Research Staff

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Lab Manager

Kira has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University and over 10 years of experience in project and team management working on multidisciplinary projects in research and technology. She has held roles in project management, change management, and organizational development. Working on this team gives her opportunity to pursue her interest in women’s health.

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Research Associate

Bozena has a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh (1999), a postdoc from Carnegie Mellon university, and she has held multiple roles as a data analyst, methodologist, research associate, and writer. She is particularly strong at aggregating complex sets of data into usable units for analysis, and she has ushered several projects through to completion and knowledge translation. Working on this team gives her opportunity to pursue her ongoing interest in female sexuality research. 

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Knowledge Mobilization Manager (SHAPE Hub)

Kaku is the Knowledge Mobilization Manager for the SHAPE Hub, a pan-Canadian initiative focused on addressing barriers to evidence-based information and treatment for sexual difficulties and genito-pelvic pain that affect women and gender-diverse people. She holds a Bachelor’s degree (Hons) in Human Geography from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada and Master of Business Administration in Project Management from Università degli studi Guglielmo Marconi, Rome Italy. Working on this team gives her opportunity to pursue her interest in women’s health research.

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Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator (SHAPE Hub)

Jocelyn is a Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator with the SHAPE Hub a pan-Canadian initiative focused on addressing barriers to evidence-based information and treatment for sexual difficulties and genito-pelvic pain affecting women and gender-diverse people. She holds a Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) from the University of Calgary and a Master of Public Health from the University of British Columbia.

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Research Assistant (SHAPE Hub)

Samantha is an award-winning youth activist and Indigenous researcher from the Gitksan Nation in Northern BC. In 2023, she took home first place at the International UN Worlds Challenge alongside fellow lab mate Piper Scott-Fiddler for her culturally based Indigenous health intervention, ‘the Lifegivers Box’. Her research primarily focuses on Indigenous youths’ rights to good health through measuring quantitative data and advocating for them through community-based health reports. Samantha is currently the lead data analyst with the national research priority setting study with Indigenous women and Two-spirit people as a part of the SHAPE Hub. 

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Social Media Assistant

Julianna Mazur is a fourth-year Bachelor of Science student at UBC, majoring in Chemistry, Statistics, and Life Sciences, with a minor in Commerce. She serves as the lab’s Social Media Assistant, where she manages its presence on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Julianna is passionate about knowledge translation and is committed to making complex scientific research accessible and engaging. Her role in the lab allows her to merge her communication skills with her academic background, fostering connections between the lab’s work and the broader community.

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Study Coordinator

Nisha is a study coordinator in the lab. She completed her MSc in Reproductive and Developmental Sciences in 2022 and joined the lab shortly after. Nisha has an interest in pelvic pain, sexual pain, gynecological conditions, and intervention-based research. She has been the coordinator for numerous studies testing eSense: a digital health intervention for women with sexual difficulties. Currently, she is the coordinator for eSense-Cancer; a project that aims to adapt eSense to address sexual difficulties in gynecologic cancer survivors