Population Data BC StaffKelly Alke, Researcher Liaison Coordinator Tim Choi, Researcher Liaison Coordinator Darrin Grund, Project Manager for the Urban Structure, Population and Policy Project, SFU Caitlin Hertzman, Lead, Business Process Management Brent Hills, Lead, Data Services Unit Kerry Kerluke, Senior Programmer/Analyst Nina Levi, Finance Coordinator, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) Christy Lightowlers, Lead, Education & Training Unit Anna Low, Researcher Liaison Coordinator Bryony Mander, Lead, Communications Suhail Marino, Lead, Data Sourcing Nancy Meagher, Executive Director Jim Mintha, Lead, Systems and Security Cheryl D. Rubuliak, Manager, Finance & Administration, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) Eleanor Setton, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Geography Department, UVIC Christina Sian, Programmer/Analyst Jasper Stoodley, IT Systems Administrator, SFU Barbara Weinberg, Programmer/Analyst Fan Xu, Programmer/Analyst Cindy Yan, Lead, Privacy and Policy/Contract Development Lixiang Yan, Programmer/Analyst Harold Yip, Senior Programmer/Analyst Staff BiographiesKelly Alke is a Researcher Liaison Coordinator at Population Data BC. Her role in Researcher Liaison is to coordinate and facilitate the various stages of the data access process from initial application through to data preparation, and delivery. Kelly has previous experience as a consultant and research analyst in both private and public sector urban planning. Kelly holds a BA in Geography from UBC where she specialized in Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Urban Geography and Planning. Tim Choi is a Researcher Liaison Coordinator at Population Data BC. His main role is to facilitate data access requests and to coordinate the process of data preparation and delivery. Prior to joining Population Data BC, Tim has worked as a research coordinator at S.U.C.C.E.S.S., a local non-profit organization, where he oversaw research projects on various social and immigration issues in partnership with government agencies, academic researchers and private companies. Tim comes to Population Data BC with experience in project management and program administration. His other experiences include working as teaching/research assistant at the Department of Linguistics and the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Tim holds a BA in Economics and Geography and an MA in Linguistics from Simon Fraser University. Brent Hills is Lead, Systems Architect at Population Data BC. His responsibilities include leading the Data Services Unit of Population Data BC. For the last two and a half years, Brent has been a programmer with the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR). Before joining CHSPR, Brent gained nine years of experience leading teams engaged in the development of debit/credit transaction systems and retail point-of-sale systems. Brent is a graduate of the Computer Systems Technology program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Kerry Kerluke is a Senior Programmer/Analyst with Population Data BC and the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR). He provides programming and data analysis support for projects using linked health data (formerly the BC Linked Health Database) and is also involved in the ongoing development of data and other resources to encourage standardization and efficiency of research projects. His current research projects include defining and characterizing high users of health care services, and analytic support for the second edition of the BC Health Atlas. Kerry holds a BSc in computer sciences from the University of British Columbia. Anna Low is a Researcher Liaison Coordinator at Population Data. Her role in Researcher Liaison is to coordinate and facilitate the various stages of the data access process from initial application through to data preparation, and delivery. Anna's previous experience is in the archaeology, library, museum and archival fields. She holds a BA from Simon Fraser University, and a MLIS from the University of Western Ontario. Bryony Mander has over 20 years of experience in public relations, marketing, web and graphic design. She has worked in three countries and in a wide variety of organisations in the public, private, media, higher and further education and non-profit sectors. Prior to joining PopData Bryony worked as a freelance web and graphic designer. She holds a BA (Hons) in communications from Sheffield Hallam University, and a postgraduate diploma in Marketing from Manchester Metropolitan University. Suhail Marino has many years of experience in public health research, program development and coordination. Prior to joining Popdata she was the coordinator of Health Promotion Programs at UBC with Department of Health, Safety and Environment. Suhail has initiated, coordinated, and facilitated evaluation studies, epidemiological studies and public health forums. At UBC she has also worked for the School of Population and Public Health, Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre, The Faculty of Medicine’s Evaluation Studies and for the CIHR/MSFHR Strategic Training Program to Bridge Public Health, Engineering and Policy Research “Bridge Program”. Nancy Meagher is the Executive Director of Population Data BC. With a Master’s in Economics, Nancy has worked internationally in health policy research, hospital management, and pharmaceutical market research, bridging research and its application in policy, business or industry. Her technical experience comes from work as a management consultant, where she led complex, privacy-sensitive development projects for companies including Goldman Sachs. Jim Mintha is the Systems and Security Lead at Population Data BC. He has worked for more than 20 years in the field of systems administration specialising in security. Prior to working at Popdata, he worked for seven years as the senior systems analyst for the central IT department at the University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands. Jim is also an active supporter of open source software and local pizza establishments. Barbara Weinberg is a Programmer/Analyst with Population Data BC and provides programming and data analysis support. She holds a BSc (Hons) in mathematics and computer science from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Fan Xu provides programming and data analysis support to Population Data BC and the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)’s back injury study and other WorkSafeBC-CHSPR partnership projects. He holds a MA in kinesiology from McGill University and a diploma in computer science from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Cindy Yan is the Privacy Officer and Policy Lead for Population Data BC. Following undergraduate studies in pharmacology and law school, Cindy articled and practised law at a large downtown Toronto firm, where she worked on privacy, pharmaceutical, and intellectual property matters. Cindy has also worked in drug marketing for a large pharmaceutical company and is called to the Bar in Ontario. Lixiang Yan is a Programmer/Aanalyst with Population Data BC and the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR). He provides programming and analysis for CHSPR’s pharmaceutical research projects. He also supports the external research community through the construction of research data sets. Lixiang holds an MSc in engineering from the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo, Japan. Harold Yip is a Senior Programmer/Analyst with Population Data BC and the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR). He is a linkage expert and has been involved in the development of the BC Linked Health Database since its beginning in the early 1990s. He continues to work on programming innovations that create efficiencies in research data set construction and analysis. Harold holds a BSc in computer science from the University of British Columbia. |