HIFI Award Recipients

Barriers, facilitators, and outcomes of a novel interdisciplinary eHealth clinical system to improve pediatric sleep care pathways in British Columbia
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Dr. Elizabeth Keys, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
• Dr. Osman Ipsiroglu, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. David Wensley, Head, Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Denise Gabriel, Professor, Integrated Sciences, Faculty of Science
• Dr. Calvin Kuo, Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
• Mary Glasgow Brown, Clinical Assistant Professor, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Charlene Esteban Ronquillo, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
• Quevie Abalde, Student, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
• Scout McWilliams, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

Development of an app to facilitate remote implementation of KidsAction Coaching
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Dr. Jean-Paul Collet, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Stephanie Glegg, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Lise Olsen, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
• Dr. William McKellin, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
• Dr. Mojgan Gitimoghaddam, PhD candidate, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

Empowering individuals who are postpartum with education, self-monitoring for complications, and research through a mobile application 
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Dr. Xue Chen Ke, Clinical Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Marianne Vidler, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Eric Li, Associate Professor, Faculty of Management, UBC Okanagan
• Dr. Emmanuela Ojukwu, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
• Dr. Lang Wu, Professor, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science
• Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen, Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education, Faculty of Education

Harm reduction innovation: Exploring a tri-partnership model for the delivery of drug-checking services on campus and in the community
HIFI Award: $24,975

• Dr. Nelly Oelke, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan 
• Lauren Airth, PhD student, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
• Dr. Lianping Ti, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; Research Scientist and Health Administrative Data Lead, BC Centre on Substance Use
• Sara Fudjack, PhD candidate, School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts
• Dr. Zach Walsh, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UBC Okanagan

Neural network-based concussion classifier: Sex-based considerations
HIFI Award: $20,000

• Dr. Naznin Virji-Babul, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Kwang Moo Yi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
• Dr. Liisa Galea, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
• Dr. Shelina Babul, Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
• Natalie Dalton, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

Pre-processing community nursing and allied health data for equity-informed artificial intelligence for interdisciplinary wound care
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Dr. Charlene Esteban Ronquillo, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
• Dr. Xiaoxiao Li, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
• Dr. Leanne Currie, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
• Lorraine Block, PhD candidate, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science; Clinical and Implementation Lead for eWound EHR, Vancouver Coastal Health 
• Dr. Ivan Beschastnikh, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Faculty of Science

Putting type 2 diabetes into remission: Developing a patient-centred, interdisciplinary nutrition intervention for delivery in urban and rural community pharmacies
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Dr. Jonathan Little, Associate Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
• Dr. James Johnson, Professor, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Tom Elliot, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Tamara Cohen, Director of Dietetics and Assistant Professor, Food, Nutrition and Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
• Dr. Joel Singer, Professor, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Jennifer Davis, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, UBC Okanagan
• Dr. Jennifer Bolt, Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Dr. Mary Jung, Associate Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
• Dr. Alan Rabinowitz, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis, Director, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management; Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
• Dr. Brendan Byrne, Physician, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine 
• Dr. Barbara Oliveira, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
• Chris Xi, Student and Patient Partner, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Sean McKelvey, Registered Pharmacist, Institute for Personalized Therapeutic Nutrition 
• Marc Pelletier, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Health Systems Transformation and Sustainability 

Reward and avoidance in major depressive disorder: Developing predictive markers of treatment response 
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Dr. Trisha Chakrabarty, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Rebecca Todd, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
• Dr. Stan Floresco, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
• Dr. Luke Clark, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
• Yuexiaoxi (Cecilia) Yu, MSc student, Neuroscience Program, Faculty of Medicine
• Ryan Tomm, PhD student, Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
• Alexander Terpstra, PhD student, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts

Virtual reality training tool to facilitate police investigations of head injury and strangulation in intimate partner violence cases
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Dr. Paul van Donkelaar, Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
• Dr. Shelina Babul, Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
• Stephanie Ashton, PhD student, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
• John Jacob, Senior Director, Strategy and Innovation and Head, Digital Lab, BC Children's Hospital 
• Tara Haarhoff, Manager, Data Analysis Unit, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Allies in health: Social support for health behaviours and combating loneliness in the face of COVID-19
HIFI Award: $19,800

• Dr. Christiane Hoppmann, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
• Dr. Jennifer Jakobi, Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development
• Dr. Maureen Ashe, Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Ken Madden, Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Rachel Murphy, Assistant Professor, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Wolfgang Linden, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts

Application of virtual reality to treat vaginismus: Fear of sexual activity
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Dr. Lori Brotto, Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Alan Kingstone, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
• Dr. Melanie Altas, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine
• Natalie Brown, MA student, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts

Can we blame the COVID-19 overdose surge on emergency income supports? Empirical evidence to support social policy planning
HIFI Award: $24,527

• Dr. Lindsey Richardson, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts; Research Scientist, BC Centre on Substance Use
• Dr. Jane Buxton, Professor, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine; Medical Lead, Harm Reduction, BC Centre for Disease Control
• Dr. David Green, Professor, Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts
• Dr. Lianping Ti, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; Research Scientist and Health Administrative Data Lead, BC Centre on Substance Use
• Dr. Amanda Slaunwhite, Adjunct Professor, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine; Senior Scientist, BC Centre for Disease Control
• Dr. Heather Palis, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and BC Centre for Disease Control
• Allison Laing, PhD student, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Creating a calmer NICU: Pilot testing a robot for optimizing brain development in preterm infants in the NICU
HIFI Award: $24,859

• Dr. Liisa Holsti, Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Manon Ranger, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
• Dr. Guy Dumont, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
• Dr. Kevin Golovin, Assistant Professor, Mechanical School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
• Shahbaz Askari, PhD student, Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Indigenous Elder-led app to support parents’ two-eyed seeing for parenting
HIFI Award: $17,000

• Dr. Wendy Hall, Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
• Dr. Patti Janssen, Professor, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
• Gloria Mellesmoen, PhD student, Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts

Smartphone- and nanotechnology-enabled platform for deployable extracellular vesicle and virus detection
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Dr. Russ Algar, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
• Dr. Karla Williams, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences