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Simonson, Laura
Haire, Georgia
Georgia is a historian of health and medicine and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Pelvic Health and Public Health in Twentieth Century Canada (PH | PH), a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) project based at Vancouver Island University, which explores how pelvic health issues became matters of growing public health concern. Her […]
Cameron, Emily
My research integrates methodology and theory from child clinical and school psychology, health psychology, and public health to evaluate biological, psychological, and social factors that influence family welling and child development. Using mixed-methods and patient-oriented approaches, this research informs the creation of scalable prevention and intervention programs to promote child development and family wellbeing. […]
Galizia, Roberta
Dr. Roberta Galizia is an Italian registered psychologist with an international MSc, a certified sex counselor, and a PhD researcher with honors specializing in couples’ sexual desire and clinical psychology, with international experience across Europe and North America. Dr. Galizia serves as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at […]
Gondara, Lovedeep
Lovedeep Gondara is a Research Scientist (Machine Learning) at Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA). His research interests include privacy-preserving machine learning, applications of large language models to healthcare and resource constrained domains, multimodal machine learning, decentralized machine learning, and (bio)statistics. His current research is primarily focused on applications of his research interests to healthcare.
Dimri, Vrinda
I am a second-year PhD student in the Rehabilitation Sciences program under Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose. I completed my research masters in psychology from Tilburg Univeristy, Netherlands and have a strong background in cognitive neuropsychology. My aim is to engage in research involving lifestyle interventions that promote brain health and overall well-being of older adults.
Dehghani, Aysan
Aysan Dehghani is a researcher at the University of British Columbia and the student coordinator of IWASHRA’s Community Compass, a project exploring immigrant women’s access to sexual and reproductive healthcare in British Columbia. Her research focuses on identifying barriers newcomer women face in navigating healthcare systems and developing community-driven solutions. Currently, she is also […]
Barrera, Juliana
Dr. Juliana Barrera is an obstetric anesthesiologist, clinical instructor, and researcher at BC Women’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia. With a strong academic background, she earned her Honors Bachelor of Health Sciences, and Master’s degree in Human Kinetics with a specialization in Physiology and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Ottawa, […]
Yakubu, Suliat
I am a PhD candidate in the Human Motion Biomechanics Lab. My research is focused on the development of on-field, active game play-based assessments of activities in soccer using a single IMU, towards the prevention of ACL tear in Women’s soccer.