Kandola, Daman

Daman holds a Bachelor of Health Sciences degree in Biomedical Studies and a Masters of Science in Health Sciences from the University of Northern British Columbia. Her thesis explored the impact of time delay to percutaneous coronary intervention on patient outcomes. Her past research experiences include working as a research assistant and now research associate […]

Muraca, Giulia

Dr. Giulia Muraca received her B.Sc. (Hons.) in Biological Anthropology and African Studies from the University of Toronto and her M.P.H. and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. Currently, she is a postdoctoral fellow in the Reproductive Epidemiology Unit at the Karolinska Insitutet in Stockholm, […]

Barakauskas, Vilte

Dr. Barakauskas is Clinical Biochemist and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.  She trained with a BSc in Biochemistry, a PhD in Neuroscience and a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical chemistry. She is board certified through both the American Board of Clinical Chemistry and is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy […]

Al-Rawahi, Ghada

Al-Rawahi completed her residency in Medical Microbiology with the UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in 2007. She joined the department now as Clinical Associate Professor, BC Children’s and Women’s Health Centre as Medical Microbiologist and Infection Control Officer, and the BC Cancer as Medical Lead, Infection Prevention and Control. She is the C&W […]

Wang, Li

Dr. Wang received her fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2013 and joined Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of BC as a Medical Biochemist. On clinical service, Dr. Wang provides consultations to clinicians on test selections, interpretation of test results and setting up new laboratory tests if clinically indicated. Her research […]

Nguyen, Jenn

Growing up in Nova Scotia, I never heard of midwives except for the stereotypes that you see in movies and TV. It had never crossed my mind as a career choice until I moved to northern BC to pursue a master’s degree in Community Health Science. It wasn’t until my thesis research working with Aboriginal […]

Lequiere-Tough, Jeanette

Langlois, Sylvie

Dr. Sylvie Langlois is a clinical geneticist and researcher in the field of prenatal genetics. She is also the Medical Director of the BC Prenatal Genetic screening program. As a researcher, Dr Langlois’ work is focused on using new technologies to improve prenatal screening for Down syndrome and other chromosomal anomalies. The discovery that DNA […]

Elwood, Chelsea