The BRIC NS Student Seminar Series is an opportunity for students across Nova Scotia to share their completed or in-progress research. Presentations cover a wide variety of disciplines, but all address the common thread of primary and integrated healthcare.

This seminar features two presentations:

Presentation #1

Title: Examining the Relationship Between Eating Disorders and Gestational Weight Gain: A Systematic Review

Presenter: Kristyn Reeves

Kristyn Reeves is a fourth-year medical student at Dalhousie University (Class of 2026). She has worked under the supervision of Dr. Helena Piccinini-Vallis with a focus on gestational weight gain. Outside of medicine, Kristyn enjoys spending time with her friends and family, being physically active, and baking.

Presentation #2

Title: The Prevalence and Predictors of Reported Prenatal Anxiety Among Primigravid Individuals in Nova Scotia

Presenter: Jessica Ramia

Hello! My name is Jessica Ramia and I am a third year medical student at Dalhousie University. I completed this work for my research in medicine project, which was supervised by Dr. Helena Piccinini-Vallis. I have an interest in family medicine and women’s health, which inspired this research project. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my friends and family and staying active by hiking, golfing, and playing tennis.

When: December 10th, 2025 12:00 – 1:00 pm AT

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The BRIC NS Student Seminar Series is an opportunity for students across Nova Scotia to share their completed or in-progress research. Presentations cover a wide variety of disciplines, but all address the common thread of primary and integrated healthcare.

Title: Health Outcomes and Healthcare Access Experiences of Incarcerated and Recently Released Women in Rural Areas: A scoping review.

Presenter: Clare Heggie is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of New Brunswick, supervised by Dr. Martha Paynter. Her research is focused on the health impacts of incarceration and criminalization on women and gender diverse people, and she has been involved in a number of projects examining the experience of accessing reproductive healthcare in prisons. She is a recipient of a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship from SSHRC. 

When: October 16, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 pm ADT

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The BRIC NS Student Seminar Series is an opportunity for students across Nova Scotia to share their completed or in-progress research. Presentations cover a wide variety of disciplines, but all address the common thread of primary and integrated healthcare.

This seminar features two student presentations:

Presentation #1

Title: Integrating Oral Health Professions within Interprofessional Education & Practice

Presenter: Lindsay Van Dam, MDH, PhD Candidate

Lindsay Van Dam is a registered dental hygienist and a PhD candidate (Year 2) in Dalhousie’s Faculty of Health. Her research focuses on interprofessional education (IPE), collaboration in oral health, and equity, diversity, inclusion, and access (EDIA) in health education and policy. She explores IPE experiences of oral health students to enhance interprofessional collaboration in practice. Lindsay is supervised by Dr. Sheri Lynn Price and builds on her research in health professions education.

Presentation #2

Title: Immigrant Women’s Healthcare Experiences in Rural NS: Barriers and Opportunities

Presenter: Gianisa Adisaputri, MD, PhD Candidate

Gianisa Adisaputri, a PhD candidate in Dalhousie’s Faculty of Health, is a physician from Indonesia with a master’s in emergency management. Her research examines immigrant women’s access to primary healthcare in rural Nova Scotia, focusing on health equity and underserved populations. As a Research Associate at the Resilience Research Centre and the Faculty of Medicine, she collaborates with community organizations like IMWAH to explore gender, migration, and healthcare access.

When: March 26, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 pm ADT

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The BRIC NS Student Seminar Series is an opportunity for students across Nova Scotia to share their completed or in-progress research. Presentations cover a wide variety of disciplines, but all address the common thread of primary and integrated health care. Everyone is welcome!

Date: 26^th January 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 pm AST

Title: Examining Individual, Group-Based, and Integrated Formats of Cognitive Behavior Therapy – Ten (CBT-T) for Eating Disorders

Presenter:

Anastasia graduated from Acadia University in 2018 with a BSc in Psychology and Neuroscience. After graduating, she worked in Ontario as an emergency department medical scribe at Collingwood General & Marine Hospital and as a clinical rotation coordinator for the Rural Ontario Medical Program. In 2021 she returned to Nova Scotia and began working as the research coordinator for the Eating Disorders Program at QEII Health Sciences Centre. She is currently in her second year of the MSc in Psychiatry Research program at Dalhousie University. Under the supervision of Drs. Aaron Keshen and Susan Gamberg, her research focuses on improving accessibility of evidence-based eating disorder treatments in the Maritimes. She plans to complete her thesis by Fall 2024 and then continue her research in the Eating Disorders Program.

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