Our Expert Database is designed to connect you with multidisciplinary women’s health researchers, professors, post-doctoral fellows, and more. Use this platform to find a collaborator for your research project, identify an expert to comment on current events or discover a supervisor for your graduate work. On top of that, if you’re seeking trainees to support your work you can find them here too.

You may find experts by name, career type, and/or by entering keywords in the “area of research expertise” to narrow your search. For instance, if your research focus is brain health and understanding progressive disease, you can find experts with knowledge in these areas by entering keywords like “Alzheimer’s” or “Dementia”.

Jalisa Karim

PhD Student Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) jlkarim@student.ubc.ca Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Jalisa graduated from the University of Waterloo with a BMath in Biostatistics and BA in Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies. She is now a PhD student at UBC in Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences, where her research focuses on endometriosis and infertility.

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Jamie Benham

Assistant Professor University of Calgary Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) jlbenham@ucalgary.ca

Dr. Benham is an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary in the Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences. Her research focuses on the interplay between endocrine disease, physical activity and cardiometabolic health. Dr. Benham completed degrees in Human Kinetics and Medicine at the University of British Columbia, followed...

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Jana Radosavljevic

Master's student McMaster University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) radosavj@mcmaster.ca

Jana is a first-year Neuroscience MSc student at McMaster University. She previously completed her HBSc at the University of Toronto, specializing in Neuroscience, with a major in Psychology and a minor in Biology. Prior to starting her graduate studies, she worked in clinical research at SickKids on various projects investigating...

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Janielle Richards

womenshealth.blog@ubc.ca

Janielle Richards is one of two Blog Coordinators at the Women’s Health Research Cluster. She is a 5th year PhD candidate in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Toronto, St. George Campus. Specializing in Behavioural Pharmacology, Neuropharmacology and brain drug metabolism, her research is focused on...

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Jansie Nel

MSc Candidate University of Calgary Gender, Society, and Health jansie.nel@ucalgary.ca

Jansie Nel is an MSc candidate in Kinesiology, Exercise Health and Physiology, at the University of Calgary. Conducting her research in the Brain Health Lab under the supervision of Dr. Cindy Barha, Jansie’s work focuses on understanding sex differences in the relationship between physical activity and late-life cognition in ethnically...

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Jasleen Kaur

Graduate Student University of Regina Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) jasleen.kaur1@alumni.ucalgary.ca

Jasleen Kaur received her BSc (Honours) from University of Calgary in 2022. Her honours research focused on examining the rates and predictors of anxiety and depression among partners of pregnant individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, under the guidance of Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen. Currently, Jasleen is a first-year Clinical Psychology graduate...

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Jasmeen Sran

4th year Health Sciences undergraduate student Simon Fraser University Gender, Society, and Health jasmeensran7@gmail.com

Jasmeen Sran is a Bachelor of Science student in Health Sciences at Simon Fraser Univeristy, concentrating in Public Health and Data. She is the Co-Lead of the Surrey Youth Newcomer Council (SYNC), Co-Founder of Women’s Wellness Connect, and Founder of BC’s Childhood Cancer Society, initiatives through which she has advancing...

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Javiera Navarrete

PhD Student University of Alberta Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) javiera@ualberta.ca

Javiera (she/her) is a PhD student in Health Services and Policy Research at the University of Alberta in Canada. She is interested in the scope of pharmacy practice, health services, access to care, tailored healthcare approaches for equity-deserving populations, and community-based health research. Her current research explores the role of...

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Jaza Alam

Research Assistant University of Toronto Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) jazaadec@gmail.com

I am a recent graduate with research experience in reproductive genetics and molecular biology, currently working as a research assistant across projects focused on fertility, metabolism, and genomic regulation. My work spans both wet-lab and data-driven approaches, including genetic pathway analysis and the interpretation of clinically derived genomic datasets. I...

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Jeannie Shoveller

Professor University of British Columbia Academic Collaborator jean.shoveller@ubc.ca School of Population and Public Health

Dr. Jeannie Shoveller, PhD, is a Professor at UBC’s School of Population & Public Health and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. She is also the Associate Director and Director of Research at the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity and the Director of Research at...

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Jeffrey Man Hay Wong

Clinical Assistant Professor University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) jeffreymh.wong@alumni.ubc.ca

Dr. Jeff Wong (he/him) is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia. He completed his Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences at McMaster University and Doctor of Medicine at the University of Toronto before moving to Vancouver for residency training in...

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