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Hsing-Fen Tu
Hsing-Fen is an an occupational therapist. She started her post-doctoral research in August 2023 at Uppsala University, where she examines at perinatal mental health and child development. Publications: (1) doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03568-2 ,(2) doi.org/10.1037/dev0001362, (3) doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072839
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Ibby Lawson-Amadi
I am an Engineer by profession and a passionate advocate for women’s health. I support a group of women in navigating health challenges, raising awareness, and lobbying for increased public research on women’s health issues. I am currently studying towards a qualification as a women’s health practitioner, further developing my...
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Iqra Akram
Iqra Akram is a PhD Scholar in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Her academic training includes a BSc (Honors) in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from Arid Agriculture University, Pakistan and an MSc in Public Health from the University of Debrecen, Hungary. Iqra’s research interests span a...
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Irina Oltean
Irina Oltean holds a Master of Science from the University of Waterloo with a focus in pediatric epidemiology. They worked as a Research Coordinator in surgery and pathology at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario prior to starting their PhD at McMaster University, in the Department of Health Research Methods,...
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Ismália De Sousa
Ismália De Sousa is a doctoral candidate in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia, under the supervision of Dr. Sally Thorne, Dr. Sandra Lauck and Dr. Thalia Field. She is also a Research Assistant in the Vancouver Stroke Program at Vancouver General Hospital / UBC. Ismália...
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Ivana Jaric
Dr. Ivana Jaric is a Group Leader at the Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland. From the early stages of her career, she has focused on female reproductive health. She earned her PhD from the University of Belgrade, Serbia, where she studied the effects of phytoestrogens on...
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Iveta Gavljak
Iveta Gavljak is currently a PhD Candidate at Neuroscience Research Australia. Iveta utilises various preclinical models to investigate sex-specific neurobiological mechanisms underpinning neurodevelopmental psychiatric illnesses, with a focus on neuroimmune alterations in schizophrenia.
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Jacqueline Gahagan
Associate Vice-President, Research, Mount Saint Vincent University Medical sociologist (PhD) and credentialed evaluator (CE) conducting sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA) of health promotion and public health interventions aimed at understanding their impacts on equity-deserving populations in relation to housing, primary health, and education.
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Jacquie Baker
My current research focuses on women’s heart and brain health in cardiovascular autonomic disorders. I primarily conduct research in patients with 1) Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome; a chronic disabling disorder characterized by hemodynamic instability that primarily affects young females (90-95%), and 2) neurogenic orthostatic hypotension; a debilitating condition that affects...
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Jacynthe L'Heureux
Jacynthe L’Heureux is a doctoral student in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Dr. Wei Zhang focusing on health economics. Her work includes publications on caregiving, labour force participation and the measurement of work productivity loss. Her research centers...
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Jade Boyd
Jade Boyd, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, and a Research Scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use. She draws upon qualitative, ethnographic and community-based methods to examine social, structural and environmental factors that impact people who use drugs,...
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Jahin Ali Khan
Jahin Ali Khan is a PhD Candidate in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics program at Western University. Using health administrative data, she is studying sex and gender differences in the risk of psychotic disorders among migrants in Ontario.
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