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Suzanne Sicchia
Professor Suzanne Sicchia is an award winning Associate Professor Teaching Stream in the Department of Health & Society, and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. She also serves as the Associate Dean Undergraduate Programs & Curriculum (ADUPC), for the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. She has...
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Sydney Ku
Sydney graduated from Colby College in the spring of 2021 with a B.A. in Psychology with a concentration in Neuroscience. While at Colby, Sydney worked in the Glenn Lab, a behavioral neuroscience rat lab, as a research assistant and later conducted a senior thesis examining psychomotor stimulant sensitization as a...
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Sydney Penner
Sydney works as a Research Assistant at the Work Wellness Institute. She has a BA in psychology from Simon Fraser University. Her focus was in the critical analysis of research methods and theoretical models in biopsychology. In her degree, she studied the the fields of psychopharmacology, behavioral endocrinology, and health...
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Sydney Wilson
Sydney is an undergraduate student in the Honours Synthetic Biology program at Western University. Her research interests focus on women’s health, particularly sexual health and quality of life following invasive cancer therapies. She recently completed a co-op term with OVCARE at BC Cancer, contributing to ovarian cancer research. Sydney is...
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Syreen Goulmamine
A seasoned scientist, public health expert, and entrepreneur, Syreen Goulmamine delivers results-driven strategies that connect science to social impact. She is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of EquityBio Consulting, where she collaborates with researchers, policymakers, community organizations, and industry leaders to identify and address care gaps, translate research into...
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Tabitha Craig
Tabitha Craig is a PhD student in the Cerebrovascular Health, Exercise, and Environmental Research Sciences (CHEERS) Laboratory at the University of Victoria. Her research focus is on the impact of sex hormones on cerebrovascular endothelial function and arterial stiffness in response to environmental and physiological stressors. Twitter: @Tab_craig2
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Taleah Dumoulin
I have a background in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, as well as Global and Public Health, and currently work as a research assistant at the University of Oslo. My research to date has fostered a strong interest in how developmental processes shape mental health, particularly through the interaction of psychosocial...
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Tamara Aboushady
I’m an undergraduate student at the university of Toronto pursuing a major in Health Sciences (Population Health) with a minor in Psychology. My interests include metabolic health, women’s health and health psychology. I love communicating science, and I’m driven to advance research on women’s health and bridge translational gaps.
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Tamara Bodnar
Dr. Tamara Bodnar is a Research Associate in the Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences at The University of British Columbia (UBC), supervised by Dr. Joanne Weinberg. Her research examines the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure and other early-life environmental manipulations on immune function across development. Her research involves animal...
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Tania Pereira
I am currently researching the effects of oral contraceptives on autonomic function, specifically investigating physiological responses to reflex activations in healthy women (chemoreflex, mechanoreflex and metaboreflex). I am also investigating the effects of the menstrual cycle and sex differences.
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Taniya Nagpal
Taniya Nagpal is an Assistant Professor at The University of Alberta with the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport and Recreation. She completed her PhD from the University of Western Ontario with the Exercise and Pregnancy Lab and Exercise and Health Psychology Lab. Her dissertation work included developing and testing strategies to...
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Tanya Lazor
Dr. Tanya Lazor obtained her MSW at the University of Windsor and her PhD in Health Services Research at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Her postdoctoral work is currently underway and explores intersectional inequalities of cannabis use among people living with HIV....
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