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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.
Myfanwy Bakker
I am a second year PhD student in clinical psychology at UBC Okanagan, supervised by Dr. Susan Holtzman. Broadly, my research interests include: the role of self-compassion and mindfulness in mental health, emotion regulation, depression, and the impact of trauma and stress on formal and informal caregivers’ mental health. In...
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Nabilah Gulamhusein
Nabilah is an MSc student at the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. She recently graduated with a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Calgary. Her research focuses on the route of post-menopausal estrogen administration and cardiovascular risk. Nabilah hopes to become a leader in...
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Nadiya Ekhteraeetoussi
Nadiya Ekhteraeetoussi is a strategic leader, and enthusiastic supporter of mental health, women’s rights, and EDIA (equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility). With more than 12 years of experience, she is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Educational Leadership at the University of Regina in Canada. Throughout her career, Nadiya has worked...
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Najah Adreak
Dr. Najah Adreak is an aspiring heart surgeon and clinical researcher with a Master of Science in Surgery degree from UBC. She earned her medical degree from Tripoli University and trained in the Cardiac Surgery residency program in Libya before moving to Canada for further education and training. Najah is...
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Nan Chen
Nan Chen is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of British Columbia and the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI). She holds a PhD in Epidemiology and Health Statistics from Sichuan University and specializes in leveraging advanced quantitative analysis to promote women’s health equity. Her current research focuses on developing microsimulation...
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Naomi Phagau
Naomi is an MSc student in the Reproductive and Developmental Sciences program based in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She previously completed an Honours BSc in Neuroscience and Psychology at McMaster University and is interested in reproductive health, mental health, and racial and ethnic disparities in maternal morbidity and...
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Narantungalag Gerelt-Od
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Naseeb Bolduc
Naseeb is an MSc student at the UBC School of Population and Public Health. She previously completed an honours degree in philosophy at UBC, and is interested in questions related to values, justice, and health found at the intersection of public health and philosophy. Her thesis examines different perceptions of...
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Natalie Freeman
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Natalie Kearn
Natalie Kearn is a third year Bachelor of Health Sciences Student at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario with a keen interest in Women’s Health. She conducts research in the Department of Medicine and Department of Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s University.
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Natalie Scime
Natalie Scime is an Epidemiologist with the Alberta Sex, Gender & Women’s Health Research Hub and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Calgary. Her program of research investigates the relationships between reproductive factors and women’s health and chronic disease risk across the life course. Dr. Scime...
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Natalie Szakun
Since 2020, I’ve been working as a research trainee alongside Dr. Anita Cote, focusing on cardiovascular disease in women. My research explores non-traditional sex-specific risk factors often overlooked in women’s health. Currently studying medicine at UBC’s island medical program- and absolutely loving it! In the future, I aspire to continue...
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