Renée Woodward
Renée Woodward holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on mental health, sexual health, migrant youth, and sexual and gender minority youth. Renée has collaborated with BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services Research Institute investigators on research relating to forensics and risk assessment for mental […]
Caroline McKay
Caroline has a PhD in Social Psychology from Simon Fraser University, where she investigated how group-based identity impacts mental health and empowers individuals and groups to mobilize for climate change. Currently she is interested in the mental health impacts of climate change on adolescents, access to health care and health services among vulnerable youth, and […]
Louise Marie Umwangange
Marie Louise Umwangange (She, her, hers) is a Research Assistant at SARAVYC and joined the team in December 2023. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Nursing at the University of British Columbia. She held the Warren George Povey Award in Global Health and the Gunter and Cordula Paetzold Fellowship. Her research interests focus on […]
Clover Lee (李圓媛; they/them)
Clover is a Taiwanese immigrant and MSc student in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. Their research weaves together narrative and arts-based approaches to inquiry with social nutrition, an interest first animated during their BSc in Food, Nutrition, and Health. Clover is dedicated to working with equity-deserving communities, […]
Ava Pashaei
Ava (she/her) is a Research Assistant at SARAVYC and a PhD student in Nursing at the University of British Columbia. She holds a BSc in Nursing and an MSc in Public Health Nursing and has experience in nursing research and teaching. She has conducted quantitative, qualitative, and systematic review research. Her research interests include HIV […]
Gursahil Purba
Gursahil Purba is a Research Assistant at the Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre (SARAVYC) and an undergraduate student in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia, where he is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience. His research interests include adolescent mental health, climate and health, health equity, and knowledge […]
Adi Ferrara
Adi Ferrara, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow she/her/hers Adi Ferrara received her PhD in Health Sciences at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. She previously worked for the HIV Vaccine Trials Network in Seattle, Washington (USA), where her passion for tackling healthcare disparities in the 2SLGBTQ+ population was first ignited. Her PhD study concentrated […]
Yeshvi Mehta
Yeshvi Mehta, BSc Projects Coordinator she/her Yeshvi Mehta (she/her) holds a Bachelor of Sciences in Integrated Sciences with a focus on Global Health & Physiology from the University of British Columbia. With a deep-rooted passion for community health and research, Yeshvi’s professional journey spans diverse experiences in clinical research, project management, and community engagement within […]
