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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.
Janet Webber
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Janny Xue Chen Ke
Janny Xue Chen Ke, MD, FRCPC, is an anesthesiologist and researcher with an interest in improving outcomes after surgery through patient engagement and analysis of population datasets. She has been involved in research in the development and implementation of a mobile application for women after Cesarean delivery, focused on education...
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Jansie Nel
Jansie Nel is an MSc candidate in Kinesiology, Exercise Health and Physiology, at the University of Calgary. Conducting her research in the Brain Health Lab under the supervision of Dr. Cindy Barha, Jansie’s work focuses on understanding sex differences in the relationship between physical activity and late-life cognition in ethnically...
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Jasleen Kaur
Jasleen Kaur received her BSc (Honours) from University of Calgary in 2022. Her honours research focused on examining the rates and predictors of anxiety and depression among partners of pregnant individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, under the guidance of Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen. Currently, Jasleen is a first-year Clinical Psychology graduate...
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Jasmeen Sran
Jasmeen Sran is a Bachelor of Science student in Health Sciences at Simon Fraser Univeristy, concentrating in Public Health and Data. She is the Co-Lead of the Surrey Youth Newcomer Council (SYNC), Co-Founder of Women’s Wellness Connect, and Founder of BC’s Childhood Cancer Society, initiatives through which she has advancing...
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Javiera Navarrete
Javiera (she/her) is a PhD student in Health Services and Policy Research at the University of Alberta in Canada. She is interested in the scope of pharmacy practice, health services, access to care, tailored healthcare approaches for equity-deserving populations, and community-based health research. Her current research explores the role of...
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Jaza Alam
I am a recent graduate with research experience in reproductive genetics and molecular biology, currently working as a research assistant across projects focused on fertility, metabolism, and genomic regulation. My work spans both wet-lab and data-driven approaches, including genetic pathway analysis and the interpretation of clinically derived genomic datasets. I...
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Jeannie Shoveller
Dr. Jeannie Shoveller, PhD, is a Professor at UBC’s School of Population & Public Health and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. She is also the Associate Director and Director of Research at the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity and the Director of Research at...
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Jeffrey Man Hay Wong
Dr. Jeff Wong (he/him) is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia. He completed his Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences at McMaster University and Doctor of Medicine at the University of Toronto before moving to Vancouver for residency training in...
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Jellina Prinsen
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Jenalene Antony
Jenalene Antony opened a design studio in Saskatchewan with a focus on rural issues. As a designer she has worked on teams with Environment Canada, the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Calgary telling stories about sustainability and social change. She previously worked on a largely Ukrainian settlement that...
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Jenalyn Ormita
Jenalyn (she/her) is a PhD student in Psychology at the University of Toronto and a Research Associate at The Immigrant Education Society Centre for Immigrant Research. Her PhD research focuses on the aging experiences of African immigrant women in Canada, including an exploration of their risk and resilience factors for...
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