Zhang, Jennifer

Jennifer received her Bachelor of Kinesiology (BKin) degree at the University of British Columbia. She is currently completing her MD degree also at UBC, and conducting women’s health research with Dr. Wendy Norman’s Contraception and Abortion Research Team (CART-GRAC) and Dr. Katrina Bouchard’s Psychology, Health and Sexuality (PHASE) Laboratory. She has been involved in research […]

Mehareen, Jeenat

Jeenat is a first-year PhD student in RESP at UBC. She finished her MA in Economics from Simon Fraser University (SFU) with a SSHRC funded Canada Graduate Scholarship. Her PhD project focuses on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) within the Canadian healthcare system. She will assess the differences in COPD burden and care across regions, […]

Biswas, Puja

Puja Biswas’s research interests focus on understanding sex differences in energy metabolism regulated by insulin-signaling pathway. Using Drosophila (fruit fly), Puja Biswas is doing her PhD study at Rideout Lab to better understand how males and females maintain their stored fat. Puja Biswas completed her BSc and MSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Jahangirnagar […]

Musengimana, Gentille

Gentille Musengimana holds a master’s in clinical epidemiology from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. She has a bachelor’s degree in Medical Bioscience from the University of The Western Cape in South Africa. After graduating from university, she worked part-time for the South African Medical Research Council as a research assistant and for the […]

Shirazian, Nahid

Nahid Shirazian is a dedicated healthcare professional with a passion for women’s health and well-being. Residing in Vancouver, BC, Nahid holds Canadian citizenship and boasts a diverse background in endocrinology, clinical research, and academic instruction. With a Doctor of Medicine degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and specialized training in endocrinology from Shahid Beheshti […]

Kumar-Ratta, Amrita

Amrita Kumar-Ratta is a PhD Candidate in Human Geography at the University of Toronto. She is also pursuing collaborative specializations in South Asian Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and in Global Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Amrita’s research explores the feminist political geographies of reproductive […]

Shillito, Jill

Collins, Jonathan

Hindle, Elise

Elise is a staff anesthesiologist at BC Women’s with an interest in quality improvement and management of obstetric hemorrhage.