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Kiarah O'Kane
Kiarah (she/they) is a PhD student in Clinical Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Their research broadly focuses on identifying modifiable risk and protective factors for 2S/LGBTQ+ individuals’ and couples’ sexual well-being, with the goal of developing accessible and inclusive interventions to bolster sexual well-being. Their PhD research focuses...
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Kimberly Schroeder
Kimberly is a biomedical engineering research assistant under Dr. Jessica Sieren for the Advanced Pulmonary Physiomic Imaging Laboratory (APPIL) at the University of Iowa where she obtained her bachelor’s of science in engineering and minors in computer science and gender, women, and sexuality studies. Her research utilizes medical imaging and...
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Kira Knight
Kira Knight (she/her/hers) is a recent graduate from the University of British Columbia in Global Resource Systems focusing on sexual health. Her interests focus on access to sexual health and family planning resources, the intersection of sexual health and the law, as well as systems of support for survivors of...
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Kiran Parmar
I am a research assistant working with Dr. Paul Yong’s Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis research team. I completed my undergraduate studies at UBC majoring in Microbiology and Immunology and recently began my MSc journey also at UBC with School of Population and Public Health. Sexual, reproductive and maternal health issues...
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Kiranjot Jhajj
I’m Kiranjot from Prince George, BC and I just finished my BSc Honours in Psychology at the University of Northern British Columbia. Currently, I am an MSc student in the Psychology program at UNBC. My research interests include female behavioural neuroendocrinology, specifically looking at the effects of ovarian hormones on...
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Kirsty McIntyre
Dr Kirsty McIntyre is a Science Education Specialist at the University of British Columbia. Dr McIntyre gained her PhD in placental physiology at The University of Manchester in 2018 and was subsequently appointed as a lecturer in the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing at the University of Glasgow. In...
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Klaidi Shkalla
Klaidi is a well-rounded young researcher with four years of laboratory experience in nanomedicine, biochemistry, and biophysics. His main interests gravitate toward the intersection of molecular biology, human genetics, psychology, and the depths of astrobiology. Klaidi continuously strives to transcend his intellect by conducting interdisciplinary research, exchanging ideas with bright...
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Kodee Bao
Kodee is a Master’s student in the Rosin Lab, where her research investigates how neural stem cells respond to microglial signalling following maternal stress exposure in both male and female mouse embryos. Her work aims to uncover how sex shapes fetal brain development and how maternal stress impacts neurodevelopment during...
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Kornelia Bartoszewicz
Kornelia is a medical student at the Medical University of Gdańsk. She is primarily interested in Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and menstrual health, both from biological and social perspectives. She leads a project, “Taki Pani Urok,” which analyzes menstrual health among Polish women. The results from this study contribute both to...
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Kristen Montgomery
I am broadly interested in understanding female-specific risk for neuropsychiatric disorders across the lifespan. Women are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, and the periods of greatest risk- puberty, pregnancy and postpartum, and the menopausal transition- are also periods of dynamic...
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Kristen Schuh
I received my PhD in biopsychology from the University of Michigan, working with Dr. Natalie Tronson. My project focused on the effects of oral contraceptives on the stress response and anxiety- and depression-like behavior using a mouse model. I am starting a postdoctoral position at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, working...
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Kristen Zuloaga
Dr. Zuloaga’s research focuses on how risk factors, such as prediabetes, obesity, cerebrovascular disease and menopause may alter pathology of dementia differently in each sex during aging. With 20 years of experience in the sex differences field, Dr. Zuloaga currently serves as council member and education co-chair for the Organization...
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