Tina Afshar
Research Assistant
Email: tina.afshar@alumni.ubc.ca
Tina assists with our return to work in the construction sector project, which aims to enhance understanding of the barriers and facilitators to early and safe return to work in Ontario’s construction sector. She is pursuing an MSc in Population and Public Health at the UBC School of Population and Public Health and holds a BSc in Chemistry, Life Science & Physics, also from UBC. Her MSc research is exploring the relationship between the external (air) and internal (airway) microbiomes in participants with COPD and healthy controls.
Andrea Jones
Technical Writer/Analyst
Email: andrea.jones@ubc.ca
Andrea is working on projects evaluating occupational health and safety program effectiveness. She completed her PhD at UBC in the School of Population and Public Health. Her dissertation investigated the impacts of common mental disorders on work disability outcomes after work-related musculoskeletal injury, with a specific focus on sex and gender. She also holds a BSc and MSc in Kinesiology from McMaster University. Her research interests include workforce mental health, work disability policy, co- and multi-morbidity, and the social determinants of health in a work and occupation context.
Pranali Kurve
Research Assistant
Email: pranali.kurve@ubc.ca
Pranali provides research administration assistance for multiple projects. Pranali holds a Bachelor of Commerce and is currently in the last semester of her two-year Diploma in Finance. Prior to joining PWHS, she worked at UBC with the School of Population and Public Health and has also worked with one of the Big 4 accounting firms internationally.
Robert Macpherson
Senior Research Associate
Email: robert.macpherson@ubc.ca
Dr Robert Macpherson leads comparative projects concerning work-related injuries and return-to-work across Canadian provinces using workers’ compensation data. Robert holds an MA (hons) and MSc from the University of Dundee, and a PhD from the University of St Andrews, all in human geography. Prior to joining the Partnership, he completed his doctoral research on the labour market integration and internal migration of immigrant populations in Sweden. He has also conducted research projects on topics ranging from geographical access to higher education in rural communities, residential segregation and mobility, and international student mobility. Robert’s key strengths and interests are in applying quantitative research methods to large administrative registry data.
Suhail Marino
Director, Privacy and Operations
Tel: 604-822-0200
Email: suhail.marino@ubc.ca
Suhail has many years of experience in public health research, program development and management. She is a Canadian-certified privacy officer with a very strong background in data access, privacy and security in population health research. In addition to Bachelor degrees in arts and science, she holds internationally recognized certification on Information Privacy Management and Research Law. She has initiated, coordinated, and facilitated evaluation studies, epidemiological studies and public health forums. Suhail has also worked at UBC with Population Data BC, the Department of Health, Safety and Environment, the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre, the Faculty of Medicine’s Evaluation Studies Unit and for the CIHR/MSFHR Strategic Training Program to Bridge Public Health, Engineering and Policy Research “Bridge Program.”
Dawn Mooney
Communications Specialist
Email: dawn.mooney@ubc.ca
Dawn is the Partnership expert in data visualization and information communication. She holds a Master of Public Health from the UBC School of Population and Public Health and a BA in Geography. She uses mapping to explore geographic variation in work-related health risks and outcomes and also teaches cartography classes in the UBC Department of Geography. Dawn is interested in methods of effective graphical communication of health data and statistics, and in using mapping to explore, communicate and address geographic disparities in health and health care.
Hannah Peck
Research Coordinator/Analyst
Email: hannah.peck@ubc.ca
Hannah is primarily working on a multi-year mixed-methods evaluation of the Health and Safety Excellence Program run by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario. As a key member of the project team, Hannah conducts recruitment, data collection, and analysis of primary and secondary data. Hannah is introducing new methods to the Partnership, including document analysis and the triangulation of various data sources. She supports numerous knowledge translation activities, authoring reports on evaluation findings and preparing presentations for stakeholders and funders. Hannah has also worked on other evaluation projects, including assessing the effect of the Certificate of Recognition (COR) on injury rates in Saskatchewan. Hannah holds a Masters of Public Health from the University of Melbourne and a BSc in Psychology from McGill University.
Anjini Sam Chee
Research Assistant
Email: asamchee@student.ubc.ca
Anjini is working on the Food and Beverage Sector Worker Study (FABS), which explores the impacts of COVID-19 policies on violence, bullying, and harassment within BC’s food and beverage sector. She is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health in the biostatistics and epidemiology pathway at UBC and holds a Bachelor of Science in biology (physiology research specialization) and a minor in sociology from McMaster University. She is passionate about using health data, analytics, and statistics to address inequities in health outcomes and health care.
Kimberly Sharpe
Research Assistant
Email: kimberly.sharpe@ubc.ca
Kimberly is leading the collection of information that will enhance understanding of the barriers and facilitators to early and safe return to work for a Partnership project on Ontario’s construction sector. She is also pursuing her PhD in the UBC School of Population and Public Health. Prior to joining the Partnership, Kimberly worked in injury research and neuroethics. She holds a BA in Anthropology and History and MA in Social Dimensions of Health from the University of Victoria.
Josie Stubos
Research Assistant
Email: josie.stubos@ubc.ca
Josie is working on qualitative analysis for a study focused on developing an occupational health and safety management strategy and tool tailored for small and micro construction firms. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Ontario where she completed the Honours Specialization in Political Science degree program.
Lillian Tamburic
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Email: lillian.tamburic@ubc.ca
Lillian provides programming and data analysis for various Partnership projects, including our work on gender, work, and health. She holds a BSc (Hons) in biochemistry from UBC and previously worked in virology research. Lillian also completed a second BSc degree in computer science, combined with statistics.
Helen Wu
Research Coordinator
Email: shanrong.wu@ubc.ca
Helen is working on a study focused on creating an occupational health and safety management strategy and tool tailored for small and micro construction firms. Her responsibilities include conducting key informant interviews and collecting and analyzing data. She is actively exploring different platforms to create a tool that is accessible to construction workers with diverse health and safety backgrounds. Helen holds a Master’s degree in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene from UBC, and a Bachelor’s degree specializing in Pharmacology from the University of Alberta. Helen brings extensive research experience across diverse scientific disciplines, including biochemistry, psychology, and pharmacology. Prior to joining the Partnership, Helen served as the principal investigator of jet fuel exposure for a large-scale systematic review conducted by the International Ototoxicity Management Group and conducted expert interviews in the health care sector.
