Dr. Shahin Kassam holds a PhD in Nursing from the University of Victoria and comes from a clinical public health nursing background with focus on women living with emotional, mental, and physical sequelae of forced migration. As the successful candidate for a grant-funded Postdoctoral Research Fellowship within the UBC School of Nursing, Capacity Research Unit, (supervisor: Dr. Vicky Bungay), Dr. Shahin Kassam leads an independent program of research while also providing mentorship to Masters and PhD students in data analysis, publication, methodology, community engagement, and working within intersections of gender, race, migrant status, and violence. Her expertise in community-based research focuses on advancing the mental and physical health of newcomer populations who have experienced varying forms of migration and seek settlement and connection to Canadian society and systems.