Interviewee: Kelly Mathews, MD Student, University of British Columbia Authors/Editors: Romina Garcia de leon, Shayda Swann (Blog Co-coordinators). Published: May 5th, 2023 Could you briefly explain what your research is about? I’m part of a study on healthy aging in women living with and without HIV called BCC3. It involves…

Authors: Sue Lu, BSc student in Integrated Science at the University of British Columbia and Research Assistant at the Vaccine Evaluation Centre; Manish Sadarangani, MRCPCH, DPHIL, BM.BCh, …

Interviewees: Tanvi Puri, Ph.D. Candidate, University of British Columbia, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine Authors/Editors: Romina Garcia de leon, Shayda Swann (Blog Co-coordinators). Published: April 7th, 2023 Could you briefly explain what your research is about? My research examines the effects of reproductive experience and hormone therapy and…

Author: Martha Paynter, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia Authors/Editors: Romina Garcia de leon, Shayda Swann (Blog Co-coordinators). Published: March 24, 2023 As an abortion care provider in Canada, I feel deep solidarity with colleagues south of the border and terror for their patients after the U.S. Supreme…

Interviewees: Tetiana Povshedna, PhD Student (University of British Columbia Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine); Marie-Soleil Smith, PhD Candidate (University of British Columbia Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) Authors/Editors: Romina Garcia de leon, Shayda Swann (Blog Co-coordinators). Published: March 10th, 2023 Could you briefly explain what your research is…

Authors: Brynn Stagg, MSc Student, University of British Columbia; Claudia Cargnelli, MSc Student, University of British Columbia; Nichole Fairbrother, Ph.D., RPsych, Clinical Associate Professor & MSFHR Health Professional-Investigator, University of British Columbia | Editors: Romina Garcia de leon, Shayda Swann (Blog Coordinators) Published: February 24th, 2023 Are you pregnant, recently…

Authors: Nabilah Gulamhusein: Libin Cardiovascular Institute & Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Elaha Niazi: Libin Cardiovascular Institute & Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Smriti Juriasingani: Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary Editors: Romina Garcia de leon & Shayda Swann (Blog Co-coordinators). Cardiovascular disease is the…

Interviewee: Tatiana Pakhomova, B.A., M.P.H., Ph.D. student, Simon Fraser University. Authors/Editors: Romina Garcia de leon, Shayda Swann (Blog Co-coordinator). Published: January 13th, 2023 Could you please briefly explain what your research is about? My Ph.D. research aims to examine the socio-structural pathways between inflammation and depression. I’m particularly interested in…

Author: Emilie Théberge, MSc. Medical Genetics, Clinical Research Coordinator (University of British Columbia/Vancouver General Hospital) Editors: Romina Garcia de leon & Shayda Swann (Blog Co-coordinators) Published: December 30th, 2022 Note: *Biological sex (ie. female, male) is not the same as gender (ie. woman, man, nonbinary, Two-Spirit, etc.), which is a…