Meet Our Team

 

Principal Investigator

Dr. Hamideh Bayrampour, PhD, MSc

Dr. Bayrampour is an Assistant Professor in Midwifery Program, Department of Family Practice, an associate member in the School of Population and Public Health and a faculty member in Reproductive and Developmental Sciences program at UBC.

Dr. Bayrampour’s research interests are in the areas of maternal mental health and substance use and pregnancy outcomes. She is particularly interested in maternal anxiety and its assessment during the perinatal period. She has research expertise in conducting systematic reviews, quantitative and qualitative research, mixed methods studies, and concept and trajectory analysis. Currently, Dr. Bayrampour leads three projects: Pregnancy Specific Anxiety Scale (funded by CIHR), Prenatal cannabis exposure and child outcomes (funded by CIHR), and Birth outcomes associated with Home birth after Cesarean Birth (funded by Stollery award).

604-827-1917 | hamideh.bayrampour@ubc.ca | ResearchGate | PubMed

 

Research Assistants

 

Jenna Langlois, BSc

Jenna is a Research Assistant with the Midwifery Program in the Department of Family Practice. She is a Master’s student in the Experimental Medicine Program at UBC with a focus in addiction medicine. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Behavioural Neuroscience at UBC.  Jenna’s research interests lie in substance use and mental health, particularly in marginalized and disadvantaged populations. Her overall goal is to expand her knowledge of maternal mental health in order to optimize health care delivery.

604-827-3932 | cann.ex@ubc.ca

 

 

 

 

 

Yousef Shahin, BSc

Yousef is a Research Assistant at the Department of Family Practice, Midwifery Program. He is a second-year medical student, and completed a BSc in Psychology. Yousef’s interests include mental health, substance use, and addictions medicine. His goals are to broaden his understanding of these fields and how they intersect with perinatal health.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past Team Members

Dr. Sukhpreet Tamana, PhD, MSc – Research Associate

Dr. Sukhpreet Tamana joined the PSAS Study Team in 2019 as a Research Associate. Before joining the lab, she completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship with the National Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) study. Her research focuses on the epidemiology of child health and developmental trajectories (mental health, sleep, chronic disease), delivering targeted interventions, and integrated behavioral healthcare. Dr. Tamana is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University.

Academia | PubMed

 

 

 

 

Mary Bunka – Research Assistant

Mary joined the PSAS Study Team in February 2019 as a Research Assistant. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia in 2017, where her undergraduate studies involved research courses in Uganda and Poland. Mary’s research interests lie in mental health in marginalized and understudied populations, maternal mental health, and patient-centred public health initiatives. In September of 2020, Mary joined UBC’s School of Population and Public Health as a Research Assistant with the Pharmacogenetics for Depression project.

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Aayza Asim – Research Assistant

Aayza was a Research Assistant with the Midwifery Program from September 2020 to April 2021. She graduated from UBC with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology. Aayza’s research interests lie in maternal mental health and the impact of social factors on mental health in marginalized and disadvantaged populations. In September of 2020, Aayza started her Master of Public Health degree at UBC and her goal is to expand her knowledge of factors contributing to poor maternal mental health and increase her commitment to health equity.

 

 

 

 

 

Emily Tsui – Research Assistant

Emily was a Research Assistant with the Midwifery Program from September 2020 to August 2021. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from UBC, in both Biology and Psychology. Emily’s research interests lie in the interplay between genetics and mental health, as well as examining environmental factors that predispose individuals to genetic and psychological disorders. After graduation, her goal is to pursue a career in healthcare where she can contribute to ongoing research in these areas of interest. To work towards this goal, Emily started her position as a genetic counselling assistant in September of 2021 to gain more experience in clinical settings.

 

 

 

 

Francis Macapobre – Research Assistant

Francis is a Research Assistant at the Department of Family Practice, Midwifery Program. He is in the final year of a Bachelor of Science program at the University of British Columbia majoring in Computer Science and Software Engineering. Francis’ research interests lie in the intersection of healthcare and computation. He is curious about how one can harness the power of healthcare data, computational models, and human-centred software design to create digital solutions that can improve health outcomes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ianna Folkes – Research Assistant

Ianna was a Research Assistant with the Midwifery Program in the Department of Family Practice from July 2019 to December 2021. She worked with the team while completing her  Master’s studies in the Reproductive and Developmental Sciences Program at UBC. She graduated from McGill University in Montreal in 2019, where she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacology and Psychology. Ianna’s research interests focus on the areas of perinatal/postpartum mental health and the impacts of pharmaceutical use during pregnancy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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