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Goldowitz, Dan
Dr. Dan Goldowitz received his PhD in Psychobiology at the University of California at Irvine and did postdoctoral training in Boston, Stockholm and Salt Lake City where the focus was on brain development. Currently, he is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Developmental Neurogenetics and Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at UBC […]
Dennis, Jessica
The last decade has seen an unprecedented explosion of data. In medicine, data are increasingly being generated and linked across electronic health records, administrative databases, and biobanked samples. These resources hold tremendous promise for improving human health and achieving precision medicine, which will only be realized by thoughtful study designs and innovative analyses. In the […]
Butska, Luba
Luba Butska has a BHSc from Ryerson University’s Midwifery Education Program in Toronto and a PhD in Linguistics from Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA. She has practiced full scope midwifery for eleven years, first practicing in Calgary where she was also an Assistant Professor of Midwifery at Mount Royal University. After moving to Vancouver […]
De Sousa, Ismalia
Ismalia De Sousa (she/her) is a Doctoral Student and a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia, and a Research Assistant in the Vancouver Stroke Program at Vancouver General Hospital/University of British Columbia. Her doctoral research will be exploring lived experiences of young women, LGBTQIA+ and visible minorities with a stroke […]
Dineen, Tineke
Tineke Dineen is a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences. She is a member of the Diabetes Prevention Research Group and is involved in the Small Steps for Big Changes program. Her main research interests focus on learning more about how and […]
Battaglini, Ashley
Ashley received her B.Sc. (Honours) Specializing in Psychology at the University of Toronto and is now a graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Program at UBC. Her research seeks to investigate how individual differences influence cognitions and emotion regulation during stress and its relationship with anxiety and depression. She is currently examining this in participants […]
Bone, Jeffrey
Jeffrey Bone is a biostatistician at B.C. Women’s and Children’s Hospital, and a PhD student in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. His work spans a variety of clinical and methodological disciplines. Through his appointment with the PRE-EMPT (PREganncy Evidence Monitoring, Partnership & Treatment) he works primarily in maternal global health, and has been the […]
Alonso-Prieto, Esther
Esther Alonso holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and Neuroscience with additional post-graduate studies in Ethics and Adult Education. Throughout her career, she has developed expertise in conducting clinical research studies, ranging from investigator-initiated to industry-sponsored, international trials, in areas such as Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Neurology and Neonatology. She has also developed expertise in Research Ethics and, more recently, […]
Morgan, Jenny
Dr. Jenny L. Morgan, Director, Indigenous Health, BC Women’s/Children’s hospitals. From the Gitxsan First Nation. Completed doctor in education program with the University of Western Ontario.