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Zambonin, Jessica
I’m a clinical geneticist and researcher based at BC Women’s and Children’s Hospitals with a focus on prenatal diagnosis for fetuses with structural anomalies. My work centers on the clinical implementation and impact of genome-wide sequencing, particularly exome sequencing, in the prenatal setting. I’m building a research program that explores the diagnostic yield, clinical […]
Lema, Kaku
Kaku is the Knowledge Mobilization Manager for the SHAPE Hub, a pan-Canadian initiative focused on addressing barriers to evidence-based information and treatment for sexual difficulties and genito-pelvic pain that affect women and gender-diverse people. In this role, Kaku facilitates the exchange and co-creation of knowledge among researchers, healthcare providers, and patients, working to ensure […]
Anwer, Mehwish
Dr Mehwish Anwer is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. Dr Anwer is investigating blood based biomarkers of endometriosis with Dr David Huntsman and Dr Paul Yong. Within her neuroscience research, Dr Anwer investigates processes that occur in the brain after traumatic injury and their association with dementia. […]
Kollias, Carrie
Dr. Carrie Kollias, is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon, clinical educator, and researcher. She investigates children’s musculoskeletal health, physician wellness and women surgeon occupational health. She completed her medical degree and orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Calgary, followed by fellowships in pediatric orthopedics and limb reconstruction at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, […]
Nacul, Luis
Dr. Luis Nacul is the Principal Investigator of the Complex Chronic Diseases Research Program and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. He has been researching ME/CFS internationally and practicing as a general physician and in the field of ME/CFS and other complex chronic diseases. He also has been the co-founder and Director […]
Bingham, Brittany
Dr. Brittany Bingham is a proud member of the shíshálh (Sechelt) nation and holds an MPH and PhD in Health Sciences from Simon Fraser University. Brittany is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a Health Research BC Scholar. Brittany leads Indigenous […]
Kowatsch, Monika
Dr. Monika Kowatsch is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia whose research focuses on how HIV and hormones affect healthy aging in women living with HIV. Her work is conducted with the British Columbia CARMA-CHIWOS Collaboration (BCC3), a cohort study of WLWH and control HIV-negative women that takes a holistic cell-to-society […]
Szakmar, Eniko
After graduating as an MD in 2015 from Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary, she pursued a PhD degree in clinical medicine, during which she conducted research on optimizing the intensive care of infants who received therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). As part of her training, she completed the Program in Clinical Effectiveness at […]
Tancred, Tara
Tara has been carrying out research to support the health and wellbeing of women for almost 15 years. Most of her research has been to improve the quality of sexual and reproductive health care through operationalizing and embedding evidence-based practices—that is, implementation research for improved sexual and reproductive health. Underscoring this improvement in quality […]