Trainee Cluster Leads

Meet our Trainee Cluster Leads

Alex Lukey, Graduate Student, School of Nursing

Alex is a second-year MSN student at UBC Okanagan. She is also currently practicing as a Registered Nurse at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver in cardiology and cardiac surgery. Alex’s research passions include applying technology to improve patient self-care and improving women’s...

Shie Rinat, PhD Student, University of British Columbia

Shie is a PhD student in the Brain Behaviour Lab, under the supervision of Dr. Lara Boyd. Shie's passion for stroke research began while working as an occupational therapist in an inpatient neurological rehabilitation unit in Tel-Aviv. Her doctoral work aims to investigate stroke in women, and...

Travis Hodges, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia

Dr. Travis Hodges is a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology of Dr. Liisa Galea at the University of British Columbia. His research investigates the sex-specific and age-specific biological mechanisms involved in negative cognitive bias, a treatment-resistant...

Romina Garcia de Leon, Master's student, University of British ColumbiaNeuroscience

Romina is a MSc student in Neuroscience at the University of British Columbia, under the supervision of Dr. Liisa Galea in the Laboratory of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology. Broadly, Romina wishes to investigate reproductive periods and the neurobiological underpinnings that increase stress...

Bonnie Lee, Events & Communications Assistant / PhD Student, University of British Columbia

Bonnie Lee is our Events & Communications assistant, Trainee Cluster Lead, and Trainee Member. She is a Neuroscience PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia studying with Dr. Liisa Galea in the Laboratory of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology.

Her research is focused on...

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