Shayda is a our Blog Co-coordinator for the Women’s Health Blog. She is a graduate student and Vanier scholar at the University of British Columbia in the combined Doctor of Medicine/Doctor of Philosophy (MD/PhD) program. She has a keen interest in HIV, women’s health, and endocrinology. Her thesis work is exploring the impacts of HIV and social factors on hormonal dysregulation and healthy aging in women.

Shayda will work on curating and editing the Women’s Health Blog as the Blog Co-Coordinator. She applied for this position because she is passionate about knowledge translation and promoting women’s health topics, especially around topics such as equity, diversity, and community-collaboration.