2023
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Trainee Research Presentation | Date: March 31st, 2023
| Presenters | Presentation Title |
| Sabine Halabi, MSc Student, University of British Columbia | Epidemiological risk modelling for endometrial cancer. |
| Katherine Gray, Medical Student, University of British Columbia | Health care provider perceptions of cervical cancer screening in Rwanda |
| Arnima Singh, Undergraduate Student, University of British Columbia | Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic (EPAC): A Recruitment Trial |
| Malak Ibrahim, MSc Student, University of British Columbia | Spot the Difference: recognizing risks for cancer in the experiences of normal aging |
| Cherise Kwok, Undergraduate Student, University of British Columbia | Sex differences in the effects of chronic unpredictable stress on negative cognitive bias and neural activity in the amygdala and nucleus accumbens |
2022
Trainee Research Presentation | Date: September 23rd, 2022
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| Tessa Woodside, Undergraduate student, Queen's University | Female reproductive health and kidney disease |
| Elaha Niazi, Undergraduate student, University of Calgary | In-vitro fertilization and heart health: Is there a link |
| Louise Schindler, PhD student, University of Lausanne | Menopause, cardiometabolic health, and the brain |
| Emma Goodwin, MSc student, University of British Columbia | Prevalence of anxiety and depression in both symptomatic and asymptomatic surgically-confirmed endometriosis patients |
| Julia Yates, MSc student, Western University | The resilience of rural women experiencing economic abuse in the context of gender-based violence |
Trainee Research Presentation | Date: June 22nd, 2022
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Amanda Nitschke, MSc Student, Univerity of British Columbia |
Prenatal antibiotic exposure and risk of autism spectrum disorder |
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Emma Goodwin, MSc Student, Univerity of British Columbia |
Prevalence of anxiety and depression in both symptomatic and asymptomatic surgically-confirmed endometriosis patients |
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Cara Anne Davidson, PhD Student, Western University |
Breast cancer and intimate partner violence: What are we missing? |
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Nokuzola Ncube, MSc Student, Western University |
Mental health services and intimate partner violence during COVID-19 |
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Kathryn Corbett, Internal Medicine Resident, University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine |
Sexual function and activity among young females with kidney failure treated with dialysis |
Trainee Research Presentation | Date: March 3rd, 2022
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Grace Thiele, MSc student, Univerity of British Columbia |
Investigating the role of antenatal depression and anxiety profiles in predicting pregnancy and birth outcomes: Can we more precisely classify exposure to depression and anxiety in the perinatal period? |
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Victoria Riehl-Tonn, MSc Student, University of Calgary |
Association between sex, gender and type of hemodialysis |
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Jennifer Williams, PhD candidate, McMaster University |
Acute effects of emergency contraception on the cardiovascular system |
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Nabilah Gulamhusein, BSc, MSc Student, University of Calgary |
Route of post-menopausal estrogen administration and cardiovascular risk |
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Hallie Dau, MPH, PhD student, University of British Columbia |
Understanding the social and economic impacts of cervical cancer in Uganda: a protocol |
2021
Trainee Research Presentation | Date: September 29, 2021
| PRESENTERS | PRESENTATION TITLE |
| Jodie Hughes, BSc, MSc, University of Roehampton | Study on the effects of location, ethnicity, gender and care approach on people with Endometriosis |
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Shilpa Rao, BSc, Cleveland Clinic & Case Western Reserve University |
Constructing a prediction tool for disease severity in women with Parkinson's disease |
| Dr. Janet Currie, PhD | Why are we continuing to use domperidone to treat low breastmilk supply when it is not approved for this use? |
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Victoria Bernaud, BSc, MSc, Arizona State University |
The cognitive effects of the highly selective progestin segesterone a cetate in a rat model of surgical menopause |
| Frankie Uy, BSc, University of British Columbia | Sex differences in the role of the frontal cortex activity in negative cognitive bias from adulthood to middle-age |
Trainee Research Presentation | Date: June 23, 2021
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Stephanie Koebele, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Center for Evolution and Medicine, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University |
