Annalijn I. Conklin is a Scientist, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Providence Healthcare Research Institute, and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia. She has expertise in gender and health and her research program is focused on the social determinants of nutrition-related behaviours and outcomes to improve prevention and treatment of major chronic diseases.
Christopher G. Richardson is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He is also a Scientist with the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Providence Healthcare Research Institute where he leads the Psychosocial Epidemiology Program and has a program of research examining the role of mental illness, substance use and homelessness on the psycho-social functioning of youth and young adults.