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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”.

Arrthy Thayaparan

Arrthy Thayaparan

Blog Co-coordinator
Arrthy is a first-year UBC Master of Journalism student, based on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-waututh nations. She is endlessly curious about science and social justice, and hopes to bridge the gap between the public and experts in her work. She also has an immense passion...
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Ashley Balsom

Ashley Balsom

PhD Student University of Regina Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Ashley A. Balsom is a doctoral student in clinical psychology at the University of Regina. She is also currently a SSHRC doctoral fellow. Ms. Balsom is currently working under the supervision of Dr. Jennifer Gordon in the Women’s Mental Health Research Unit. She is interested in exploring evidence-based interventions adapted...
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Ashley Benge

Ashley Benge

Senior Technical Officer and PhD Candidate University College Cork Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Driven by a deep interest in the human body and its complexities, I hold a BSc in Kinesiology, Exercise & Sports Science, Psychology, and Biology from the U.S. and I further honed this passion with an MSc in Human Anatomy from University College Cork (2022), leading me to my current...
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Ashley Curtis

Ashley Curtis

Assistant Professor University of South Florida Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) School of Nursing
Dr. Ashley Curtis is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of South Florida (USF) and Director of the Cognition, Aging, Sleep, and Health (CASH) Lab. Her research focuses on bidirectional associations between sleep and cognition in healthy and pathological aging populations, and how sex-related mechanisms...
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Ashley Groth

Ashley Groth

Master of Public Health Student University of Toronto Gender, Society, and Health
Ashley is a Master of Public Health student at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health and an Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences graduate from Queen’s University. As someone with lived experience with mental health struggles and barriers to healthcare, much of Ashley’s work and interests focus...
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Ashlinn Pennell

Ashlinn Pennell

Masters Student Memorial University Gender, Society, and Health
Ashlinn completed a joint honours B.A. in Psychology and Religious Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2025, where she gained diverse research experience across psychology, religious studies, and medicine. Her honours thesis examined the prevalence and predictors of a lesser-known manifestation of obsessive–compulsive disorder, commonly referred to...
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Ashlyn Swift-Gallant

Ashlyn Swift-Gallant

Associate Professor Memorial University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Dr. Ashlyn Swift-Gallant is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador (MUNL). Dr. Swift-Gallant earned her PhD from the University of Toronto and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Michigan State University. Her research investigates how the processes of sex development shape the...
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Atafeh Najafi

Atafeh Najafi

Postdoctoral researcher University of British Columbia Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia (UBC). As a member of the Yong Research Team at BC Women’s Hospital, my current research investigates the role of somatic driver mutations in endometriosis. Through this work, I aim to...
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Avani Dhunna

Avani Dhunna

Events & Communications Assistant University of British Columbia
Avani is a fifth-year undergraduate student studying English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. Avani has a background in managing an undergraduate literary journal and is passionate about playing a part in the process of bringing important, diverse stories to light. She worked effortlessly to help...
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Ayan Biswas

Ayan Biswas

Undergraduate Student Jadavpur University Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Ayan Biswas is an undergraduate student with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering at Jadavpur University. Find Ayan on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Aysan Dehghani

Aysan Dehghani

Undergraduate Student BC Centre for Disease Control Gender, Society, and Health
Aysan is a senior undergraduate student conducting research in health-policy. With years of experience in migration studies, she is currently conducting studies in the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) rights and access in immigrant and newcomer women communities in British Columbia. Currently working in the digital health intervention field at...
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