Brenda Poon

Human Early Learning Partnership, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia

About sgemma

Sierra Skye Gemma recently graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and sociology. She now works at UBC as a Research Assistant for the Early Childhood Screening Research and Evaluation unit of the Human Early Learning Partnership. Sierra’s research interests include the social determinants of health, gender and the organization of work, and the history of women’s healthcare. She has a passion for old, musty, hardbound books, time well spent with family, and the Brazilian martial art of capoeira.

Bio

Posted on April 13, 2010 by sgemma

Dr. Brenda Poon leads HELP’s Early Childhood Screening Research and Evaluation initiative. Dr. Poon completed her doctoral work in Special Education at UBC and postdoctoral fellowship with HELP through a joint award from the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Dr. Poon is interested in research and evaluation related to early identification and early intervention for children with special needs, family-centered services, integrated child health information systems, as well as social determinants of children’s health and development over the lifecourse.