Ciernia Lab at University of British Columbia

Excited to share that I’m a Dr. now! 🎉 Last week, I successfully defended my six years of dissertation work at the University of British Columbia. Couldn’t have asked for a better advisor and home to do my PhD than in Annie's lab @ciernialab.bsky.social ❤️

Exciting news! #UBCGivingDay is coming up on April 3! This is your chance to support groundbreaking brain health research tackling Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s depression and more.

Lead the way with your early gift: givingday.ubc.ca/31090/gd2025...

So proud of my three successful student defenses this march! Two Master's and my first PhD student!! So privileged to work with such talented trainees! Well done all!!!

Interactions between sex hormones and the gut microbiome

Excited for this new commentary on our work! Interactions between sex hormones and the gut microbiome www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

One More Time: Why Diversity Leads To Better Team Performance Discussions on diversity in the workplace can be heated and contentious. But the data still shows more diverse teams outperform their less diverse peers. Here's how.

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@j9austin.bsky.social can you please add me to the UBC faculty list? Thanks! Annie

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