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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.
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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Andrea Krüsi
Andrea Krüsi, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a Research Scientist with the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity. Dr. Krüsi’s work focuses broadly on the criminalization of sexuality, with a particular focus on how intersecting social and...
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Andrea Parra
Hi! My name is Andrea and I recently graduated with a degree in Nanotechnology Engineering and a Computing Option from the University of Waterloo. I am passionate about biomedical technology development and machine learning and AI modelling for process optimization. I have collaborated with multiple research teams across diverse engineering...
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Andrew D'Souza
Andrew D’Souza is a postdoctoral research fellow at The University of Alberta. His doctoral work focused on the impact of biological sex, gonadal aging, and sex hormones on the sympathetic neural regulation of blood pressure. His current research is comprised of both basic and clinical work. The basic arm seeks...
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Andrew Lee
Andrew is a postgraduate Master’s researcher in neuroscience specialising in neuroendocrinology and autonomic control of respiration. His research focuses on pregnancy-induced respiratory adaptations, examining the role of brainstem serotonin neurons and prolactin signalling within the medullary raphe nuclei. Using optogenetics and radiotelemetry, his work aims to elucidate state-dependent neural mechanisms...
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Andrew McGovern
Current Research Andrew is a passionate researcher in sex differences and women’s health. He is particularly interested in the phenomenon where menopausal hormone therapy can either increase or decrease the risk of women developing dementia. His focus is understanding how the timing of hormone therapy administration with relation to menopause...
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Aneet Dhaliwal
Aneet graduated with a MSc in Nursing from the University of British Columbia in December of 2022. She is now an instructor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
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