John, Sid

  Sid John is a perinatal epidemiology researcher in the department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute. His work focuses on enhancing pregnancy and newborn outcomes by improving how they are measured, interpreted, and studied using population data. His research has examined whether […]

Barker, Brittany

  Dr. Brittany Barker is a health services and population health researcher whose program of research focuses on improving health systems for women, birthing people, and families affected by substance use, with particular attention to perinatal health, equity, and culturally safe models of care. Her work integrates mixed-methods research, implementation science, and community-engaged approaches to […]

Gatti, Dominique

  Dominique is a PhD candidate in the Reynolds Lab at the University of Victoria and a recipient of the P.E.O. Scholar Award. Her research focuses in part on understanding how the thymus regenerates following pregnancy-induced involution and identifying the immune cell types involved in this recovery.

El Rifai, Layan

  Layan El Rifai is a Master’s student in Human Nutrition at the University of British Columbia and a researcher in the Elango Lab at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. She has a background in research and clinical nutrition, with experience working with patients with metabolic and chronic diseases. Her research focuses on amino […]

Angus, Payton

Maier, Lauren

  Lauren is interested in women’s health, particularly how women experience different risk factors, symptoms, and outcomes of disease. She is focused on understanding how women differ from males in the regulation of the brain, to better inform treatments of cerebrovascular diseases. Her research focuses on the underlying mechanisms of these sex differences, particularly the […]

Anarna, Kia

  Dr. Kia Anarna is a clinical fellow of neonatal neurology under University of British Columbia. She finished her fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine in the same institution and is doing a subspecialty training to improve neonatal brain health. Her research interests include improving outcomes on term infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, looking at their risk […]

Irving, Lauren

  Lauren Irving (she/her) is a family nurse practitioner from Prince George, BC. She is a Medical Lead at Soonats’ooneh Health Society, a busy primary care clinic, where she provides leadership and comprehensive primary care services. Alongside her clinical work, Lauren teaches in the Nurse Practitioner program at UNBC and the Northern Medical Program at […]

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