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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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Courtney van Ballegooie

Switzerland

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Oncology (PhD)

Patient Understanding of Modern Chemotherapeutics: Has the increasing complexity of chemotherapy impacted patients quality of life and understanding?
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William Harding

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Educational Virtual Reality Simulations
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Kaye Hare

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

All the Feels’ – Exploring Educators’ Embodied Experiences of Sex Education
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Benjamin Hopkins

United States of America

Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano (DMA)

Performance & Protest: The Political Pianist
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Lois Evans

Canada

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

More Zeros, Less Ones: Digital Storage Management, Big Data, and Climate Change
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Kimberly Sharpe

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Geographic variation in healthcare spending and utilization and its impact on return to work for injured workers

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Madison Stevens

United States of America

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

‘Righting' Conservation: Exploring Pathways for Realizing Stewardship Rights in Protected Areas
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Wilson Mendes

Brazil

Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)

Healing Synergies: Indigenous Land-based Pedagogies and Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the City
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Isobel Mouat

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

Teaching science beyond content: introducing what science is and how it is done to first-year students

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Max Chewinski

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Public Participation and Disaster Governance: Procedural Justice in Rural British Columbia
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Christine Ou

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Behavioral-educational sleep support for parents with postpartum mood disturbances
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Ildiko Kovacs

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)

Participatory Planning Pedagogy: How Children's Engagement in Community Planning Supports Environmental and Sustainability Education
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Janina Krabbe

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Stories of Resistance: identifying sites of change towards decolonizing research practices with women affected by violence
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Francisco Javier Gómez López

Colombia

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Territorial Affirmation: Land Autonomy, Sustainable production and conservation practices in Colombian páramo highland communities
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April Mazzuca

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

The Cedar Project: Evaluating a culturally-safe program to support the delivery of optimal treatment of hepatitis C among Indigenous people who use drugs in British Columbia.
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Celina Solís

Mexico

Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)

Decolonizing Palates: Food Security Strengthening through underutilized vegetables revitalization in the Mayan Region of Chiapas, Mexico
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Raphael Roccor

Germany

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

Spinning Straw into Golden Liquids – Making High-value Oils from Biomass Residues
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Patrick Dowd

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Golden Letters Arranged like Stars and Planets: An Ethnography of the Contemporary Life of Tibetan Language
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Gabrielle Berry

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Cinema and Media Studies (PhD)

[♪♪♪]: The Sonic Resonances of Captions
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Mai-Lei (Maggie) Woo Kinshella

Canada

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

Investigating the relationship between maternal diet and pregnancy hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa
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Jonathan Eaton

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Exploring Cultural Heritage as an Opportunity for Recovery in the Aftermath of Disaster
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Kate Wahl

Germany

Storytelling as a tool for sharing knowledge with health policy makers
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Karl Zimmermann

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)

Biological ion exchange: the power of biological water treatment
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Fernanda Rojas-Marchini

Chile

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

'Naturalezas emergentes': The Turn toward Market-based Biodiversity Conservation in the South of Chile
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Taeh Haddock

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD)

Testing the Efficacy of Parental Intervention Workshops on Children's Social Cognition and Social-Emotional Health
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Áurea Vericat Rocha

Canada

Braiding Lived Experiences: The Making of a Collaborative Inquiring Community of Indigenous Early Childhood Educators
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Yeeun Lee

Korea, Republic of

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD)

Acts of kindness as an antidote to social disconnection: Validating an online intervention program to increase social engagement in Lower Mainland communities
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Adriana Brodyn

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

A Comparative Analysis of How the Law Affects the Family Forms and Practices of LGBQ and Straight Households
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Javiera Pumarino

Chile

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Examining the role of mental health disorders on adult functioning among emerging adults with a history of foster care: A mixed methods study
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Stephanie Glick

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

From Graphic Violence to Graphic Novel: Engaging Art as Public Pedagogy to Disarm Public Mass Gun Violence
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Jennifer Adkins

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Dismantling Racial Ideology Through Intimacy: A Cross National Investigation of Black/White Interracial Couples
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Emily Logan

Canada

Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano (DMA)

The effectiveness of a psychological intervention program for University Music Students as a way to manage Music Performance Anxiety
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Dana James

United States of America

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

Enabling and Assessing the Transformative Potential of Agroecology
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Magdalena Vergara

Chile

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Reading the South in the North: A mixed method approach for the study of Latin American literature through educational practices in Vancouver
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Sokyee Angela Low

Malaysia

Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development, Learning, and Culture (PhD)

Parenting pains and pleasures: examining the effects of cultivating happiness and self-compassion on parents' efficacy and well-being
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Evan Koike

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Raising Smiling Fathers: The Construction of Masculinity in Japanese Nonprofit Organizations That Promote Engaged Parenting
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Angelina Lee

Canada

Forgotten need: Re-constructing a sense of belonging through culturally grounded participatory action research with a local refugee community
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Denali YoungWolfe

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Âhkameyihtamowin: We Rise, Mapping Indigenous Assurgency Across Turtle Island
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Sandeep Pai

India

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

Evaluating ‘Just Transition’ policies for coal workers in Alberta, Canada
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Roseanna Gamlen-Greene

New Zealand

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Western Toad ecology on Haida Gwaii: threats, genetics and conservation
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Keith Dormond

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

Understanding Honour Related Violence and Oppression in Ways that are Helpful for Victims, their Communities and Canadian Society
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Gerald Tembrevilla

Philippines

Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)

Technological [in]accessibility:Transnational Divide on Digital Literacy in STEM Education
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Khia Johnson

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (PhD)

Investigating how Cantonese-English bilinguals produce and perceive speech sounds
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Anamaria Crisan

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (PhD)

Visualizing Public Health Data
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Natasha Orr

Canada

Educational videos on the pathophysiology of sexual pain in women with endometriosis
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Estefanía Milla-Moreno

Chile

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Phytoremediation of Tailings from a Chilean Copper Mine
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Sandra Schinnerl

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Higher Education influence on Immigration Policy in Canada
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Simon Lisaingo

Canada

Small Challenges, Big Challenges: A Collaborative Approach to Understanding and Supporting the Development of Emotion-Related Self-Regulation in Schools