Hysterectomy uniquely impacts spatial memory in a rat model: A role for the N\nonpregnant uterus in cognitive processes |
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Eunice Bawafaa, RN, MSTTI, MScN, Western University |
Women's experiences and perception of reproductive health access in rural Ghana |
| Alesia V Prakapenka, Postdoctoral Fellow | The curves, turns, and bumps along the path of cognitive aging for females |
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Jodie Hughes, BSc, MSc, University of Roehampton |
Study on the effects of location, ethnicity, gender and care approach on people with Endometriosis |
| Christie MacLeod, Doctoral Student, McMaster University | Examining sex-related differences in intracortical myelin (ICM) |
Trainee Research Presentation | Date: March 11, 2021
| PRESENTERS | PRESENTATION TITLE |
| Victoria Riehl-Tonn, BScN, RN, MSc Student, University of Calgary | Quality of Life in Patients Living with Kidney Failure Initiating Incremental or Conventional Hemodialysis, by Sex and Gender |
| Chantal Rytz, MSc, PhD Student, University of Calgary | Cardiovascular Implications of Gender-affirming Hormone Therapy in Transgender Adults |
| Antonio Florido, PhD Student,
Autonomous University of Barcelona |
Opposite-sex effects of the Tac2 pathway blockade in fear memory consolidation: implications for fear related disorders |
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Jennifer Williams, PhD Candidate, McMaster University |
Oral contraceptive hormones and the vascular endothelial nitric oxide pathway |
| Lara Radovic, Honours Bachelor of Science in Behavioural Neuroscience, University of British Columbia | Exploring Links Between Body Image Self-Consciousness and Sexual Function Problems in Pregnant Couples |
2020
Trainee Research Presentation | Date: October 07, 2020
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Helen Okoye, Ph. D., University of British Columbia |
Intersecting social statuses, structural drivers, and power dynamics in adolescent girls’ and young women’s sexual and reproductive health risks and vulnerabilities in sub-Saharan Africa |
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Sabrina Ge |
Adolescent Hormonal Contraceptive Use and Reward Processing |
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Cara Anne Davidson, MSc |
MPOWER: Impacts of COVID-19 Physical Distancing on Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence at Home in Canada |
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Laura Pritschet, University of California Santa Barbara |
Applying dense-sampling to reveal dynamic endocrine modulation of large-scale functional brain networks across a human menstrual cycle. |
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Natalie Brown, Ph.D., University of British Columbia |
Assessing Different Presentations of Low Desire: An Eye-tracking Investigation |
Trainee Research Presentation | Date: August 10, 2020
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Veronica Guadangi, PDF at the University of Calgary (@VeronicaYYCGuad) |
Sex and gender differences in sleep quality, empathy and mood during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Females and woman suffered the most. |
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Kayonne Christy, Masters student at UBC (@KSchristy1) |
Investigating racial disparities in maternal health: An intersectional, cross-national examination of Black women's experiences of prenatal care |
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Kiranjot Jhajj, Masters student at the University of Northern British Columbia |
Investigation into the Effects of Ovarian Hormones on Differential Learning Strategy Recruitment |
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Rachel Zsido, PhD Candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany (@RachelGZsido) |
Shifting the male default setting in human clinical models: Investigating cortical excitation-inhibition balance as a biomarker for individual SSRI responsivity in women |
| Elise Wiley, Masters student at McMaster University (@EliseWiley7) | Exploring gender-based differences in exercise self-efficacy in individuals with stroke. |
Trainee Research Presentation | Date: April 30, 2020
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Jennifer Williams, PhD Candidate, McMaster University |
Hormonal contraceptives and Early Risk indicators for cardiovascular disease in women: the HER Study |
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Zaryan Masood, Undergraduate student, McMaster University |
The impact of hormonal contraceptives on substrate oxidation during rest and submaximal aerobic exercise |
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Sonia Milani, Study coordinator, UBC |
Comparing Visual Attention Patterns in Women With and Without Sexual Concerns |
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Alex Lukey, Graduate Student / Registered Nurse, UBCO |
Cardiac Outcomes of Menopausal Women Prescribed Concurrent Hormonal and Statin Combinations Regiments in British Columbia |
