Foster, Leonard

  Dr. Leonard Foster is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Michael Smith Laboratories, as well as the Director of the Life Sciences Institute, at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He studied biochemistry at Simon Fraser University for his Bachelors then moved to the University of Toronto to […]

Ma Zhang, Wendy

  I am an incoming MSc student in Women’s and Children’s Health at the University of British Columbia, supervised by Dr. Roxana Geoffrion. My research focuses on understanding the psychological and physical burden of obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIs), with the goal of improving how patients are screened, supported, and heard throughout their recovery.I hold […]

Aghaei, Nikoo

  Nikoo Aghaei is a 3rd year medical student at Queen’s University, with a background in neurosciences, oncology, women’s health, and design. She is collaborating with Dr. Alyson Plecash (Stroke Neurologist) to study the unique presentation and implications of stroke and other cerebrovascular conditions in women.

Li, Eunice

Moraes, Christopher

  Chris Moraes is an Associate Professor at the School of Biomedical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, and at the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries in the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.  He trained in nanoengineering (B.A.Sc) and mechanical / biomedical engineering (PhD) at the University of Toronto, before holding NSERC / Howard […]

Al-Salehi, Loay

  Dr. Loay Al-Salehi is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia’s School of Biomedical Engineering, working within the Orthopaedic and Injury Biomechanics Laboratory at ICORD. His research focuses on injury biomechanics, with a particular interest in how human posture, and neuromuscular responses in the seconds or milliseconds before impact influence injury outcome. […]

Hewson, Claire

  Claire Hewson is based in Nelson, British Columbia. She balances her leadership work with roles as a school counsellor and a third-year PhD student at Queen’s University, where she studies healthcare quality. Her doctoral research focuses on experiences of breast- and chest-feeding grief in rural settings, with the aim of understanding the emotional impacts […]

Prabaharan, Elakkiya

  Elakkiya is a Master’s student supervised by Dr. Alexander G. Beristain at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying human placental development during early pregnancy. Using stem cell models of placentation alongside advanced gene-editing techniques, she aims to investigate the role of SOX15 in the development of […]

Won, Erica

  Erica is a current medical student at UBC who graduated with an undergraduate degree in Microbiology and Immunology.