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Karakochuk, Crystal
I am a Registered Dietitian with a strong interest in maternal child nutrition and global health. I have worked as a Clinical Dietitian at BC Children’s Hospital and internationally with the United Nations (Rwanda, Malawi, Ethiopia, Timor-Leste, Italy, New York) in operations research, humanitarian aid, and nutrition programming. My research is focused on maternal and […]
Kalyan, Shirin
Dr. Shirin Kalyan is an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Medicine at University of British Columbia, the Scientist leading the Answer Factory at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, and the Director of Scientific Innovation at Qu Biologics, a clinical-stage Vancouver based biotech with an innovative immunotherapy platform that uses bugs as drugs to treat […]
Gantt, Soren
Dr. Soren Gantt is an Associate Professor with the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Pediatrics, UBC Faculty of Medicine, BC Children’s Hospital and CFRI. An accomplished virologist, Dr. Gantt’s main research focus is on how common infections affect immunocompromised children and adults. Trained as an MD/PhD at New York University, Dr. Gantt is […]
Campbell, Kristin
Kristin Campbell, BSc, PT, PhD is a licensed physical therapist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia. She also holds appointments at the Centre of Excellence in Cancer Prevention and the BC Cancer Agency and is a member of the Oncology Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy […]
Bettinger, Julie
Dr. Julie Bettinger is an Associate Professor at the VEC in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar. Her research interests include vaccine safety and vaccine preventable diseases as well as attitudes and beliefs around immunization uptake and use. She is the epidemiologist […]
Chau, Anton
Anton received his undergraduate degree in Pharmacy at UBC and subsequently went on to complete a Hospital Pharmacy Residency at The Ottawa General Hospital. He returned to Vancouver to complete his MD and Anesthesiology residency at UBC. He subsequently pursued a Clinical Fellowship in Obstetric Anesthesia at Brigham and Women’s Hospital under the mentorship of […]
Crooks, Valorie
Dr. Valorie Crooks is a Professor in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Health Service Geographies and a Scholar Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. Trained as a health geographer, she specializes in health services research. Most of her current research explores the […]
Bush, Jonathan
As a laboratory physician, my practice often involves examining placentas and products of conceptions to determine health outcomes for the newborn or mother. I have a particular interest in quality improvement and am working on synoptic placental reporting. I also perform autopsy examinations in stillborns and neonatal deaths. I, like my colleagues, feel it is […]
Bottorff, Joan L.
Dr. Joan L. Bottorff is Director of UBC’s Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention and a faculty member in the School of Nursing. She has extensive expertise in qualitative research methods and is currently Editor of Global Qualitative Nursing Research.