Supporting the next generation of researchers

The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program funds outstanding postdoctoral candidates seeking training under the supervision of WCHRI academic members. Through the generous support of our partners, awardees will be able to continue their training and further their career goals in children’s and/or women’s health research at the University of Alberta.

Ahmed Oraby

Engineering new defences against childhood respiratory viruses

Bárbara Chaves Santos

Researcher targets critical nutrition gap for female cancer survivors

Fallon Mitchell

Creating inclusive prenatal exercise guidelines for people with disabilities

Kate Bykowski

Nurse practitioner is redefining primary care for post-reproductive women

Sophie Wood

Helping refugee children thrive in a new home

Tu Pham

Tracking skeletal maturity without X-rays for safer scoliosis care in children

Yasser Abuetabh

is protecting young hearts in the face of childhood obesity

Mirielle Pauline

is harnessing gut hormones and probiotics to nourish infants with short bowel syndrome

Hidenori Moriyama

is delivering hope to children with muscular dystrophy through innovative drug delivery

Gabriele Matteoli

is investigating the impact of cannabis exposure on newborns and mothers

Anissa Armet

is decoding the gut microbiome to personalize diet therapies for children with IBD

Andrew D’Souza

is unraveling the mystery of breathlessness in women with scleroderma

Amanda Lima Deluque

is unlocking calcium's secrets for lifelong bone strength in women

Dilip Malipatlolla

is improving the quality of life in gynecological cancer survivors.

Muhammad Imran

is finding clues to determine risk factors for heart health later in life.

Shrimanti Ghosh

is speeding up arm fracture detection with AI.