Alumni

Dr. Deborah Money Historic Trainees

Student Name Type Details Year Supervisory Role
(Dr. Deborah Money)		 Current Position/Awards
Daniel Leung MSc Pharmacology – Cord blood levels of acyclovir in infants of mothers receiving prophylaxis 1999/01 – 2001/12 Co-Supervisor Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Dr. Thomas D. Rees and Natalie B. Rees Presidential Endowed Chair in Global Medicine, at the University of Utah School of Medicine
Gina Ogilvie MA Health Care and Epidemiology – Maternal to infant transmission of HIV in Aboriginal mother infant pairs 1999/07 – 2002/12 Co-Supervisor CRC Tier 1 Chair, Global Women’s Health, Professor, Family Practice/SPPH, UBC
Stephanie Rhone Residency Placental Pathology – a review of indicators 2001/07 – 2002/06 Primary supervisor Senior Medical Director, BC Women’s Hospital
Jeremy Green Residency Neonatal HSV – a review of BC outcomes 2001/07 – 2003/06 Primary Supervisor Ob/Gyn consultant in Ontario
Eda Karacabeyli BSc Perinatal Outcomes Associated with HAART use in HIV Infected Pregnant Women 2002/01 – 2002/12 Primary Supervisor Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Dept. of OBGYN -Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Paula Lott Residency Ob/Gyn – Role of Breastfeeding in HCV Transmission 2002/07 – 2003/06 Primary Supervisor Consultant Ob/Gyn, UBC Clinical Associate Professsor
Sayrin Lalji Fellowship Maternal Fetal Medicine – HSV in Pregnancy 2002/07 – 2005/06 Primary Supervisor Clin Asst Prof, MFM, Ob/Gyn, UBC
Fiona Liston Summer Student Prenatal Outcomes Associated with HAART use in HIV infected pregnancy women 2003/01 – 2003/12 Primary Supervisor Consultant Ob/Gyn, Duncan, BC
Michele Cox MSc Health Care and Epidemiology, UBC – Effect of drug use on pregnancy outcomes in a cohort of HCV infected pregnant women 2003/01 – 2004/12 Co-Supervisor Public Health Research and Data Analyst Consultant
Kris Stephenson BSc Nursing – HIV MTIT programs – Routine Serotesting for Type Specific HSV in Pregnancy 2003/07 – 2004/12 Primary Supervisor  
Monica Chang Summer Student Prenatal Outcomes Associated with HAART use in HIV infected pregnancy women 2004/01 – 2004/12 Primary Supervisor  
Julie Stone Fellowship Reproductive Infectious Diseases – Evaluation of toxicity of NNRTI’s in pregnancy 2004/07 – 2005/12 Primary Supervisor Julie van Schalkwyk – Reproductive Infectious Diseases expert, Clin Assoc Prof, Ob/Gyn, UBC
Julia Ingles Residency Ob/Gyn – Study of Chlamydia Trachmatis Infection in Fijian Women. 2004/07 – 2006/06 Primary Supervisor OB/GYN, Ontario
Melanie Altas Residency Outcomes assicated with premature preterm rutpure of the membranes in a B.C. cohort 2005/01 – 2006/06 Primary Supervisor Consultant Ob/Gyn, BC
Kirsten Grabowska Residency Predictors of Neonatal Outcomes in Women with PPROM, Managed Expectantly or with Immediate Labour Induction 2005/07 – 2009/06 Primary Supervisor Clin Assoc Prof., Maternal Fetal Medicine, Dept of Ob/Gyn, UBC
Eda Karacabeyli MHA Health Administration, UBC – Developing a plan for implementation of a program of research at BC Women’s 2006/07 – 2008/12 Co-Supervisor Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Dept. of OBGYN -Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Angela Kaida PhD Dept of Health Care & Epidemiology, UBC – Investigating the impact of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) on sexual behavior and fertility among HIV -positive women in South Africa 2006/07 – 2009/12 Committee Member CRC Tier 2 Chair and Associate Professor in Faculty of Health Sciences, Distinguished Professor, Scientific Director – CIHR Institute for Gender and Health, SFU
Tessa Chaworth-Musters MSc Reproductive Health – Pharmacokinetics of antiretrovirals in pregnancy 2007/01 – 2008/06 Primary Supervisor Consultant Obstetric Medicine, BC Women’s Hospital
Sarah Gilgoff Part Time Student Analysis of MTCT HIV Prophylaxis 2007/01 – 2009/06 Primary Supervisor Sarah Saunders – OBGYN, Clinical Instructor, UBC Division of General Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Nasim Abdei-Moghaddam Summer Student Preterm premature rupture of membranes project 2007/07 – 2007/12 Primary Supervisor Medicine, UBC
Laura Weingarten Medical Student DPAS 420: Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in B.C. 2008/01 – 2008/06 Primary supervisor Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, McMaster University
Sarah Gilgoff Medical Student DPAS 420: Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in B.C. 2008/01 – 2008/06 Primary Supervisor Sarah Saunders – OBGYN, Clinical Instructor, UBC Division of General Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Fang (Cindy) Xie PhD CMV and pre-eclampsia 2008/07 – 2009/06 Committee Member Faculty Member, Bellevue College, Washington USA
