Janssen, Patricia

Dr. Janssen is a Professor and Co-lead of the Maternal Child Health Theme. She is a former director of the MPH, PhD, and MSc programs. She is funded as a Senior Scholar at the Child and Family Research Institute. She leads Optimal Birth BC, a consortium of clinician-scientists and public health practitioners who undertake both […]

Koehn, Sharon

Dr. Sharon Koehn is currently a Limited Term Professor in the Department of Gerontology at SFU. Trained as a medical anthropologist, she conducts interdisciplinary community-based research with immigrant older adults on dementia, health care access, chronic disease self-management support, quality of life, and mental health promotion. Dr. Koehn’s current research focuses on the lived experiences […]

Cook, Darrel

Chapman, Alexander

http://members.psyc.sfu.ca/labs/perl Alexander L. Chapman, Ph.D., R.Psych. is a professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University (SFU), a registered psychologist, and president of the DBT Centre of Vancouver. Dr. Chapman received his B.A. (1996) from U.B.C. and his M.S. (2000) and Ph.D. (2003) in clinical psychology from Idaho State University, following an internship at Duke University […]

Prodan-Bhalla, Natasha

Natasha Prodan-Bhalla obtained her MN/NP from the University of Toronto. She went on to work as a Nurse Practitioner on a cardiac surgery ward in Ontario. Before moving to BC in 2002, Natasha worked with Doctors Without Borders in Sri Lanka. Natasha has worked as both a Clinical Nurse Specialist and a Nurse Practitioner on […]

Gordon, Paula

Dr. Paula Gordon is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of British Columbia. She is Medical Director of the Sadie Diamond Breast Program at BC Women’s Hospital. Her clinical practice is divided between BC Women’s, the Fairmont “X-ray 505” and the Screening Mammography Program of BC. She has a special […]

Klein, Michael

Michael C. Klein , M.D., C.C.F.P., F.C.F.P., F.A.A.P. (Neonatal/Perinatal), F.C.P.S., Emeritus Professor of Family Practice at UBC, Senior Scientist Emeritus Child and Family Research Institute in Vancouver. Educated at Stanford Medical School and McGill University Medical School, he has practiced and researched in both the US and Canada. He is a citizen of the US […]

Holsti, Liisa

Dr. Liisa Holsti is as Associate Professor in Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at UBC, an investigator at the BC Women’s Hospital Research Institute and the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. She holds a Canada Research Chair and her esearch focuses on developing ways to support optimal development in infants and children.

Hippman, Catriona

Dr. Catriona Hippman is a cross-appointed Postdoctoral Research Fellow with a focus on promoting maternal mental health. She currently holds a BC Children’s Hospital Psychiatry Fellowship with the Reproductive and Infant Psychiatry programs and an Eyes High Postdoctoral Fellowship with the University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing. Her vision is for all women to feel […]