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Emily Anne Opala2025-09-10 12:00:442025-09-10 10:32:41Dr. Jennifer Williams Receives OBI-Banting Discovery Award for Brain Health ResearchLet us Feature Your Work
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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.
Amy Johnston
Amy Johnston is an Assistant Professor and epidemiologist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology within the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine, a Child Health & Wellness researcher within the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, and a member of both the O’Brien Institute for Public Health and the...
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Amy Kohtz
My research program applies my graduate training in sex differences and memory with my postdoctoral training in substance use disorder research to address one of the most complex issues associated with the successful treatment of SUDs; the initiation and maintenance of abstinence following addiction. Relapse often occurs when exposure to...
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Amy Tan
My research interests lie in the field of nutrient requirements, optimal nutrition and identifying populations at increased risk of nutrient deficiency. My project focuses on vitamin B12 in pregnant women and their newborns. Vitamin B12 is important for the healthy growth and brain development in the fetus and newborn, as...
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Amy Vassallo
Dr. Amy Vassallo is a Research Fellow in the Global Women’s Health Program at the George Institute for Global Health and committed to using evidence and innovation to improve population health. Her current research focusses on understanding sex and gender based bias and data gaps in health and medical research;...
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Anahita Seraji
I am a third-year Biology major at the University of British Columbia and an aspiring cardiothoracic surgeon. I have a broad range of interests, including health care, gender equity, filmmaking, and music. Currently, I am a certified First Responder, hoping to pursue paramedicine. I also recently directed and produced a...
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Anais Mergen
I am an undergraduate student in the final year of my BSc. in Kinesiology at McGill University. I am currently a research volunteer in the Cardiovascular Health and Autonomic Regulation Laboratory (CHARLab), where I help conduct research on how perimenopausal women’s sympathetic nervous system responds to stress and its implications...
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Anaïsa Visser
Anaïsa is a biracial (Dutch and Pakistani) filmmaker based in Vancouver, BC. She grew up all over the world, namely in Mozambique, the United States, then France, before moving to Vancouver to pursue an undergraduate degree at Emily Carr University. She graduated in 2013 with a BFA in Film, Video...
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Anam Shahil
Anam Shahil-Feroz is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto. She has received her BSc Nursing and MSc Health Policy and Management from Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Shortly after, she began working actively within the community to address health systems issues...
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Andi Camden
Dr. Andi Camden is an Epidemiologist and Senior Research Associate at the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children at the Hospital for Sick Children, as well as an ICES Fellow. She holds both a PhD and MPH in Epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the...
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Andra Bria
Andra Bria is a digital health expert, a patient advocate, and a supporter of brain health. Through her 10+ years as a technologist and advocate for equity and inclusion and patient empowerment, with Navi Neuro she strives to advance equitable access to neurological innovations, as well as prevention services. With...
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Andrea Araujo
Dr. Andrea Araujo, RCC holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC). Dr. Andrea originally started her career in Psychology earning a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Psychology from the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada. Her training includes a Master’s degree in...
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Andrea Guest
Andrea Guest has worked in entrepreneurship for over a decade. She has been with the Innovation Factory since 2021 where she takes pride in leading Femtech Canada. Femtech Canada is a national coalition dedicated to supporting the creation of inclusion-informed, cutting-edge businesses that stand to overturn, challenge, and create new...
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