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Ranger, Manon
Dr. Manon Ranger, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing (UBC), is a nurse scientist at the BC Women’s Health Research Institute and the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. She has been investigating the impact of early-stress on brain and developmental outcomes in preterm children for over 10 years. Her distinctive research program promotes […]
Bawafaa, Eunice
Eunice Bawafaa, RN, MSTTI, MScN As a health care professional (RN) who has worked in a materially under-resourced country in Sub-Saharan Africa for several years, Eunice brings a passion for women’s health research. Specifically, she has worked as a counsellor for pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS and their partners which has peaked her interest in […]
Lorenz, Bradi
I am a PhD student at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus working on the Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research (SOAR) Project. I received my BSc (Hons.) in Physiology from the University of Alberta followed by a MSc in Exercise Sciences from the University of Toronto. My research looks at […]
Halicki-Asakawa, Amané
Amané is a graduate student in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of British Columbia-Okanagan, supervised by Dr. Maya Libben at the PLAN Lab. Her Master’s research investigates the ways that technology and e-mental health can increase accessibility to eating disorder services and treatments.
Gislason, Maya K.
Dr. Maya K. Gislason is an Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Health Sciences, a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar, faculty lead of the Planetary Health Research Group in the Faculty of Health Sciences and the founder of the Research for Equitable Ecosocial Transformation (RESET) team at SFU. As a climate […]
Yang, Tony
Hi there! My name is Tony Yang and I am currently a 1st year Master’s student in the Stefanska Lab at the University of British Columbia. Our lab looks into the field of Nutriepigenomics, specifically, how certain dietary bioactive compounds can modulate the epigenome in the context of cancer – primarily through DNA methylation, but […]
Palombo, Daniela J.
I investigate cognitive and neural factors associated with how we form and retain autobiographical memories and how this may differ across individuals. I also examine how autobiographical memory influences non-mnemonic functions, with a primary focus on future imagination and decision making. A new branch of research in my lab explores memory and self-schema in association with significant women’s health […]
Olure, Bimbola
Bimbola Olure MD is currently a Master’s student in Reproductive and Developmental Sciences. She earned her medical degree from the University of Szeged before moving to Vancouver. Her current research aims to improve mental health services for women living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
Webster, Glenys M.
My research examines the exposure sources and health effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals found in common consumer products. I am currently exploring the neurodevelopmental effects of prenatal exposures to PFAS stain repellents in Canadian and American children. I am the creator and director of the Chemicals, Health and Pregnancy study (CHirP) in Vancouver, and work […]