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Lacouture, Aurélie
Dr. Aurélie Lacouture is a postdoctoral Research Fellow working in the Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain laboratory led by Dr. Paul Yong and in close relationships with the Molecular and Advanced Pathology Core (MAPcore), a core facility leader in the spatial “omics” approach in BC, co-led by Dr. David Huntsman. Her current research focuses on […]
Yudin, Samantha
Hello, my name is Samantha Yudin, and I am a medical student at the University of British Columbia. Prior to medical school, I completed three years of a Bachelor of Science in Biology at UBC Okanagan during which I completed research on Alzheimer’s disease. I am so excited to be joining BC Women’s hospital […]
MacDonald, Hana
My name is Hana MacDonald, I love being a part of research that advances lives of individuals, espeically women. I have a B.A. Honours in Psychology, and will be pursuing furhter higher education in education and psychology. I competed an honours thesis on eating disorder waitlist duration and impacts on motivation. Research I hope […]
Kang, Priya
I am a Criminology major with a minor in Political Science at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. I work as a Research Assistant with the Faculty of Arts/Sociology and am interested in criminal justice, social policy, and community-based research.
Chung, Vivian
Vivian Chung, P.Eng, is a biomedical engineer whose research focuses on automotive injuries, helmet technologies, and intraoperative surgical technologies. Vivian oversees the Bioengineering Lab and Makerspace at the Centre for Aging SMART at Vancouver Coastal Health, and also conducts research with Dr. Peter Cripton’s team at the University of British Columbia’s Orthopaedic and Injury […]
Friesen, Rebecca
Rebecca Friesen is a project coordination and operations professional with experience supporting governance, research administration, and health‑system initiatives across British Columbia. She has contributed to projects in emergency management, clinical systems implementation, and interdisciplinary research environments. Rebecca holds a Master of Management (MM) from the UBC Sauder School of Business and is a certified […]
Tremblay, Marie-Ève
Marie-Ève Tremblay is a Canadian neuroscientist, researcher and academic at the University of Victoria. She obtained her Ph.D. in 2009 when microglia, resident immune cells of the brain, were thought to be resting or quiescent in the absence of pathological challenge. Her research has stimulated a paradigm shift in neuroimmunology by revealing that microglia […]
Friedman, Jan M.
Dr. Jan Friedman is a clinical geneticist and Professor of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He earned M.S. and M.D. degrees from Tulane University and a PhD in Genetics from the University of Washington. He completed specialty training in pediatrics (Northwestern University) and medical genetics (University of Washington). He joined […]
Lee, Geena
Geena Lee is a first-year MSc student in the Cell and Developmental Biology program at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and a member of the Maxwell Lab at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Her research focuses on hormonally regulated epithelial dynamics in the fallopian tube and how BRCA1 deficiency contributes to tissue-specific cancer […]