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Rushdia Ahmed
An aspiring global health and health systems researcher. Currently a doctoral student at the University of Toronto. I started my career as a trainee researcher in the Health Systems and Population Studies Division at icddr,b, an international health research institution based in Bangladesh, in 2013. In the following 5 years,...
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Ruth Elwood Martin
Dr. Ruth Elwood Martin is a family physician who worked in British Columbia’s provincial correctional centres starting in 1994. In 2005 she became the Inaugural Director of the UBC Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education (CCPHE), a network of academic, community and prison persons interested in improving the health...
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Sabrina Lloyd-Ellis
Sabrina is a MSc candidate in the Women and Children’s Health Sciences stream at UBC. Under the mentorship of Dr. Gillian Hanley, her research focuses on hereditary high-risk groups for gynecological cancers. She specifically investigates preventative interventions for BRCA mutation carriers to reduce the risks of ovarian and breast cancers,...
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Sabrina Luke
Sabrina Luke is an Epidemiologist in the Research and Surveillance group at Perinatal Services British Columbia. She holds a doctoral degree in public health from the University of South Florida with a focus in perinatal epidemiology and has co-authored publications in the areas of tobacco and cannabis use in pregnancy....
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Sabrina Vander Wiele
I am a second-year Ph.D. candidate in the Biomedical Engineering department at the University of Delaware, specializing in quantifying brain mechanics with magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), a noninvasive imaging technique. My research focuses on the relationship between mechanical properties of the brain and neurobiological processes. Currently, we are investigating how...
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Sadaf Sediqi
Sadaf is an undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia working as a research assistant at the Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis Lab supervised by Dr. Paul Yong. Her research interests explore the symptoms of endometriosis-associated pain affecting women’s health. Current standard treatments for endometriosis are limited in their effectiveness...
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Sahar Ahmadi
I’m Sahar Ahmadi. I’m from Iran. I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in midwifery from Zanjan University of Medical Sciences. Since I was a child, I wanted to be able to help women when I grew up. At the age of 18, I decided to study the beautiful field of...
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Sahar Fazeli
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Saima Hirani
Dr. Saima Hirani is an Assistant Professor at the UBC, School of Nursing. Her research experience includes working with multidisciplinary teams to promote mental health among socioeconomically disadvantaged and vulnerable populations in Canada and Pakistan. Her research focuses on what factors and interventions can enhance the capacity of individuals, families,...
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Sakshi Kharbanda
I am Sakshi Kharbanda, an incoming graduate student in Medical Sciences. I am passionate about reproductive and sexual health in marginalized communities.
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Saleena Zedan
Saleena is a 2nd Year MSc student at the University of Toronto in the Institute of Medical Sciences. Her research is primarily focused on understanding how gender identity and socioenvironmental variables influence outcomes in individuals with psychosis. Grounded in an equity and inclusion lens, Saleena’s work reflects the belief that...
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Samantha Croft
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