Lab Members

Annalijn Conklin

Principal Investigator l MPH, PHD (CANTAB)

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A former CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow (2014) and Gates Cambridge Scholar (2011), Dr. Annalijn Conklin is an assistant professor at UBC and leads a program of social epidemiology and metabolic outcomes research (SEMOR) to support healthy aging and reduce heart health inequities in women in Canada. Using both quantitative and qualitative research methods, Conklin examines how broader social determinants, such as social ties or job loss, impact cardiovascular risk factors differentially for women and men.

Conklin’s training spans philosophy and biology at the University of Toronto (2002), life sciences at the University of Edinburgh (2005), history and ethics of public health at Columbia University (2007), and social epidemiology at both Cambridge (2014) and UCLA (2016). Conklin worked as an analyst in health policy and evaluation at RAND Europe (2007-11) in Cambridge, UK and and completed over two dozen projects for the European Commission, UK Department of Health, and other funders

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Gilciane Ceolin

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Post-Doctoral Fellow | MSc, PhD

Gilciane graduated in Nutrition and completed MsC (2018) and PhD in Nutrition (2022) at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, and completed a part of her doctoral studies at Centre for Neurosciences Studies at Queen’s University. Her training encompasses nutrition, aging, mental health, and data analysis.

Sanaz Mehranfa

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PhD student | MSc

Sanaz graduated in Nutritional Sciences and then worked in clinical settings. Motivated by this experience, she pursued a Master’s in Public Health in Nutrition at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Currently, as a PhD student in Human Nutrition at the University of British Columbia, she is researching how changes in social connections impact healthy eating among older people.

Cristina Novakovic

Graduate Academic Assistant

Cristina graduated with a BSc in Biology from UBC. She is currently a first year Master of Public Health student in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC. Her academic interests include gender disparities in healthcare and Indigenous health. Her work in the lab includes supporting multiple projects such as a scoping review on dietary diversity measures and a study examining the impacts of financial hardship on eating behaviours during COVID-19. During her free time, Cristina enjoys reading, practising pilates, and working on various creative pursuits including sewing, painting, and drawing.

Volunteers

• Nathanael Ip
• Derek Tian

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