Eszter Papp Post-Doctral Fellow Dept of Pathology – Mitochondrial DNA damage in the placentae of HAART treated pregnant women 2008/07 – 2009/06 Co-supervisor Investigator: HIV Clinical Studies – CIHR Canadian HIV Trails Network, Global R&D Product Manager – CellCarta
Manoja Pretheeban MSc Developmental Sciences Program 2008/07 – 2010/05 Committee member Associate Veterinarian, California USA
Audrey Blasig Residency B.C. Residency Training Program in Community Medicine 2008/07 – 2010/06 Primary Supervisor Community Medicine Physician
Emilie Stephens Summer Student – WHRI Evaluation of development of resistance post partum 2009/01 – 2009/12 Primary Supervisor Infectious Diseases Specialist
Alexandra Bond Summer Student – WHRI The effectiveness of HAART to achieve viral suppression in HIV positive pregnant women at term 2009/01 – 2009/12 Primary Supervisor Medical Graduate, University of Washington.
Dr. Mirium Nakalembe PhD Makerere University, Uganda – Antibody Reponses elicited by the bivalent HPV vaccine in girls in Western Uganda 2009/07 – 2016/07 Co-supervisor Faculty Makerere University, Uganda
Guinevere Lee PhD Antiretroviral resistance development 2009/08 – 2012/04 Committee Member Assistant Professor of Virology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, NY USA
Caroline Diekema Med 3, University of Utrecht, Netherlands Subject recruitment, data collection, preliminary analysis for HIV and vaginal microbiome pilots study 2010/01 – 2010/07 Primary Supervisor Medicine, Netherlands
Vincent Montoya MSc Pathology and Lab Medicine, UBC – Metagenomics of vaginal microbiome in HIV positive and HIV negative women. 2010/01 – 2014/06 Co-Supervisor Research Technician, BC Centre for Disease Control
Angela Kaida Postdoctoral Fellow Post partum adherence to antiretrovirals and development of resistance mutations 2010/09 – 2010/09 Primary Supervisor CRC Tier 2 Chair and Associate Professor in Faculty of Health Science, SFU
Erika Yamada Co-op Student General RID program support 2010/09 – 2011/08 Primary Supervisor  
Joanne Baxter Residency R1-R2 – Data analysis and manuscript preparation – CWHS. A novel multi-state model analysis of the impact of HAART in on cervical dysplasia in HIV positive women 2010/09 – 2013/06 Primary Supervisor Clinical Faculty UBC
Sheona Mitchell-Foster Residency ASPIRE project – HPV self collection for women in Kisenyi, Uganda 2010/09 – 2013/06 Co-Supervisor Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UBC, Northern Medical Program
Daljeet Mahal MSc Reproductive Sciences – A study of the Vaginal Microbiome in HIV Positive Women 2011/01 – 2013/06 Primary Supervisor UBC Medicine
Kyra Berg Summer Student UBC Med 2 – HIV projects 2011/06 – 2011/08 Primary Supervisor UBC Medicine
Dr. Flora Teng Residency Obstetrics & Gynecology – Qualitative analysis of perceptions of risk associated with HPV testing in Uganda 2011/07 – 2013/06 Co-Supervisor Clinical Faculty Department of OBGYN, UBC
Lin Mo Medical School Elective student Data collection for HIV studies 2011/08 – 2011/09 Primary Supervisor Physician
Sheila Caddy Fellowship RID Fellow, University of Alberta. (2 month block at UBC) 2011/09 – 2012/08 Co-Supervisor Faculty, University of Calgary
Shivinder Dhillon Co-op Student Subject enrollment, data entry for RID program 2011/09 – 2012/08 Primary Supervisor Nurse, BC Women’s
Ramanpreet Sandhu Summer Student Assisting with vaginal microbiome project 2012/06 – 2012/08 Primary Supervisor Medical student, UBC
Erica Chhoa Practicum Student Assisting with vaginal microbiome project 2012/07 – 2012/09 Primary Supervisor Physician – OBGYN
Sara Saberi PhD Pathology and Laboratory Medicine – Telomere shortening in placental tissue in HIV positive women on ARV’s 2012/09 – 2018/03 Supervisory Committee Program Manager, Scientific Support – STEMCELL Technologies
Yuen Hang (Sandy) Lee Co-op Student Assisting with the vaginal microbiome program & the HPV program 2012/09 – 2013/04 Primary Supervisor Policy Analyst
Dane De Silva Masters of Public Health (MPA) SPPH practicum-based non-thesis program 2012/09 – 2013/04 Student Advisor Director – Division of Population Health Data, Virginia Department of Health, USA
Isabelle Boucoiran Fellowship Reproductive Infectious Diseases 2013/03 – 2014/06 Primary Supervisor Clinician/Scientist at University of Montreal
Magdalene Payne MSc Reproductive Sciences 2013/05 – 2013/05 External Examiner Clinical Fellow – OBGYN, University of Toronto
Alaleh Asghari Roodsari  MSc MSc Oral Exam Committee 2013/07-2014/06 Examining Committee Clinician in Dubai, UAE
Cara Bergen Co-op Student Vaginal microbiome project assistance 2013/09 – 2014/04 Primary Supervisor  
Innie Chen Masters of Public Health (MPA) SPPH – Study of program of Chronic Pelvic Pain 2013/09 – 2014/11 Co-Supervisor Clinician in Ottawa, ON
Keshini Devakandan MSc Reproductive Sciences – Metagenomic study of the vaginal microbiome in women with recurrent vulvovaginitis 2013/09 – 2016/12 Primary Supervisor Clinical Research Analyst, University Health Network, Ontario
