Peary, Kira

  Kira is a recent graduate of the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. Kira’s research focuses on the intersection of female sex hormones and cerebrovascular health, with an honours thesis investigating cerebral blood flow responses across the menstrual cycle under the supervision of Dr. Kurt Smith. She is passionate about […]

Mawani, Farah

  Dr. Mawani is a social and psychiatric epidemiologist applying an anti-racist approach to implementation science to address social exclusion, systemic racism, and discrimination as drivers of social and mental health inequities. She specializes in migration, precarious work, gender-based violence, and decolonial global mental health. Her research and teaching are shaped by insight from her […]

Yonkman, Amanda

  Amanda Yonkman is a PhD student at Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Health Sciences. Under the supervision of Dr. Elizabeth King, Amanda is training to become an epidemiologist in the field of women’s health. She began her research career with an MSc in Health Sciences, where she used machine learning to study the impacts […]

Conti, Julieta

  I am a Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Perinatal Medicine at BC Women’s Hospital. My research interests are infant nutrition and intestinal insufficiency.

Lunken, Genelle

  Dr. Genelle Lunken is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She is also a registered dietitian and the translational research lead at the IBD Centre of BC (https://ibdcentrebc.ca/lunkenlab/). She has over ten years of dietetic experience specializing in the care of patients […]

Odobas, Lauren

  Lauren is a Master of Nursing Student studying Indigenous Wellness at UVic. She is a junior investigator engaged in community-based research for her thesis. She works as a Certified Practice Registered Nurse at First Nations Health Authority in a provincial role serving all First Nations communities in BC, and as a frontline abortion and […]

Puterman, Eli

  Eli is a Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Physical Activity and Health and a Michael Smith Scholar for Health Research. His research seeks to understand the benefits of exercise on stress pathways of disease. Eli is currently developing new intervention trials and laboratory-based studies to disentangle the extent to which both acute and […]

Farrell, Colleen

  I am a Registered Dietitian interested in maternal nutrition, micronutrients, and global health. I have worked as a dietitian in both research and clinical settings in Ontario (The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto) and British Columbia (Island Health, Victoria). Currently, I am pursuing my PhD in Human Nutrition at the University of British Columbia, […]

Cheng, Vienna