| Sadaf Sediqi, Undergraduate student, UBC | Associations between IL-1β and deep dyspareunia in nerve bundle growth in endometriosis: A pilot study |
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Tristan Joshua Phillipe, PhD Candidate, UBC |
Sex differences in basal and stress related core body temperature in the rat |
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2019
Trainee Research Presentation | Date: September 27, 2019
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Dr. Christine Anderl Postdoctoral fellow, Social Health Lab, UBC |
Teenage birth control pill use and depression risk |
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Kaylee Misener Ph.D. student, Clinical Psychology, UBCO |
The development and implementation of a novel body dissatisfaction prevention program for adolescent females: A pilot project |
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Maya Koblanski Undergraduate Student, Behavioural Neuroscience and Viau Lab, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC |
Post-synaptic Serotonin (5-HT) 1A Receptor Responses to Repeated Restraint Stress in Female Rats |
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Lexia Bao Research Assistant, Viau Lab, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC |
Pre-synaptic Serotonin (5-HT) 1A Receptor Responses to Repeated Restraint Stress in Male Rats |
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Tristan Philippe Ph.D. (c) and an IMH Marshal Scholar, Viau Lab, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC |
Sex differences in transcriptome responses associated with stress HPA axis habituation in male and female rats |
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Kiran Parmar MSc student, School of Population and Public Health, UBC |
Painful Sex & Endometriosis: a patient-oriented knowledge translation project |
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Trainee Research Presentation | Date: July 26, 2019
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Kendra Zadravec MSc Student, Clinical Exercise Physiology Lab, UBC |
Discrete choice experiment for understanding women’s preferences for upper body physiotherapy after breast cancer surgery |
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Sadaf Sediqi Undergraduate student, Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis Lab, UBC |
Nerve Bundles and its association with deep dyspareunia in endometriosis: Can a binary system be useful for pathologists? |
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Michelle Lisonek BSc Integrated Sciences, UBC |
Sexual Pain and Infertility Concerns in Endometriosis: A Cross-Sectional Study |
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Dr. Paul Sheppard PDF, Neuroscience program, UBC |
Sex and subregion differences in the rapid effects of 17-estradiol on cell signaling cascades in the dentate gyrus of male and female rats |
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Elizabeth Nethery Ph.D. Student, SPPH, UBC |
Differential association of household income with contraceptive methods among female youth: Results from the Canadian Community Health Survey (2009–10 and 2013–14) |
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Trainee Research Presentation | Date: April 9, 2019
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Dr. Jonathan Smirl Post-doctoral fellow, Sports Concussion Research Lab, UBCO |
Physiological alterations present in Survivors of intimate partner violence | |
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Natasha Orr PhD Student, Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, UBC |
Central Sensitization in Endometriosis-associated Sexual Pain | |
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Shermeen Imtiaz Research Assistant,Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Laboratory, UBC |
Understanding Dyspareunia in Endometriosis Patients |
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Wansu Qui Ph.D. Student, Neuroscience, UBC |
Maternal corticosterone and SSRI exposure during the postpartum period alters cytokine profile in dams | |
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Julia Santana Parrilla MSc Candidate, School of Population and Public Health, UBC |
Addressing Anxiety and Depression during Pregnancy: Primary antenatal care provider perspectives | |
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Madison Lackie MSc Candidate, Reproductive and Developmental Sciences program, UBC |
The use of e-health and Technology to assist in Treating Postpartum Depression. | |
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Kalysha Closson Ph.D. Student, School of Population and Public Health, UBC |
Measuring Sexual Relationship Power Equity among young men and women living in Durban and Soweto, South Africa |
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Faith Jabs Study Coordinator, DESIRE study, Sexual Health Lab, UBC |
Group therapy for women with Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder |
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