Julia Downey

Julia Downey is a Master’s student in epidemiology at the University of Calgary under the supervision of Dr. Glen Hazelwood. In 2017, she obtained a Bachelor of Science in microbiology from UBC Okanagan and subsequently went on to work as an oncology clinical research coordinator in both British Columbia and Alberta. Alongside her work in […]

Manuel Ester

Manuel Ester (Manny) is working as a post-doctoral associate with Dr. Claire Barber at the University of Calgary’s McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health. He completed his BSc in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Simon Fraser University. He completed his MSc in Molecular Techniques in Life Science at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and his […]

Renata Gabuzyan

Renata Gabuzyan is a Masters student in Rehabilitation Sciences under the supervision of Dr. Jackie Whittaker at the University of British Columbia. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology (Pre-Med) at the University of Eastern Washington while also competing as a Division I tennis athlete. Renata’s research will seek to understand the association between cyclical […]

Daniel Gillespie

Dan Gillespie is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary under the supervision of Claire Barber and Lauren Beaupre. He also works as a physiotherapist and Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Alberta in Camrose, Alberta. In January 2024, he completed his PhD in Rehabilitation Science at the University of Alberta. His research […]

Maribeth (Fortune) Gelisanga

Maribeth is an MSc student in the Graduate Program of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Dr. Linda Li. She received her Bachelor of Science and Master in Physical Therapy from the University of the Philippines. Maribeth is a clinician-researcher focused on geriatric rehabilitation, informed by the concepts of […]

Juel Chowdhury

Dr. Juel Chowdhury is a public health physician and doctoral researcher in the University of Alberta Department of Medicine. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Gulf Medical University, a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a Master of Science in Global Healthcare Leadership from […]

Dominique Clarke

Dominique Clarke is a Master of Rehabilitation Sciences student at the University of British Columbia, supervised by Dr. Jackie Whittaker. She holds a Bachelor of Science with a specialization in Kinesiology from Queen’s University, where she also competed as a varsity soccer player at the U SPORTS level. Dominique’s research focuses on improving our understanding of […]

Narsis Daftarian

Narsis is pursuing a PhD in the Experimental Medicine program in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Dr. Antonio Aviña-Zubieta. She is studying potential retinal side effects of the Plaquenil / Hydroxychloroquine medication which is used in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematous prospectively. Her […]

Nicole Andersen

Nicole is a PhD Student in Counselling Psychology at McGill University under the co-supervision of Dr. Deborah DaCosta and Dr. Annett Körner. Her Master of Arts (Counselling Psychology) and Bachelor of Arts (psychology) were also done at McGill University. Nicole’s research is focused on optimizing health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA), […]

Jordyn Burgar

Jordyn Burgar is a Masters of Science student in Public Health at the University of Alberta under the supervision of Dr. Allyson Jones. Jordyn completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of Calgary while playing varsity hockey. After playing a year of hockey overseas, she started her Masters working on a project […]