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Staff Team

The Cluster’s day-to-day operations are supported by our wonderful staff team. They cover everything from coordinating events to facilitating meetings to creating content for our blog, podcast, and more. Their dedication ensures that our initiatives run smoothly and that our communications reach a wide audience. Whether behind the scenes or at the forefront, the staff plays an essential role in driving our mission and fostering collaboration across all levels of our network. Learn more about the WHRC staff below.

Bonnie Lee

Bonnie Lee

Postdoctoral Researcher Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Bonnie Lee is the Lead, Research and Advocacy at the Women’s Health Research Cluster. She is a Neuroscience PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia studying with Dr. Liisa Galea in the Laboratory of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology. Her research is focused on understanding how sex and sex-linked factors, including previous...
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Emily Anne Opala

Emily Anne Opala

Program Officer The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Gender, Society, and Health
Emily Anne holds a Master of Science from McGill University, where she studied stress in the brains of postpartum rat mothers at the Douglas Research Institute. She also holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto and a Project Manager Professional designation. Her professional experience includes face-to-face fundraising...
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Jena Roy

Jena Roy

Director of Operations & Strategic Initiatives Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Gender, Society, and Health
Jena is the Manager for Philanthropic Gift Implementation, Research (womenmind) at CAMH and the Director of Operations & Strategic Initiatives for the Women’s Health Research Cluster. With a strong commitment to addressing sex and gender disparities in science and healthcare, Jena plays a pivotal role in developing, implementing, and evaluating...
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Katherine Moore

Katherine Moore

Director of Operations & Strategic Initiatives University of British Columbia Director of Operations & Strategic Initiatives
Katherine’s career has focused on advancing the health and wellbeing of all youth in BC. Working towards this goal, she has contributed to various projects in the healthcare, education and public sectors relating to health promotion, community engagement and research. Katherine expresses her passion for health promotion by sitting on...
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Leslie Liu

Leslie Liu

Research Events & Communications Assistant University of Toronto
Leslie is an undergraduate student specializing in Psychology at the University of Toronto, with a strong interest in women’s mental health and health equity. She is a Research Events & Communications Assistant with the Women’s Health Research Cluster, and also working with womenmind and the laboratory of Dr. Liisa Galea. In...
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Romina Garcia de leon

Romina Garcia de leon

PhD Student University of Toronto Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) Neuroscience
Romina is a PhD student in Neuroscience at the University of Toronto and CAMH under the supervision of Dr. Liisa Galea in the Laboratory of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology. Broadly, Romina wishes to investigate reproductive periods and the neurobiological underpinnings that increase stress vulnerability and depression in females, and subsequently their offspring....
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Sara Bahen

Sara Bahen

Program Officer Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Sara holds a Master of Science from McMaster University’s Mary Heersink School of Global Health and Social Medicine, where her research explored how social contexts shape accessibility in health. She also holds a Bachelor of Kinesiology from the University of Toronto.Professionally, Sara has contributed to multiple research initiatives, including studies...
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Tashi Stampp

Tashi Stampp

Blog Coordinator University of Ottawa
Tashi is a PhD student in Population Health Science at the University of Ottawa, under the supervision of Dr. Anne TM Konkle in the Biosocial Evaluation of Stress and Social Transitions in Mental Health Laboratory. Her recent work explores the psychosocial determinants of postpartum mental health within the Black community....
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