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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.
Justine Dol
Dr. Justine Dol is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)-funded postdoctoral fellow at IWK Health (Nova Scotia Canada) working with Dr. Christine Chambers. Her research program is focused on using digital health technology to empower parents by equipping them with the information, support, and confidence they need during the...
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Kaila Villarey
Fourth-year undergraduate student at UBC majoring in Microbiology and Immunology. Experienced in clinical psychological research. Currently working on a systematic review of the effect of culture on childhood cancer survivors. Previous work analyzed the correlation between Quality of Life and childhood survivors of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). A self-motivated 1st...
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Kaitlin Nelson
Kaitlin Nelson is a focused graduate student pursuing a master’s in experimental medicine at UBC. With an undergraduate background in Kinesiology, she works as a Research Coordinator at the Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research. Outside academia, Kaitlin finds solace in nature. Instagram: @katiesweetpea
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Kaitlin Zaki-Metias
Dr. Kaitlin M. Zaki-Metias is a fourth-year diagnostic radiology resident and incoming chief resident at Trinity Health Oakland Hospital/Wayne State University School of Medicine in Pontiac, Michigan. Originally from Winnipeg, MB, she currently resides in Windsor, ON with her husband and dog Henry. Following residency, Dr. Zaki-Metias will join the...
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Kajal Kumari
PhD scholar from India, I have spent the past five years immersed in the evolving landscape of menstrual health. My research engages deeply with period poverty, sustainable menstrual practices, social innovation, gender, and the lived experiences of persons with disabilities—while critically examining the socio-technical systems that shape India’s menstrual hygiene...
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Kalysha Closson
Exploring gender, relationship power equity and youth-engagement among young men and women growing up within HIV hyper-endemic settings in South Africa
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Kamala Payyapilly Thiruvenkatanathan
Kamala is a third year Ph.D. candidate in Informatics (Human-Computer Interaction) at The Pennsylvania State University. Her research is situated at the intersection of women’s health and technology with a specific focus on pregnancy after loss. Attending to the rising interest in designing interventions for pregnancy and maternal health, alongside...
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Kami Abdullayev
Kami is a PhD researcher at UCL interested in the psychology of menstrual health experiences and understanding ways we can improve symptom distress and impact on quality of life and wellbeing. She has a background in health psychology, with a BSc from University of Sussex and an MSc from King’s...
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Kanak Gupta
I’m a Master’s student in Dr. Liisa Galea’s lab at the Institute of Medical Science at University of Toronto. I’m passionate about increasing our scientific knowledge of women’s health issues and better understanding the underlying neuroendocrine mechanisms of neurological disorders, like depression, that affect women at much higher rates than...
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Karen Courtney
Dr. Karen Courtney [she/her] (PhD Nursing, Missouri-Columbia, 2006; MSN Nursing Administration/Informatics, Duke, 2002; BSN Nursing with Honors, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996; BA Psychology, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990) held a National Library of Medicine Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Health Informatics Research while completing her PhD in Nursing. She...
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Karen Lok Yi Wong
Karen Lok Yi Wong is a PhD candidate and sessional lecturer at UBC School of Social Work. Her research interests include the intersection of aging, dementia, and different social locations, including gender, race, and culture; healthcare and social services, policies, and systems; ageing technologies; lived experiences and participatory action research....
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Karen Mason
Karen Mason is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research (SOAR), the only non-profit organization in Canada with a singular focus on brain injury (BI) from intimate partner violence (IPV). SOAR explores the incidence and effects of IPV-BI, and works to develop, disseminate...
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