Ghadeer Alkusayer MSc Pathology and Laboratory Medicine – Telomere shortening in women on ARV’s for HIV 2014/03 – 2018/12 Committee Member Resident Physician, University of Manitoba
Vanessa Poliquin Fellowship Reproductive Infectious Diseases 2014/07 – 2015/06 Primary Supervisor for Vancouver portion of training (2 months) Clinician/scientist in Winnipeg
Guinevere Lee PhD Student PhD Examination – Experimental Medicine 2015/03-2015/03 Examining Committee Assistant Professor of Virology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, NY USA
Putu Duff CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow Contraceptive options for HIV positive women 2015/09- 2019/07 Co-supervisor Post Doctorate Fellow
Allison Carter PhD Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University 2015/09 – 2018/04 Co-supervisor, Committee Member Post Doctorate – Sydney, Australia
Elisabeth McClymont PhD Reproductive Sciences – Efficacy of the HPV vaccine in HIV positive women 2015/09-2020/04 Primary Supervisor Post Doctorate Fellow – UBC Vancouver, BC
Mathew Heron Flex Program 4th year undergraduate medical student 2016/09 Activity supervisor  
Chelsea Elwood Fellowship Reproductive Infectious Diseases 2016/09 – 2018/03 Primary supervisor Clinical Associate Professor, Department of OBYGYN/ UBC
Kristi McIntosh  PhD Student Maternal and Child Health 2017/03-2017/03 Examining Committee Electroneurophysiology Program Program Head, BCIT, Burnaby BC
Cameron Skylar Fellowship Reproductive Infectious Diseases 2017/10 -2017/12 Primary Supervisor for Vancouver portion of Training  
Nicole Tsao PhD PhD Examination – Pharmaceutical Sciences 2018/07-2018/07 Exam Chair Director Global Medical Affairs Hemophilia – Sanofi, Massachusetts USA
Shannon Turvey MHA Student UBC Reproductive Infectious Diseases 2018/07- 2019/07 SPHA Project Supervisor Assistant Clinical Professor, Infectious Diseases University of Alberta
Rebecca Metcalfe PhD SPPH 2018/08-2021/08 Final Oral Defense Committee Member Senior Scientist Advanced Epidemiology – Core Clinical Sciences
Angela Johnson Flex Program 4th year undergraduate medical student 2019/07-2021/07 Activity Supervisor  
Marina Giovanni MSc Student Reproductive and Developmental Sciences 2019/05-2020/05 Committee Chair  
Jordan Ingel Highschool Student Volunteer 2019 Summer Supervisor Independent Contractor – SR Media Canada
Elisabeth McClymont  Postdoctoral Study Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology – COVID-19 in pregnancy and HPV vaccination in women living with HIV 2020/05-present Co-Supervisor Postdoctoral Fellow, UBC Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, CTN Postdoctoral Award
Suraya Bondy MD COVERED Project 2020/11-present Co-Supervisor Medical Student, UBC
Zahra Pakzad  PhD Study of the breast milk microbiome and its impact on the infant gut microbiome 2021/01-present Primary Supervisor, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science PhD Student
Zeshuo Li PhD PhD Student of Dr. Hélène Côté, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 2021/04-present Committee Member Graduate Student
Winnie Fu  MD CMV Detail: A study for improving identification of maternal CMV reinfection and characterization of congenital CMV strains 2021/04- present Primary Supervisor for flex projects Medical Resident, UBC
Brintha Sivajohan MD 2nd year undergraduate medical student 2021/04-2021/08 Primary Supervisor Physician, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto
Andrea Atkinson Fellowship UBC Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2021/09-2022/08 Co-supervisor, Reproductive Infectious Diseases Clinical Fellow, UBC Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Marisa Dorling  MD Flex Program 2022/01-2023/08 Primary Supervisor for flex projects Medical Student, UBC
Guadalein Tanunliong PhD Pathology and Laboratory Medicine – Supervised by Inna Sekirov and Mel Krajden 2022/02-present Committee Member PhD Student
Jeffrey Wong Fellowship UBC Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, reproductive Infectious Diseases 2022/08-present Primary Supervisor for research work Clinical Fellow, UBC Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, CTN Fellowship Award and Allen Carey Award
Clara van Ommen Fellowship Study the impact of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy on placental pathologic changes and correlation to clinical outcomes 2022/09-present Supervising Resident research project R4 Infectious Diseases Fellow
Amelia Tjoa MD Legacy project to examine antimicrobial stewardship in obstetrical care in BC 2023/09-present Supervisor for flex projects Medical Student, UBC
Sofia Nicolls MSc NOVA-HIV Study 2024/01-present Committee Member MSc Student, UBC
Sophie Tran MD Flex Program – COVERED Project 2024/04-present Primary Supervisor for flex projects Medical Student, UBC

