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Co-chairs
Nami Trappenberg
she/her
MSc Psychiatry Research, Year 2
Researching eating disorders, comorbid conditions, and access to care
Fun fact: She just started making pottery.
Madeline Kwan
she/her
MSc Kinesiology, Year 2
Researching the benefits of nature for supporting youth wellbeing
Fun fact: She has been bungee jumping.
Promotions & Communications Coordination
Chihiro Konda
she/her
MA Health Promotion, Year 1
Researching active transportation, active school travel, health & social equity
Fun fact: This is her third year being involved in Crossroads.
Megan L. Openshaw
she/her
PhD in Health, Year 1
Researching equitable reading assessments for bilingual elementary school children
Fun fact: She once studied abroad in Norway.
Sponsorships
Amanda Higgins
she/her
MA Health Promotion, Year 3
Researching childhood and youth wellbeing in Nova Scotia
Fun fact: She has a mini goldendoodle named Finnegan.
Grace MacIntyre
she/her
Gap year between BSc HPRO and MHA
Halifax
Researching health equity in pediatric learning health systems
Fun fact: She likes to bake.
Panels & Mini-courses
Vaidehi Patel
she/her
PhD in Health, Year 1
Researching co-designing preventive health strategies for brain health
Fun fact: She enjoys cooking, reading, playing board games, going to the gym, and listening to and playing music in her free time.
Jasmine Friedrich Yap
she/her
MSc Rehabilitation Research
Researching fracture prevention in the home care setting
Fun fact: She is on a mission to perfect her sourdough.
Undergraduate Student Coordination
Gabby Fera
she/her
Bachelor of Health Promotion, Year 4
Researching physical Activity Measurement in children with chronic medical conditions and disabilities
Fun fact: She studied abroad in Denmark when she was in high school.
Volunteer Coordination
Maryam Mirzaei Hotkani
she/her
PhD in Health, Year 1
Researching the impacts of occupational noise exposure on workers’ cognitive decline and mental health
Fun fact: “I don’t have a fun fact, but a fun character, yes!”
Arinze Uzoezie
he/him
PhD in Health, Year 1
Researching barriers to health and welfare services for displaced populations
Fun fact: He enjoys Afrobeat music and learning about business.
Precious Isafiade
she/her
Master of Health Administration
Fun fact: She has lived on three continents and speaks four prominent Nigerian languages.
Abstract Review
Ashton Sheaves
he/him
Peyton Duggan
she/her
Social Events
Lilith Nosko
she/her
MSc in Psychiatry Research
Researching the relationship between determinants of treatment engagement among individuals with early phase psychosis and their response to a brief engagement-focused psychotherapeutic intervention
Fun fact: She is a budding seamstress, frequenter of the Halifax hardcore/metal scene, and enjoyer of the odd and macabre.
Emily MacDonald
she/her
MSc Rehabilitation Research
Researching physical activity, sedentary time, and cognition in older adults
Fun fact: She has lived in three provinces.
Crossroads Interdisciplinary Health Research Conference 