Our research group operates out of Saint Paul’s Hospital in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. The diversity of skill sets and experiences allow us to explore issues challenging people living with HIV through multiple avenues. Within our group, we have individuals skilled in epidemiological methods, statistics, and mathematics.
Meet our passionate research team below.
Dr. Viviane Lima, PhD MSc
Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine
Interesting Fact: Viviane loves reading, kayaking, walking her dog Zoe and riding her motorcycle.
Jielin Zhu, PhD MSc
Clara (Lu) Wang, MSc
About Clara Wang: Clara is a member of the EMBARC team and a statistician at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. She holds an MSc degree in Statistics from Simon Fraser University and an MSc degree in Mathematics from the Memorial University of Newfoundland. She has been providing statistical support for a variety of cohort studies and research on administrative data. Her research interests include statistical inference, modern statistical modelling, biostatistics and research in epidemiology.
Hasan Nathani, MSc
Grace Yin, MSc
Lalani Munasinghe, MSc
About Lalani Munasinghe: Lalani Munasinghe is an Epidemiologist in the EMBARC research group at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. She has completed MSc in Public Health (Epidemiology) from the University of Alberta, and also specialized in Nutrition, Food Science and Biochemistry. During the past six years of her career, she actively contributed to Epidemiological research on various disciplines, including vitamin D supplementation, healthy lifestyle, added and free sugar intake, COVID-19, and diabetes-related complications. After joining EMBARC, her research has been focused on the population living with HIV/AIDS.
Interesting Fact: She loves music, traveling, spending time with her wonderful family and friends, and chatting with her mom.
Bronhilda Takeh, MD, MPH
About Bronhilda Takeh: Bronhilda graduated from the UBC MPH program. She was a Graduate Research Assistant at the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and now joins the EMBARC team as an epidemiologist. Prior to pursuing her master’s degree, she worked as a physician in Cameroon, where she supported the delivery of HIV management strategies. Her current research interest focuses on chronic diseases among the aging population of people living with HIV/AIDS.
Interesting Fact: Bronhilda enjoys singing, cooking, and she also has a passion for adventure.
Our students
As key members of our research team, graduate students working under Dr. Lima can build their analytical and research skills through hands-on experience as a Graduate Research Assistant at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. Additional opportunities to participate in our research are made to medical students through clinical rotations and elective courses.
To learn more about our current students and past alumni, please explore our Education and Training