Dr. Julie van Schalkwyk Historic Trainees

Student Name Type Details Year Supervisor Role
(Dr. Julie van Schalkwyk)		 Current Position/Awards
Anees Bahji BSc OBGYN Resident Research Project 2009/07-2010/06 Academic Supervisor Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary
Priscilla Karnabi MSc GBS Thesis 2016/07-2017/06 Co-Supervisor

Epidemiologist
Andrea Massey  Residency OBGYN Resident 2008/07 – 2010/08 Supervisor

Clinical Assistant Professor

Division of General Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Melica Nourmoussavi Residency OBGYN Resident Research Project – Retrospective HVB in Pregnancy 2012/07 – 2014/06 Supervisor Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael Suen Residency OBGYN R2 – Assist with development of RCT for type of wound closure at CS affected by choioamnionitis. 2013/07 – 2018  Supervisor Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC OBGYN
Melica Nourmoussavi Residency OBGYN Resident – Prospective HBV in Pregnancy 2015/06 – 2017/07  Supervisor Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Isabelle Boucairon Fellowship Reproductive Infectious Diseases Fellow – Multiple projects 2014/07 – 2015/07 Supervisor Clinician/Scientist at University of Montreal
Rachel Kim Residency OBGYN Resident Research Project – Sepsis 2014/07 – 2017/07 Supervisor Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto
Eda Karabaceli Residency OBGYN Resident – C/SSSI Project 2015/07 – 2018/07 Supervisor Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Dept. of OBGYN -Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Chelsea Elwood Residency and Fellowship OBGYN Resident Research Project – Microbiome, Reproductive Infectious Diseases 2016/07 – 2018/07 Supervisor Clinical Associate Professor, Department of OBYGYN/ UBC
Clara van Ommen MSI Hep B in Pregnancy Study 2016-2017 Supervisor R4 Infectious Diseases Fellow
Kate Mittermaier  MSI Sepsis in Pregnancy Study 2015-2016 Supervisor Medical Resident

Dr. Chelsea Elwood Historic Trainees

Student Name Type Details Year Supervisor Role
(Dr. Chelsea Elwood)		 Current Position/Awards
Imogen Sirluck-Schroeder  MD FLEX Project – Fever in Labor 2018/09-2019/08 Supervisor MD Undergrad
Christine Want MD FLEX Project – Fever in Labor 2018/09-2019/08 Supervisor MD Undergrad
Ethan Zhang MD FLEX Project – GAS and Hep C 2019/04-2019/08 Supervisor  MD Undergrad
Renee Reimer MD  FLEX Project and SSRI 2019/04-2019/08 Supervisor  MD Undergrad
Renee Reimer MD 2019 Faculty of Medicine Summer Student Research Program (FoM SSRP)  2019/06-2019/08 Primary Supervisor MD Undergrad
Rachel Dunn MSc  Mitochondrial Aging in the Placenta 2019/01-present Committee Member Graduate Student
Jeffrey Wong Resident and Fellowship Resident Research Project, Fellowship  2019/09-present Research Project Supervisor, Fellowship Supervisor Reproductive Infectious Diseases Clinical Fellow and CTN Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Sarah Mohn MD FLEX Project – BCW Bacteremia 2019/10-present Supervisor MD Undergrad
Andrea Atkinson  Fellowship International Fellowship – RID Program 2021/08-2022/08 Fellowship Supervisor Clinical Fellow, UBC Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Kirsten Bock Resident  BCWH SSI Project 2022/09-present Resident Research Supervisor Medical Resident