Kimberly (Kim) Rondeau, PhD Trainee
Email: krondeau@student.ubc.ca

Kimberly Rondeau is a PhD student whose research examines health outcomes among individuals who experience homelessness and involvement with the correctional system, with a particular interest in understanding the homelessness–incarceration cycle. Using health and corrections administrative data, she investigates patterns of healthcare utilization, mental health and substance use disorders, and service access to inform policies and interventions that improve health equity and outcomes for marginalized populations.

Sarinn Blawatt, PhD Trainee
Email: sarinn.blawatt@ubc.ca

Sarinn is a PhD candidate and sessional lecturer at the University of British Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health, trained in community-based participatory research using qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods. Sarinn joined CCPHE in 2024 as a coordinator developing and updating best practice guidance for engagement with people with lived/living experience of substance use and/or incarceration. Bringing over 15 years of frontline experience in substance use service development and delivery, Sarinn blends theory and practice in an ongoing effort to reduce disparities in health and resource access for priority populations.

Sidney Hoolsema, MSc Trainee
Email: sidney.hoolsema@ubc.ca

Sidney Hoolsema is a Master of Science student in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC. Her thesis uses a case-control design to examine whether worsening social determinants of health are associated with increased incarceration risk among adults in British Columbia, drawing on administrative health data from the BC Data Innovation Program. Sidney is also a Research Coordinator at, where she contributes to the Geography of Overdose project. She is committed to reducing stigma around substance use and incarceration and advancing equitable access to health care.

Nelson Luk, MSc Trainee
Email: nelson.luk@ubc.ca
Phone: 604-827-4976

Nelson joined CCPHE in October 2019. He is currently assisting on a five-year project focused on participatory approaches to preventing sexually transmitted and blood-born infections among federally incarcerated men in BC as well as the Unlocking the Gates Peer Mentor Program. Nelson completed his undergraduate degree in Life Sciences from UBC. He previously assisted with public health research projects at the Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS in Malaysia and the BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit at the BC Children’s Hospital.

Ananya Ogiral, MSc Trainee
Email: apogiral@student.ubc.ca

Ananya is an MSc student in the School of Population and Public Health, supervised by Dr. Slaunwhite, and a research assistant with CCPHE (joined 2025). She works alongside the PERCH team on a project surrounding people’s intake and discharge experiences from prison. Passionate about women’s health and community participatory research, her thesis will center around the experiences of women during community reintegration following incarceration. Ananya graduated with a BA in Psychology from the University of Victoria.