Ortega Espitia, Lina Marcela

  I am an undergraduate psychology student from Colombia with a strong interest in health psychology, research, and women’s wellbeing. I am currently joining the University of British Columbia as a visiting research intern, where I will be working with Dr. Lori Brotto’s team on projects related to eHealth interventions. My academic background has allowed […]

Takei, Fumio

  BSc University of Tokyo 1967, PhD University of British Columbia 1976, postdoctoral research, MRC Lab Mol Biol, Cambridge, UK 1977-1980, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC, 1980-86, Associate Professor, UBC, 1986-1991, Professor 1991-, Distinguished Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Research interests: innate lymphocytes and inflammatory diseases Publication relevant to WHRI: […]

Graf, Daniel

  Daniel Graf received his BSc (Biochemistry) and PhD (Immunology) from the Swiss Federal School of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland. For almost 20 years he has used genetic models to study craniofacial, oral, and dental development. He moved to the University of Alberta in 2014, where he held the Alberta Dental Association & College Endowed Chair […]

Danielson, Katie

Judson, Kayla

Jensen, Brittany

  Brittany J. Jensen is a Neuroscience PhD student in Prof. Kiran Soma’s lab at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She received her BSc in biology from Saint Mary’s College of California. Brittany’s research is focused on the neuroprotective effects of estrogens in peri- and post- menopause.

Mohamed Khosroshahi, Leila

  I received my PhD in Immunology in 2024. I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the BC Cancer Research Centre in the lab of Dr. Takei. My research focuses on the cytotoxic function of group 1 innate lymphoid cells (ILC1s), as well as the roles of ILC1s and ILC2s. Specifically, I investigate how these […]

Walther, Hannah

  I am a psychology student at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel in Germany and am currently in Vancouver for a three-month research internship in Dr. Lori Brotto’s lab at the University of British Columbia. During my internship, I am gaining experience in women’s health and sexual health research. My academic interests include clinical psychology, sexual health, […]

Engelbrecht, Hannah-Ruth

  Dr. Hannah-Ruth Engelbrecht is a postdoctoral fellow at SFU working with Dr. Julian Christians (SFU) and Dr. Wendy Robinson (UBC). She completed her MSc at the University of Cape Town (South Africa), where she studied the role of genetic variants in bipolar disorder. Hannah-Ruth completed her PhD at UBC in 2026, and investigated DNA […]