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Kathryn Dewar

PhD
  • Senior Research Manager, Women's Health Research Institute

  • Member of the UBC Children's and Women's Health Centers Research Ethics Board

Positions
Biography

Kathryn Dewar is the Senior Research Manager for the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) where she has worked in various roles since 2010. Kathryn supports institute-level initiatives, including oversight of the WHRI research support services unit, WHRI grant competitions, and the annual Women’s Health Research Symposium. Since 2011, Kathryn has also served as a member of the UBC Children’s and Women’s Health Centers Research Ethics Board (UBC C&W REB). Kathryn obtained a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of British Columbia in 2010, where her research focused on cognitive and language development during infancy and early childhood.

Areas of Interest
  • Research Administration

  • Clinical Research

  • Research Ethics

  • Research Facilitation

Awards

The Institute for Global Health acknowledges with gratitude, that we gather and operate on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral territory of the Coast Salish peoples — xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. First Nations who have nurtured and cared for the lands and waters around us for all time. We invite everyone to reflect on the traditional territories and land that they currently work and live on.

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