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Our Expert Database connects you with multidisciplinary women’s health researchers, professors, and trainees. Use this platform to find a collaborator for your research project, identify an expert to comment on current events, discover a supervisor for your graduate work and more. Alternatively, browse the profiles below to get to know our members.
Hermandeep Deo
I am currently a PhD student at the University of British Columbia. My research focuses on the social, political, and economic intersections in women’s health.
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Hibah Mehvish
Hibah Mehvish is a final-year Neuroscience and Human Biology student at the University of Toronto Scarborough. She currently serves as a Research Assistant at CAMH and is the incoming Communication Assistant for the Women’s Health Research Cluster. Her work focuses on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, clinical research, and gender-specific...
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Hilary Brown
Hilary Brown, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, in the Department of Health & Society (Scarborough Campus) and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. She is cross-appointed to the Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and is an Adjunct Scientist at Women’s College Hospital...
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Holly Dempster
Holly Anne Dempster, BSc (Hon), MSc, is a medical student at Memorial University of Newfoundland (graduating class of 2021). She completed her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science from University of Ottawa in 2016 and contributed to the publication, “COX2 is Induced in the Ovarian Epithelium During Ovulatory Wound Repair...
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Holly Hunsberger
Holly is a postdoctoral scientist with a dual appointment at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI/RFMH). She received her PhD from West Virginia University in Dr. Miranda Reed’s laboratory. There, she studied glutamate’s role in Alzheimer’s disease pathology using novel microelectrode array technology. She is now...
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Holly Mathias
Holly Mathias, MA, is a PhD student, Vanier Scholar and 2023 Trudeau Scholar in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta. Holly holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Global Development Studies and English Literature from Queen’s University, and a Master of Arts in Health Promotion and...
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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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Imane Baghouri
Hello, my name is Imane Baghouri, and I am a university student with a strong interest in neuroscience and psychology. I am especially passionate about women’s health and the importance of advancing research in this field. I am very excited for the opportunity to join, learn more, and contribute to...
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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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