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The PSI Network consists of almost 400 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. 

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Erik Post

Netherlands

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Projects of life and death: Extractivism, climate justice, and decolonial futures in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico
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Jo Fitzgibbons

Canada

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

Co-constructing a mutualistic city: Envisioning future scenarios to support people and nature in urban landscapes
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Kevin Kuchinski

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PhD)

Sequencing avian influenza genomes in mud from wild bird habitats to prevent outbreaks and prepare for pandemics
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Dana Johnson

Canada

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

Co-constructing a mutualistic city: Envisioning future scenarios to support people and nature in urban landscapes
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Sarah-Louise Ruder

Canada

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

Food sovereignty, data justice, and the politics of novel agri-food technologies in Canada

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Sammy Iammarino

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Complex health systems and power: responding to the toxic drug poisoning crisis through harm reduction and overdose prevention and response in nursing practice.
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Emily Tilton

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD)

Knowing across difference
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Steven Bristow

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Science (PhD)

Precision irrigation under a changing climate: Preparing BC growers to monitor plant-water relations.
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Daniel Lipshutz Forrest

Canada

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

Co-constructing a mutualistic city: Envisioning future scenarios to support people and nature in urban landscapes
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Tetiana Povshedna

Ukraine

Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PhD)

Healthy aging in women living with HIV: The relationship(s) between chronic/latent viral infections, inflammation, cellular aging, chronic pain, and comorbidities
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Alysha Deslippe

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Human Nutrition (PhD)

EATing in a GENdered world (EatGen): How teens involved in high school sports can be empowered to make informed food choices
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Fabiola Bazo

Peru

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

Exhibition: Feminist and queer interventions in contemporary urban popular music in Peru
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Keisha Maloney

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Navigating transitions: Remaking the planning engagement table with/by/for Indigenous peoples in Toronto (Tkaronto)
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Rachel Ramsden

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Participatory planning with young children: A mixed methods approach to planning outdoor play environments
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Zitao Chen

China

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)

Making machine learning reliable, secure and private
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Olivia Dreisinger

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD)

Diagnosis grad school: A podcast series
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Ace Chan

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Primary prevention of cancers-related to tobacco and alcohol use in gender diverse communities across Canada
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Laura Brass

Romania

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Immigrant women language teachers’ identities
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Sabina Staempfli

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Long-term care reform in action: A realist review and evaluation of nursing care delivery to improve quality of life for Canadian long-term care residents
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Julia Nakamura

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD)

Volunteering with the Canadian Red Cross: recruiting, training, engaging, and promoting health and well-being of Canadian volunteers
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Debbie Pierce

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

The impact of land rights and deforestation on women in the Colombian Amazon
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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
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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
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Addye Susnick

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Trans Joy and Trans-Formative Justice: Imagining and Enacting Radical Futures
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Hoda Amal Hamouda

Egypt

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

Incorporating the view of archival diplomatics into the authentication practices of citizen journalists videos captured during historically significant events
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Ife Adebara

Nigeria

Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (PhD)

Inclusive by Design: Natural Language Technology for Africa
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Anudeep Dewan

Nepal

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Landing on Histories: Indigenous Experiences of Belonging in Nepal and India
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Lianne Cho

Canada

Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy (MDPhD)

Community Brain Art
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Icíar Fernández Boyano

Spain

Doctor of Philosophy in Genome Science and Technology (PhD)

Redefining preeclampsia in the placenta
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Bri Watson

United States of America

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

Expanding the catalog: renaming and redescribing indigenous, Black, Queer, Disabled and communities of color in Galleries, Libraries, Achieves, Museums, and Special Collections (GLAMS)
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Alejandra Botia

Colombia

Doctor of Philosophy in Counselling Psychology (PhD)

The role of peer support in eating disorders recovery
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Rapichan Phurisamban

Thailand

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

Relationalities and River Flows: Toward a Socially-Equitable and Bioculturally-Conscious Environmental Flow Management
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Denise Fong

Hong Kong

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Beyond Museum Walls: Storytelling Pacific Canada through Participatory Curation
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Catherine Liao

United Kingdom

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

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

Spain

Doctor of Philosophy in Oceans and Fisheries (PhD)

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

Portugal

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

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

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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
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Max Cohen

United Kingdom

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Placing the Just Transition in Scotland and New Zealand
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Paula Pinzón Hernández

Colombia

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

Brazil

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

Rewilding the Brazilian Caatinga.
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Evelyn Arriagada

Chile

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

Islander women mapping water-related problems and solutions
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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
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Trevor Goodyear

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

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

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

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