Alyssa Howren

Dr. Alyssa Howren is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Medicine (Division of Rheumatology) under the supervision of Dr. Diane Lacaille. She completed her MSc and PhD training at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Prior to this fellowship, Dr. Howren was appointed as a […]

Fatema Tuz Jhohura

Fatema Tuz Jhohura is a PhD student in Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University, conducting her doctoral research under the supervision of Dr. Hui Xie. She holds an M.Sc. in Statistics (Biostatistics) from the University of British Columbia as well as an MS and BS in Applied Statistics from the University of Dhaka. Fatema brings […]

Alexander Quaisie

Alex Quaisie is a PhD candidate in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Western University, bringing more than a decade of experience across healthcare, public health, and social entrepreneurship to his doctoral studies under the supervision of Drs. Codie Primeau and Alison Rushton. He holds a master’s degree in International Public Health from Liverpool John Moores […]

Yael Cohen

Yael Cohen, MD, completed her medical degree at Anáhuac University in Mexico, followed by residency training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. She is currently undertaking a fellowship in Psoriatic Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto under the supervision of Professor Lihi Eder. Her current […]

Marissa Pirlot

Marissa Pirlot is a PhD student in the Health and Rehabilitation Sciences program at Western University under the supervision of Drs. Codie Primeau and Alison Rushton. She is a licensed pharmacist who completed her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and an MSc at the University of Saskatchewan. Marissa’s PhD thesis will focus on 2S/LGBTQIA+ individuals […]

Son Van

Son Van 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. He previously completed an Honours Bachelor of Health Science (BHSc) in Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization at McMaster University. He is currently investigating the role of the gut microbiome in […]

Gordon Whitehead

Gordon was first diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 1976. At that time he was a serving diplomat in the Canadian Foreign Service and he found that confronting and treating his disease proved particularly challenging when moving to and from places such as Islamabad, New Delhi, London, Bonn, Warsaw and other locales where treatments were sometimes […]

Nadia Prestley

Nadia was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 2003, but even before her diagnosis she understood well the impact arthritis has on one’s life as her mother has lived with lupus for over 40 years. For 20 years, she worked in post-secondary education as a teacher, curriculum developer and administrator; her experience included working with a […]

Céline Pitre

I look forward to sharing my experience with the Arthritis Patient Advisory Board, both as a team member as well as the Vice Chair of the Arthritis Research Canada Board of Directors. As an interior designer diagnosed with Osteoarthritis in 2003 I know, first hand, the challenges that we all face. I also know that […]

Pam Montie

Rheumatoid arthritis has been Pam’s constant companion since 1985. She believes that every aspect of most arthritis research should have the educated patient be involved, to contribute the perspective of a person living with this disease. This has led to her involvement since 2002 with the Arthritis Patient Advisory Board of Arthritis Research Canada and, […]