Team
Marnie Wang
MSc Student
Marnie Wang
MSc Student
Research Assistant
Kai Jacobsen
PhD student
Kai Jacobsen
PhD student
PhD student, Interdisciplinary Studies, UBC
BA, MA
They/them
Kai Jacobsen is an Interdisciplinary Studies PhD student and Vanier Scholar supervised by Dr. Drew Clark and Dr. Mark Gilbert. Their research seeks to improve gender-affirming health care for trans and nonbinary people using strengths-based approaches that promote gender euphoria. Outside of school, Kai enjoys cycling, swimming, and reading queer romance novels.
Pierce Gorun
MSc Student
Pierce Gorun
MSc Student
MSc Student, Research Assistant
BSc
He/any
Pierce Gorun is a Master of Science student at the University of British Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health. With a focus on sexual health and improving equitable access to sexual healthcare, Pierce’s research interests include survival analysis, statistical machine learning, and the equitable delivery of healthcare services to Indigenous communities.
Joshun Dulai
PhD student
Joshun Dulai
PhD student
he/him
MPH
Joshun Dulai is a PhD candidate at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.
Rodrigo A. Sierra Rosales
PhD Student
Rodrigo A. Sierra Rosales
PhD Student
Research Assistant and PhD student
MSc/MD
they/he
Ihoghosa Iyamu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ihoghosa Iyamu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Health Systems Impact Fellow/Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
MD, MDICHA, PhD
he/him
Dr. Iyamu is an internationally trained physician whose research focus involves using implementation science, design thinking and evaluation methods to explore how digital health programs can foster equitable health service access to improve population and public health outcomes. In his spare time, Dr. Iyamu enjoys cooking
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0271-9468
Swathi Ramachandran
Research Assistant
Swathi Ramachandran
Research Assistant
Research Assistant, Clinical Prevention Services, BC Centre for Disease Control
BDS, MSc
She/her/hers
Dr. Ramachandran, is an internationally trained dentist and her research focus involves digital public health and dental public health.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7448-4031
Heather Pedersen
Online Sexual Health Services Manager
Heather Pedersen
Online Sexual Health Services Manager
she/her
MPH
Heather is the Online Sexual Health Services Manager of the Clinical Prevention Services, BC Centre for Disease Control.
Devon Haag
Digital Public Health Manager
Devon Haag
Digital Public Health Manager
she/they
MSc
Devon Haag is the Digital Public Health Manager at the BC Centre for Disease Control. She is a recipient of the 2023 Women Leaders in Digital Health, an award that recognizes women visionaries harnessing the power of IT to transform Canadian health and healthcare.
Rayka Kumru
Consultant
Rayka Kumru
Consultant
Consultant, Knowledge Translation and Exchange
Msx, M.A
she/her/they/them
Mackenzie Stewart
Research Coordinator
Mackenzie Stewart
Research Coordinator
he/him
MA
Mackenzie Stewart is a Research Coordinator at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.
Ryan Lisk
ON Community Advisory Board Chair
Ryan Lisk
ON Community Advisory Board Chair
Hsiu-Ju Chang
Research Manager
Hsiu-Ju Chang
Research Manager
Research Manager
MSc
she/her
Hsiu-Ju is a research manager supporting the Digital & Sexual Health Initiative and other researchers in the Clinical Prevention Services at the BC Centre for Disease Control. As an immigrant, Hsiu-Ju is grateful for living, working and playing on the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Kwikwetlem peoples. Outside of work, she enjoys exploring the beautiful landscapes and diverse culinary scenes of Metro Vancouver.
Daniel Grace
Team co-Lead & Associate Professor, University of Toronto
he/him
PhD
Dr. Daniel Grace is an Associate Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Sexual and Gender Minority Health.
Catherine Worthington
Team co-Lead & Professor, University of Victoria
she/her
PhD
Dr. Catherine Worthington is a Professor and the Director of the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria.
Mark Gilbert
Team Lead
mark.gilbert@bccdc.ca
Principal Investigator
Public Health Physician, BCCDC / Assistant Professor, UBC
he/him
Mark is a settler of European descent and grateful to be living on the ancestral and unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. He is a public health physician at the BC Centre for Disease Control, and an Associate Professor in the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia and hold an Applied Public Health Chair. His work and research focuses on testing for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections, digital public health, and sexual and gender minority health (and how they are all related!). Outside of work, you can find Mark riding his bike, watching B-movies on Netflix, or trying his best to parent a teenager.
ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-5978-6843
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