Meet our scholars

The PSI Network consists of 347 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

Ismália De Sousa

Portugal

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

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

Louisa-May Khoo

Singapore

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Ageing in a Neuropolis: The Social Epidemiology of Stress in Late Life among Older Adults in Global-City Singapore

Ryan Stillwagon

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Queer Rights to the City: Exploring Mechanisms of Urban Food Security in Vancouver and the Underlying Processes that Imperil LGBTQIA2S+ Survival

Alison Ariss

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Art History (PhD)

Salish Weaving in Relation with the Land: The Work of Wrapping Territory and Critiquing Institutions

Max Cohen

United Kingdom

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Placing the Just Transition in Scotland and New Zealand

Paula Pinzón Hernández

Colombia

Doctor of Philosophy in Reproductive and Developmental Sciences (PhD)

Reducing women’s mortality through knowledge translation: closing the gaps between abortion care and public policy.

Prerna Gupta

India

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

Nuclear risk perception in India: risk in the context of political debates and economic insecurities

Michelle Kaczmarek

United Kingdom

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

Fixing for Change: Stories of Information and Aspiration in Community Repair Initiatives

Phoebe Wong

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

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

Neha Sharma-Mascarenhas

India

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

Analyzing data and policy outcomes for repair, reuse, and recycling for end-of-life electronics

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

Kennedy Borle

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Investigating the unmet need for clinical genetic services in Canada and identifying strategies to improve equitable access to care

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

Jason Winikoff

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Music, Emphasis Ethnomusicology (PhD)

The Music of the Masks: Zambian Luvale Percussion, Makishi, and Timbral Aesthetics

Shota Iwasaki

Japan

Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Studies (PhD)

Fostering Awareness of Marginalized People through Literature: A Case Study of Critical Literary Pedagogy by a Marginalized Instructor

Jelena Todorovic

Serbia

Doctor of Philosophy in Classics (PhD)

Disability Theatre and Roman Comedy

Monica Shank Lauwo

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Stories of lives and literacies: Social class, translanguaging and imagined futures of Tanzanian children

Lara Sarlak

Turkey

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Infrastructures of the Displaced: a case study of Istanbul

Michelle Hak Hepburn

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Thinking with trees to see the forest: Huayruro trees and deforestation in San Martin, Peru

Matthew Tomkinson

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Theatre (PhD)

Peter Weiss’s Marat/Sade: A Podcast

Sara Press

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD)

Diagnosing Disparities: Unsettling the Anglo-Colonial Standards of Health and Normality in Canada and the United States

Fiona Beaty

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology (PhD)

Marine resilience in the Anthropocene: understanding the adaptive capacity of marine socio-ecological systems to change

Pranav Shrestha

Nepal

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)

Affordable and portable microscopy for screening sickle cell disease in rural/remote communities

Gaylean Davies

Canada

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

Women, Water + Empowerment: Investigating connections and disconnections in small water enterprises in Ghana

Roger Yu-Hsiang Lo

Taiwan

Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (PhD)

From annotation to assessment: Tools for sign language phonetic and phonological research

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