McPhee, Carlie

  Carlie McPhee is an incoming PhD trainee whose work focuses on youth sexual health, digital health education, and equitable access to sexual health information and services for young people and gender-diverse communities. Her research and knowledge translation work draws on principles of comprehensive sexual health education, feminist and anti-oppressive practice, and community-engaged research. Carlie […]

Akbari, Mohsen

  Dr. Mohsen Akbari is a Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering, the Director of the Laboratory for Innovations in Microengineering (LiME) at the University of Victoria. Dr. Akbari obtained his Ph.D. from Simon Fraser University and received postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is the recipient of several awards […]

Ciernia, Annie

  I am an early career researcher in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of British Columbia, and the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair for Understanding Gene Expression in the Brain. My research focuses on gene regulatory mechanisms in microglia – the resident immune cells of the brain – and how […]

Cochrane, Dawn

  My research focuses on targeted treatment strategies for gynecologic malignancies. Primarily, I focus on endometrial cancers and low grade serous ovarian cancer, a rare and deadly form of ovarian cancer.

Chen, Yiwei

  Yiwei Chen is an MSc student in Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. With an undergraduate background in sociology and computational social science, they bring an interdisciplinary perspective to quantitative health research, combining training in epidemiological methods, health administrative data analysis, and mixed methods approaches, including qualitative thematic analysis and […]

Lee, Hsin-Yu (Diana)

  Diana Lee is a medical student (class of 2027) at the University of British Columbia.

Starratt, Michaella

Lu, Seraphina

  Seraphina completed a Bachelor of Science in the Biochemistry (Honours) program at UVic, investigating how human endothelial cells respond to Treponema pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis, compared to other stimuli. She plans to continue her interest in investigating the human host response to T. pallidum in her Master’s degree by characterizing the response […]

Pei, Lulu

  I am a PhD Candidate in the Human Nutrition program at the University of British Columbia. My research focuses on iron supplementation in pregnancy to inform optimal guidelines for the prevention and treatment of iron deficiency. I have a background in biostatistics and seek to leverage this training in the conduct of research surrounding […]