Gabrielle Chiu

Gabrielle Chiu was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 20 while studying at the University of British Columbia. She is currently completing her degree in Applied Biology and hopes to pursue a career in medicine following graduation. Beyond her academic and athletic pursuits, Gabrielle is deeply committed to her community. She has worked […]

Emily Chen

Emily is a third-year Microbiology and Immunology student at the University of British Columbia. She is a research assistant under the supervision of Dr. Antonio Aviña-Zubieta, working on studies involving rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and ankylosing spondylitis.

Félix Fiset

Félix Fiset is a PhD student at the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Université Laval, in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris). His work is supervised by Dr. Jean-Sébastien Roy and co-supervised by Dr. Hugo Massé-Alarie. His doctoral thesis focuses on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a stepped model of care […]

Ildephonse Nduwimana

Ildephonse Nduwimana is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Université Laval, under the supervision of Drs. Jean-Sébastien Roy and Hugo Massé-Alarie. He completed his BSc in Physiotherapy at the Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin, his MSc in Motor Sciences at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, and his PhD in Motor Sciences from the same institution. His doctoral research […]

Alicia Tran

Alicia Tran is a Master’s of Medical Science student at the University of Toronto and Women’s College Research Institute. Under the supervision of Dr. Lihi Eder, her research explores sex- and gender-related mechanisms that influence response to advanced therapies in psoriatic arthritis. She is particularly interested in the intersection of autoimmunity with skin and joint […]

Iana (Yana) Bulavko

Iana Bulavko is an MSc candidate at the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, under the supervision of Dr. Lihi Eder. She is an internationally trained physician who previously completed her medical degree in Russia and worked in clinical and academic settings, including hospital practice, clinical teaching, and clinical research. Her current research focuses […]

Steven Dang

Steven is a PhD Candidate in the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto, supervised by Dr. Lihi Eder and Dr. Vinod Chandran. He received his Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Science at the University of Alberta and worked as a Medical Laboratory Technologist for four years before pursuing graduate school. His […]

Lihi Eder

Dr. Lihi Eder is a Clinician-Scientist at Women’s College Research Institute and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is the Director of the Psoriatic Arthritis program and co-Director of the Cardio-Rheumatology Program at the University of Toronto and at Women’s College Hospital. Dr. Eder was awarded the Canada Research Chair […]

Samantha Rogers

Diagnosed with arthritis as a child, Samantha has been living, coping, and often thriving with the chronic disease for more than half of her life. Joining the Arthritis Patient Advisory Board in 2019, Samantha looks forward to drawing on her six years of experience with national health charities to advance the mission of Arthritis Research […]

Nikki Bhatti

Facing a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis at the young age of 19, Nikki felt she had minimal understanding of the disease or support in dealing with it. No one in her family had arthritis, and being a first generation Canadian it was difficult to describe to her parents and grandma. In the early years after […]