Meet our scholars

The PSI Network consists of 303 doctoral students and PhDs from across the full range of disciplines at UBC.

Below you can navigate their profiles based on year of scholarship, faculty, theme; read about their research; and watch brief videos of their talks.

Catherine Liao

United Kingdom

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Burn injury in underserved communities in BC. A Mixed-Methods study

Verónica Relaño-Ecija

Spain

Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology (PhD)

Socio-ecological management in San Antonio Marine Protected Area (MPA), Argentina

Ismalia De Sousa

Portugal

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Towards equitable stroke care: learning from young women's experiences

Phoebe Wong

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Development of speech perception testing material for hearing health care in the Inuktitut language

Rivkah Gardner-Frolick

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)

Quantitative evaluation of local air pollution in collaboration with the Strathcona community to inform environmental injustice concerns.

Alberto Campos

Brazil

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

Rewilding the Brazilian Caatinga.

Evelyn Arriagada

Chile

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

Islander women mapping water-related problems and solutions

Trevor Goodyear

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Out on the street: A community-based study with homeless 2SLGBTQ+ youth who use drugs

Caitlyn Yates

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Degrees of Visibility: the Journeys of Extra-continental Migrants through the Americas

Kohle Merry

Canada

Master of Physical Therapy and Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (MPTPHD)

Promoting sustainable telerehabilitation: co-development of a novel telerehabilitation system for repetitive strain injuries

Shayda Swann

United States of America

Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy (MDPhD)

Investigating the role of reproductive hormones in healthy aging for women living with HIV: A community-collaborative cohort study

Callista Ottoni

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Loneliness and social connection: A community-engaged study with older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic using visual and traditional methods

Nick Middeldorp

Netherlands

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Territories in dispute: repression and protection in Indigenous struggles in Northern Cauca, Colombia

Rena Del Pieve Gobbi

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Mental Health Disability in higher Education: Images of stigma and resilience

Henry John

United Kingdom

Doctor of Philosophy in History (PhD)

Mapping the war in the woods

Megha Kalia

India

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)

Making Augmented Reality Feasible for Robot Assisted Surgery

Nance Cunningham

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

Untold Stories of True Strength: Bringing voices of patients into health professionals' education

Verena Rossa-Roccor

Germany

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

Academics as activists? Leveraging political knowledge-to-action strategies to improve ecological determinants of health through climate policy

Natalie Payer

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Shining a Light on Energy Injustice: Solar Energy Access and Urban Energy Poverty in the United States

Maya Daurio

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Mapping Against the Grain: An Ethnographic Approach to Digital Language Cartography

Saguna Shankar

Canada

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

Caring for Information Practices: An Inquiry into Visions of Data, Digital Technologies, and Migration

Preetish Kakoty

India

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD)

Impacts of M9 Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes and Basin Amplification on the Seismic Risk of Vancouver’s Tall Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Buildings and Implications on Community Resilience

Gabriela Barragan Altamirano

Ecuador

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Planning forests for the future: incorporating multiple goals in forest restoration initiatives

Kalysha Closson

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Unpacking gender and relationship power inequities to advance sexual and reproductive health among young South African women and men in the time of COVID-19 : A youth-engaged study

Kate Kysow

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD)

Clean-outs as a strategy for community agencies to address hoarding

Bonnie Tulloch

Canada

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

Do the ends justify the memes? Exploring the relationship between youth, internet memes, and digital citizenship

Anne Bertrand

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (PhD)

The grammar of scalarity in Ktunaxa

Cristina Rubino

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD)

Uncovering unseen links between visual and motor impairment after stroke.

Sarah-Nelle Jackson

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD)

Getting (Virtually) Medieval: Live-Streaming as Public Scholarship

Jeffrey Hicks

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (PhD)

Using large-scale administrative data to study the long-term causes and consequences of social assistance use

Amanda Johnson

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Bioplastic from agroforestry waste: end-of-life management

Esteban Morales

Colombia

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Reimagining violence on social media: promoting critical media literacy and peace education in Colombia

Ine Beljaars

Netherlands

Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD)

Toward a cultural politics of Afro-Latin partner dancing in the Netherlands

Jennifer Murray

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Conducting community-based research to investigate risk factors associated with a high rate of preterm birth in a First Nations community in British Columbia (BC)