. She is a social and cultural psychologist who completed her previous MSc training as an Eramus Mundus scholar jointly at the University of Limerick in Ireland and Iscte-University […]