Najafi, Atefeh

  I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia (UBC). As a member of the Yong Research Team at BC Women’s Hospital, my current research investigates the role of somatic activating KRAS mutations in endometriosis. Through this work, I aim to uncover the molecular […]

Minkyung Kim, Michelle

  Michelle Minkyung Kim is a medical student at the University of British Columbia. Her research focus includes health equity, social determinants of health, surgical research, and interdisciplinary care.

Christie, Brian

  Dr. Brian Christie was recruited from UBC to the UVic in 2007 as one of the founding members of Island Medical Program (IMP; UBC) and the Division of Medical Sciences (DMS; UVic). In addition to acting as a lecturer and instructor/tutor for UBC medical Students in the IMP, Dr. Christie helped found the Neuroscience […]

Johnson, Nicole

  Dr. Nicole L. Johnson, PhD (she/her) is at her core an intersectional feminist, who beliefs ‘the personal is political’. She is a white, queer, cisgender, able-bodied, woman, uninvited settler on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) land. Nic is also a mother, a wife, a mentor, a learner, and a wounded healer. She is a licensed psychologist in Pennsylvania, […]

Coté, Anita

  Dr. Cote is an Associate Professor in the School of Human Kinetics at Trinity Western University, and Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine (Pediatrics) at the University of British Columbia. As Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Adaptation to Exercise, Dr. Coté’s research focuses on how the female heart adapts to exercise beginning […]

Burt, Lexi

Chen, Helen

Cox, Susan

  Susan Cox is a Professor and Chair in Biomedical Ethics in the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics and the School of Population and Public Health. She is an interdisciplinary health researcher with expertise in medical sociology, qualitative and arts-based methodologies and ethics. Recent research collaborations in women’s health include two projects that […]

Sihota, Riana

  Riana Sihota is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. She also holds a BA in Psychology from the University of British Columbia and an MPH from Western University. Her research examines how collectivist and individualist cultural orientations impact the mental health and health-seeking behaviors of South Asian […]