People Profiles

Ashley B. Taylor

Ashley B. Taylor

Ashley B. Taylor PhD Former Postdoctoral Fellow Ashley B. Taylor is a graduate of the Iowa State University Human Development and Family Studies Ph.D. program. Her dissertation research utilized a quantitative approach to examine (1) the role of harsh parenting, interparental conflict, and microaggressions on perpetration and victimization of psychological intimate partner violence and (2) […]

Annie Smith

Annie Smith

Annie Smith Executive Director, McCreary Centre Society Annie has been  the Executive Director of McCreary Centre Society (McCreary) since 2006. McCreary  is a non-government not-for-profit committed to improving the health of BC youth through research, evaluation and community based projects. Best known for the BC Adolescent Health Survey, a province wide survey of youth in […]

Annie Pullen Sansfaçon

Annie Pullen Sansfaçon

Annie Pullen Sansfaçon PhD Professor, Université de Montréal Annie Pullen Sansfaçon (PhD Ethics, Social work, DeMontfort University, UK) is Professor at the University of Montreal’s School of Social Work and holds the Canada Research Chair on Transgender Children and their families.  She acts as the scientific director of the multidisciplinary research team on transgender youth […]

Anita DeLongis

Anita DeLongis

Anita DeLongis PhD Associate Professor, Psychology, UBC Director, Centre for Health and Coping Studies http://delongis.psych.ubc.ca/person/anita-delongis/

András Költő

András Költő

András Költő Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Health Promotion Research Centre at University of Galway andras.kolto@universityofgalway.ie András Költő is a psychologist and a specialist in health promotion. Currently he is a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Health Promotion Research Centre at University of Galway, investigating adolescent sexual and mental health. He teaches in the Health […]

Gu Li

Gu Li

Gu Li PhD Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Gu Li is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at SARAVYC. His research focuses on two broad themes: (1) the origin and development of sexual orientation, and (2) social settings and the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals. At SARAVYC, Gu has been participating in different […]

Farinaz Havaei

Farinaz Havaei

Farinaz Havaei PhD Former Postdoctoral fellow Farinaz Havaei (Naz) is a graduate of UBC School of Nursing PhD program. Her dissertation research was focused on examining the effect of models of nursing care delivery and skill mix on quality of nursing care and patient outcomes. She was a previous Rick Hansen fellow, and her dissertation […]

Claire Pitcher

Claire Pitcher

Claire Pitcher RN, MSC I am a Registered Nurse (Certified Practice: Contraceptive and STI Management), currently pursuing my PhD in Nursing at the University of British Columbia. I have a Master of Science in Nursing from UBC, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from UBC, and a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Food Science […]

Ace Chan

Ace Chan

Ace Chan PhD Candidate Research Assistant Ace is a PhD candidate in the School of Population and Public Health at The University of British Columbia whose research centres gender minorities and cancer risk factors. Ace’s research interests include prioritizing sexual and gender minority (SGM) health, creating inclusive and accessible health care spaces for SGM folks, […]

Drew B. A. Clark

Drew B. A. Clark

Drew B. A. Clark PhD, HEC-C, RCC Investigator Drew B. A. Clark lives and works within the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-waututh) Nations, otherwise known as Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Clark holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from UBC (2018) with a research focus on clinical […]