Claire Grant, Visiting PhD Student (2023)
Claire Grant was a Visiting PhD student from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London, funded by a UKRI-Mitacs Globalink Doctoral Award and supervised by Dr. Brown. Claire’s research examined the experiences of women with disabilities with child protective services involvement during pregnancy.
Lesley Tarasoff, Postdoctoral Fellow (2018-2023)
Lesley Tarasoff completed a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Health & Society at the University of Toronto Scarborough, under the supervision of Dr. Brown. Dr. Tarasoff’s research examined the preconception health, reproductive life plans, and pregnancy care experiences of women with disabilities. Her research is published in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing; Journal of Advanced Nursing; and Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Canada.
Lesley Pablo, Research Analyst (2021-2023)
Lesley Pablo was a Research Analyst at the University of Toronto Scarborough in the Department of Health & Society working under the supervision of Dr. Hilary Brown and Dr. Anita Benoit. She worked with Dr. Brown on a variety of projects that investigated maternal and child health outcomes in women with disabilities and contributed to papers published in the Journal of Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology and the Disability and Health Journal.
Samantha Forbes, MPH Student (2022)
Samantha Forbes obtained her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Her research practicum, supervised by Dr. Brown’s, used linked survey and discharge abstract data to understand the perinatal health of women with disabilities.
Caroline Kassee, MPH student (2021)
Caroline Kassee obtained her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Her research practicum, supervised by Dr. Brown and supported by a 2021-2022 CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s Award, examined perinatal health outcomes among women with intellectual disabilities in relation to social, health, and disability-related disparities. Her paper is published in the Disability and Health Journal.
Nishanthika Benny, MPH Student (2021)
Nishanthika Benny obtained her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Her research practicum, co-supervised by Dr. Brown and Dr. Mike Best, examined the real-world effectiveness of online delivery of cognitive behavioural therapy using administrative data from Ontario Shores.
Gul Saeed, MPH Student (2020)
Gul Saeed obtained her Master of Public Health in Social and Behavioral Health Sciences from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Her research practicum, co-supervised by Dr. Brown and Dr. Lesley Tarasoff, examined patient-provider communication experiences among pregnant and postpartum women with sensory and intellectual/developmental disabilities, and was published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. After graduating, Gul accepted a position as a Research Assistant with the WHO Collaborating Centre for Governance, Accountability, & Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Sector.
Amira Aker, Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2020)
Dr. Amira Aker completed her Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Health & Society at the University of Toronto Scarborough, supervised by Dr. Brown. Her research examined the impact of asthma and other chronic illnesses on perinatal mental health, and was published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, International Journal of Epidemiology, and Journal of Women’s Health.
Nadine Eltayeb, MPH Student (2020)
Nadine Eltayeb obtained her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Her research practicum, co-supervised by Dr. Brown and Dr. Anita Benoit, examined access to cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer screening among Indigenous women with disabilities. After graduating, Nadine was accepted into medical school at Western University.
Momina Khan, MPH Student (2020)
Momina Khan obtained her Master of Public Health in the Social and Behavioral Health Sciences from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Her research practicum, co-supervised by Dr. Brown and Dr. Lesley Tarasoff, examined the perinatal health care experiences of mothers with intellectual and development disabilities, and was published in Women’s Health issues. After graduating, Momina accepted a position as a Research Assistant at St. Michael’s Hospital.
Adele Carty, Research Assistant (2018-2020)
Adele Carty obtained her PhD in Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She worked as a Research Assistant on Dr. Brown’s National Institutes of Health-funded study examining the pregnancy experiences of women with disabilities and contributed to papers published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Disability and Health Journal, Journal of Women’s Health, and Pediatrics.
Fareha Nishat, MPH Student (2020)
Fareha Nishat obtained her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Her research practicum, supervised by Dr. Brown, examined prenatal care access among women with disabilities, and was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and the Disability and Health Journal. After graduating, Fareha accepted a position as a Clinical Research Project Coordinator at the Hospital for Sick Children.
Anthony McKnight, MPH Student (2019)
Anthony McKnight obtained his Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. His research practicum, supervised by Dr. Brown, examined the perinatal mental health of immigrants and refugees with a chronic illness, and was published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. After graduating, Anthony accepted a position as an Analyst at the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
Mary-Rose Faulkner, MPH Student (2019)
Mary-Rose Faulkner obtained her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Her research practicum, supervised by Dr. Brown, examined the collective impact of chronic disease and poverty on perinatal mental health, and was published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. After graduating, Mary-Rose accepted a position as a Research Analyst at the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health.
Saranyah Ravindran, Research Assistant (2018-2019)
Saranyah Ravindran completed her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She worked as a Research Assistant on Dr. Brown’s Women’s Xchange-funded study, investigating the feasibility of an interconception intervention delivered by public health nurses, now published in the Maternal & Child Health Journal. After graduating, Saranyah accepted a position as a Health Analyst at Public Health Ontario.
Zoe Cairncross, MPH Student (2018)
Zoe Cairncross obtained her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Her research practicum, supervised by Dr. Brown, examined preconception health knowledge. She published a systematic review on this topic in the American Journal of Health Promotion, and a validation analysis of a preconception health knowledge tool, also in the American Journal of Health Promotion. After graduating, Zoe accepted a position as a Research Assistant at the University of Calgary.
Fahmeeda Murtaza, Undergraduate Student (2017)
Fahmeeda Murtaza completed her BSc in Health Studies and Biology at the University of Toronto Scarborough. She worked as a Research Assistant for Dr. Brown, conducting a systematic review on health outcomes of infants of women with disabilities, now published in Pediatrics. After graduating, Fahmeeda was accepted into medical school at the University of Toronto.
Chloe Xavier, MPH Student (2016)
Chloe Xavier obtained her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Her research practicum, co-supervised by Dr. Brown and Dr. Anita Benoit, examined the impact of teenage pregnancy on long-term mental health outcomes among Indigenous women in Canada, and was published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health and Archives of Women’s Mental Health. After graduating, Chloe accepted a position as a Research Coordinator at St. Michael’s Hospital.