Meet our Students

UBC has more than 11,000 graduate students, including more than 2,500 international graduate students from all over the world. Some of our students have provided profiles about their research which we would like to share with you. This list is by no means complete and we do not have a profile for each country we have international students from. However, these snapshots will give you an idea of why students chose to come to UBC, what they like about Vancouver and what their career goals are.

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Olga Radivojevic

Canada

Master of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences (MSc)

The effects of breathing route on sensory, physiological and performance outcomes during exercise
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Alexandra Rousseau

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)

Electrochemical modification of cellulose nanocrystals
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Lexis Ly

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Animal Biology (PhD)

Understanding relinquishment of pets and intake diversion strategies in Canadian and U.S. animal shelters
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Errol Bowman

Canada

Master of Science in Physics (MSc)

Dual Comb Spectroscopy For Mining Applications
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Katherine Huerne

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

A Stepping-Stone Towards Equity: Identifying Key Elements of Best-Practice Guidelines for Improving Sex and Gender-Based Analysis in Cancer Research (CIHR topic)
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Kodee Bao

Canada

Master of Science in Cell and Developmental Biology (MSc)

Understanding the impact of maternal stress on fetal brain development during pregnancy
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Noah Brittain

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD)

A Biofilm-Inspired Delivery Platform for Improved Efficacy of Orally Delivered Live-Cell Bacteriotherapies
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Elijah Foran

Canada

Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MA)

The Role of Advocacy in Improving Healthcare for those at the Intersection of Transgender Identity and Disability

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Saif Dababneh

Jordan

Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy (MDPhD)

Human stem cells and genomics to understand and treat heart rhythm disorders
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Lauren Maier

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

Sex differences and the influence of sex hormones on cerebrovascular function in healthy and ischemic brain injury populations
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Emma Friesen

Canada

Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Oncology (MSc)

Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment with Radiopharmaceutical Therapy

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Sierra Birthelmer

Canada

Master of Arts in Psychology (MA)

Healthy aging and development in older adults
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Claire Valeria Hein-Salvi

Canada

Master of Arts in Human Development, Learning, and Culture (MA)

The impact of social media on adolescent body image dissatisfaction
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Serena Formenti

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Sciences (PhD)

Investigating the Composition of Earth’s Mantle: Geochemical Clues from Hawaiian Volcanoes
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Edward Sun

Canada

Master of Science in Botany (MSc)

Genomics and phylogenomics of mycoheterotrophic plants
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Liam Murdock

Canada

Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering (MASc)

Micromanipulator Design for Mandibular Reconstruction Surgery
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Chinenye Eze

Nigeria

Doctor of Philosophy in Law (PhD)

More Than a Number: The Effect of Human Gene Patents on Medical Research in the United States of America and Nigeria
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Scott McNeil

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD)

Cyclotron Production of Tb-155
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Andrew Thompson

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD)

Promoting Remyelination Using the Palmitoylating Enzyme ZDHHC9
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Lauren Grant

Canada

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA)
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Zoë Golay

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD)

The Impact of the Physiochemical Properties of Biomass Burning Organic Aerosols on their Multiphase Reactivity in the Stratosphere
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Jessica Marques

Brazil

Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Animal Biology (PhD)

Associating reproductive physiology and automated monitoring technologies to predict fertility of dairy herds
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Morgan Towriss

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD)

Understanding the role of histone lactylation in microglial innate immune memory
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Ana Laura Arrieta Zamudio

Mexico

Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (PhD)

Modality in San Pablo Güilá Zapotec
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Esther Roorda

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)

Developing sustainable practices in consumer electronic design and repair through community, education and technical design
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Sarinn Blawatt

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Perceptions of social support outside of clinical care during injectable opioid agonist treatment: An explanatory sequential mixed methods study in Vancouver, BC.
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Marie Boulinaud

France

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Blaming swidden cultivation in the Philippines: evidence, consequences and understandings for Indigenous Peoples
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Laen Hershler

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Exploring Holocaust Survivor Reflections Through Community-Based Performative Inquiry
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Gopal Khanal

Nepal

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Communities, carnivores and conservation: Understanding socio-ecological interactions among wildlife and livestock herders in Nepal
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Trinh Nguyen

Vietnam

Doctor of Philosophy in Library, Archival and Information Studies (PhD)

Exploring information governance in sustainable decentralized projects
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Michelle Gagnon

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy as Experienced by Patients and Providers in Canada: A Narrative Inquiry
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Zeba Khan

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Women+ and Children's Health Sciences (PhD)

Choices for Alleviating Menstruation-Related Pelvic Pain Study - CrAMPPS
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Bulgan Batdorj

Mongolia

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Enhancing Mining Transparency and Accountability through Natural Language Processing

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Frances Macapagal Maddalozzo

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Relational Listening: Podcasts as social scholarship to equip pre-service teachers with reconciliatory, decolonial, and committed listening
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Nicole (Nikki) Kaechele

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Reparations, compensation, and Indigenous governance: operationalizing reconciliation through theory and practice.
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Judith Valerie Engel

Austria

Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano (DMA)

Who is heard? Canadian Women Composers and the legacy of ‘genius’ Music
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Manvi Bhalla

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Co-Imagining Just Futures: Advancing Intersectional Environmental Justice in Canadian Environmental Health Policy-Making
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Xiaocong Guo

China

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Heat-related illness and injury: Prioritizing at-risk workers for policy and practice in British Columbia
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Meghna Mohandas

India

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Private space as sites of ‘othering’: Housing experiences of Indigenous migrant women in Bengaluru, India
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Rachel N. Stern

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Interdisciplinary and Mixed-Methods Approaches to Extreme Heat: A Community Participatory Study of Older Adults' Heat Experiences in Metro Vancouver
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Amin Adibi

Iran

Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD)

Taking a Deep Breath: Insightful Discourses on Race and Spirometry Through Patient Engagement
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Alexa Norton

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Optimizing the role of prescribed safer supply and exploring alternate dispensing models during a toxic drug crisis
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Karen Lok Yi Wong

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work (PhD)

Understand the processes of the complex healthcare systems from the experiences of Chinese people living with dementia in Vancouver: The use of a process map

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Fatimah Bahrami

Iran

Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD)

The Effects of a Child-Friendly Mindfulness Karate Program on Academic Success and Cognitive, Social-Emotional, and Motor Development
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Elaine Williamson

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Empowering Haida Gwaii: Revitalizing Indigenous-Led Tourism as a Pathway to Economic Sovereignty, Cultural Sustainability and Self-Determination
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Rinni Mamman

India

Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD)

Exploring public perceptions of traumatic brain injury
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Sharayu Jakhotiya

India

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

People, Policy, And Predators: Studying the impacts of policy, governments, and markets on the governance models of forest dwelling communities in Central India’s tiger reserves
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Erin Tattersall

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Towards Indigenous sovereignty in collaborative wildlife monitoring in northern Canada