Five New Assistant Professors and Two New Lecturers

Assistant Professor Kristen Haase, BN, MA, PhD
Kristen Haase comes to UBC from the University of Saskatchewan, where she was an Assistant Professor. She has a PhD in nursing (Ottawa) and a research program that focuses on the supportive and self-management needs of older adults with cancer. Through her program of research Kristen has an interest in using patient- and community-engaged approaches to highlight the unique and often complex needs of older adults with cancer and their caregivers when managing the acute and long-term complications of cancer treatment.

Assistant Professor Saima Hirani, MSN, PhD
Saima’s research interests relate to mental health and MH promotion of individuals and families. Her research experience includes working with multidisciplinary teams to promote mental health among socioeconomically disadvantaged and vulnerable population in Canada and Pakistan. She has been involved in designing and conducting various community randomized controlled trials to promote mental health of women and youth. Her research strengths are intervention development, quantitative methodology, measurement, and analysis.

Assistant Professor Lillian Hung, BN, MA, PhD
Lillian completed her PhD at UBC and joined the school as a Clinical Instructor in 2018. She brings to her research an interest in demenitia care, gerontological nursing, environmental design, patient engagement, and teamwork. Using new and accessible technology such as iPads, Lillian’s research eases the stress of dementia patients and improves the safety and quality of dementia care in hospital settings.

Assistant Professor Emmanuela Ojukwu, BSN, PhD
Emmanuela’s research interests include racial & gender health disparities, maternal-infant health, sexual health, health promotion, management of chronic illnesses and infectious diseases, and social determinants of health. Her dissertation focused on the social determinants of HIV treatment engagement among Black postpartum women living with HIV in South Florida, USA. She is “excited about joining such a diverse community of researchers and look forward to the many positive waves we will create for the future of health.

Lecturer Raluca Radu, BSN, MSN
Raluca is a proud grad from the UBC MSN program with experience in public and private ambulatory and inpatient surgical settings and in occupational health and safety. She has held diverse nursing educator roles including “clinical instructor” in the School. A fierce advocate for planetary health, Raluca is looking forward to bringing her growing expertise and passion to “Health Impacts of Climate Change”. Raluca is equally enthusiastic about expanding her working knowledge in global health policy where she is determined to make a difference.

Lecturer Julie Tipping, BSN, ME, PhD
Julie is an experienced Healthcare Specialist who comes to UBC with experience as a Nursing Educator from BCIT. Her expertise includes curriculum writing, nonprofit organizations, policy analysis, government, emergency management, and primary care. She holds a Masters of Education (Adult Education) (Yorkville University), and a PhD in Educational Leadership in Higher Education (Capella University).

Assistant Professor Lydia Wytenbroek, BSN, MA, PhD
Lydia is an historian of health and medicine. Her current writing projects include a book manuscript on American nurses and nursing internationalism and imperialism in twentieth-century Iran, and an article on whiteness and Canadian nursing. Her teaching interests include histories of epidemics, public health, racism, ethics, science, medical technology, global health, social justice and nursing activism. She completed her PhD in History (York University) in 2018 and has taught nursing and medical history to nursing, public health and medical students.