Tosin Ogunleye

Tosin is pursuing her MSc in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Calgary under the supervision of Dr. Claire Barber. Her research focuses on improving care pathways for patients with Giant Cell Arteritis. Originally from Calgary, she completed her undergraduate degree in nursing at the University of British Columbia before returning home for her graduate […]

Sydney Joy

Sydney Joy is a PhD student with the Division of Experimental Medicine at McGill University under the co-supervision of Dr. Ines Colmegna and Dr. James Martin. She received her undergraduate degree in Life Sciences from Queen’s University. Her thesis focused on the role of the human cutaneous immune environment in allergic sensitization and its subsequent […]

Derin Karacabeyli

Dr. Derin Karacabeyli is a rheumatologist enrolled in the UBC Clinician Investigator Program. His undergraduate studies were in kinesiology at UBC, where he finished Head of Class in his first, second, and third years, and was awarded three Premier Undergraduate Scholarships and the distinction of Wesbrook Scholar. He developed an interest in obesity, which he […]

Jenny Leese

Jenny is a post-doctoral fellow supervised by Dr. Ian Graham in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, and Centre for Implementation Research at The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. She is also a visiting post-doctoral fellow at Arthritis Research Canada. Jenny’s research interests lie in relational ethics, integrated knowledge translation and qualitative […]

Emilie McGuire

Emilie is a Masters student at McGill University under the supervision of Dr. Deborah Da Costa. She completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at UBC. Emilie’s research has examined the mental health experiences of patients with arthritis; more specifically, what factors are associated with depression and insomnia. Her and her team’s more recent projects at McGill […]

Ani Methi

Ani Methi is an MSc student in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia, under the supervision of Dr. Mary De Vera. She is a social and cultural psychologist who completed her previous MSc training as an Erasmus Mundus scholar jointly at the University of Limerick in Ireland and at ISTCE-University Institute […]

Racheal Githumbi

Racheal Githumbi is a Research Associate and PhD trainee specializing in Epidemiology at the University of Calgary under the supervision of Dr. Claire Barber. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and a Master’s in Biomedical Technology from the University of Alberta and Calgary, respectively. Presently, Racheal’s research interests are centred on using administrative […]

Sarah Hansen

Dr. Sarah Hansen continues with Arthritis Research Canada as a clinician investigator, having previously been part of the organization as a research trainee. She is the current provincial lead for autoinflammatory diseases. Dr. Hansen is a graduate of the University of British Columbia Rheumatology residency program and she is a Clinical Assistant Professor with the […]

Nejat Hassen

Nejat Hassen is a PhD student in the Graduate Program of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of British Columbia, supervised by Dr. Linda Li. She received both her Bachelor’s of Kinesiology and MSc in Population and Public Health from the University of British Columbia. Her MSc work focused on identifying disease-related and non-disease-related factors that influence […]

Rashedul Hoque

Rashedul Hoque completed his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Xie in 2018 at Simon Fraser University. He is working as a biostatistician on the PRECISION project with Dr. Xie. He obtained his M.Sc in Statistics (biostatistics specialization) from the University of British Columbia in 2017. Before that, he obtained a BS and MS in Applied Statistics […]