Students Achievements

Sarah Desmarais, Postdoctoral Fellow – Supervisor, P. Janssen

  • Royal Society of Canada, Alice Wilson Award
  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007-08
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007-08
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Postdoctoral Prize (most outstanding recipient), 2008
  • Interdisciplinary Women’s Reproductive Health Training Program, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007-08
    “Maternal Mental Health Outcomes associated with Abuse during Pregnancy”

Gillian Hanley, Postdoctoral Fellow – Co-supervisors, P. Janssen, T. Oberlander

  • Child and Family Research Institute, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011-12
  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011-14
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011-14
    “Socioeconomic status as a predictor of prenatal mental health, use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy and infant outcomes”

Celeste Bickford, PhD student – Co-supervisors, P. Janssen, Y. MacNab

  • Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, 2011-14
  • UBC Faculty of Medicine Graduate Award, 2009
  • UBC Four Year Fellowship award, 2010-14
    “Home Birth in British Columbia”

Kristi McIntosh, PhD student – Supervisor, P. Janssen

  • University Graduate Fellowship, 2008-12
  • Graduate Entrance Scholarship, 2008
  • British Columbia Epilepsy Society Scholarship, 2011
    “Perinatal and Early childhood Outcomes Associated with Use of Antiepileptic medications in BC”

Kathrin Stoll, PhD Student – Supervisor, P. Janssen 

  • Banting and Best Canada Graduate Scholarship, 2010-12
    “Factors associated with childbirth self-efficacy among Canadian women”

Glenys Webster, PhD Student – Committee, P. Janssen, S. Venners

  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Doctoral Scholarship, 2004-06
  • UBC PhD Tuition Award, 2004-08
  • Canadian Federation of University Women, 2006-07
  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Senior Research Trainee Fellowship, 2006-07
  • University Graduate Fellowship, 2007-08
  • Pacific Century Scholarship, 2007-08
  • Bridging Public Health Engineering and Policy Research (Bridge Program – CIHR/MSFHR)
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Interdisciplinary Women’s Reproductive Health Training Program, 2009
    “PBDE Flame Retardants & Thyroid Disruption in Pregnancy”

Angela Kaida, PhD Student – Co-supervisor, P. Janssen, D. Money

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Doctoral Fellowship, 2006-09
  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Doctoral Fellowship, 2006-09
  • UBC Graduate Entrance Scholarship, 2005
  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research/Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2010-2013
  • Canadian Association for HIV Research, New Investigator Award (Epidemiology and Public Health), 2009
    “Investigation of the impact of expanding access to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) on sexual and reproductive decision-making and behaviours of women in high prevalence settings in sub-Saharan Africa.”

Sura Alwan – Supervisor, P. Janssen

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Doctoral Fellowship Award, 2007-09
  • UBC Graduate Fellowship Award, 2007-09
  • MS Society Post-doctoral Fellowship Award, 2009
    “Teratogenicity of drugs in human pregnancy”

Sarka Lisonkova – Supervisor, S. Sheps

  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Doctoral Fellowship, 2004-05
  • BC Research Institute for Children’s & Women’s Health, Graduate Studentship, 2004-05
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Graduate Studentship, 2005-06
  • Western Regional Training Centre for Health Services Research, Studentship, 2003-04
    “Impact of Twin Births on Perinatal Outcomes in BC”

Giulia Muraca – Supervisor, KS Joseph

  • UBC Four Year Doctoral Fellowship – 4YF, 2011-15
  • Young Investigator’s Award, Controversies in Breast Cancer, 2010-11
  • UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies, Graduate Fellowship, 2009-10
  • UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies, Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship, 2009-10
  • University of Toronto, Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award, 2007
  • University of Toronto, Woodsworth College, Peter F. Bronfman Gold Scholarship, 2007-09
  • University of Toronto, Medical Anthropology HIV/AIDs Internship in Namibia, 2006-07
  • York University, Admissions Scholarship, 1999-2000