Trainees
Sabrina Fan, BHSc Student (she/her)
(October 2023- Present)
Sabrina Fan is a research student at Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital and a Bachelor of Health Science's student at McMaster University. She is currently working on the national survey to improve police and service provider responses to sex trafficking
Hannah Seo, BHSc Student (she/her)
(January 2023 - Present)
Hannah Seo is a research student at Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital and a BHSc [Hons] student in Health Sciences. Hannah is working on the national survey that aims to improve responses to sex trafficking.
Rhonelle Bruder, PhD Student (she/her)
(September 2021 - Present)
Rhonelle Bruder is a research trainee at Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital and doctoral student in Public Health. She uses an intersectionality framework and community-based participatory methodologies to develop trauma-informed and strength-based solutions to sex trafficking. Rhonelle is leading the research associated with lived experiences of adolescent and adult women who have been sex trafficked in Canada.
Past Trainees
Fareeha Quayyum, MPH Student (she/her)
(May 2023 - Present)
Fareeha Quayyum was a practicum student at Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital. Fareeha is working on the national survey, assisting with study recruitment and data analysis.
Frances Recknor, DrPH (she/her)
(June 2022 - June 2023)
Frances Recknor was the second Hart Fellow in Human Trafficking with Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital and is also a Clinical Assistant Professor with the Anti-Trafficking Program at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She has lectured and published on the topic of health, public health, and human trafficking both in the States and Canada. Frances played a lead role in research related to healthcare professionals’ perceptions of and capacity to respond to sex trafficked persons in Canada.
Brittany Ellington, MPH Student (she/her)
(January 2023 - April 2023)
Brittany Ellington was a practicum student in Health Promotion at Women's College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital. Brittany assisted the team with further development of the ASTER WebPortal and co-led a social media awareness campaign on sex trafficking in Canada.
Stephanie Elliott, MSW Student (she/her)
(June 2022 - August 2022)
Stephanie Elliott was a research student at Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital and master’s student in Social Work. Stephanie co-led the preparation of a manuscript focused on the indicators social service providers use to identify sex trafficked persons.
Mai-Lan Johnston, MPH Student (she/her)
(January 2022 - April 2022)
Mai-Lan Johnston was a practicum student in Health Promotion at Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital. She assisted the team in developing the national survey on the perceptions and practices of health care providers, social service providers, law enforcement, and educators about domestic sex trafficking in Canada.
Dani Jacobson, PhD (she/her)
(September 2021 - June 2022)
Dani Jacobson was the first HART Post-Doctoral Fellow in Human Trafficking at Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital and a sessional lecturer at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Dani studies violence against women using critical qualitative health research methods and works to improve health care equity for women in Canada at varying intersections of identity. Dani played a lead role in designing and carrying out research projects on sex trafficking related to the knowledge, attitudes and practices of social service providers.
Julie Mutis, MPH Student (she/her)
(May-August 2021)
Julie Mutis was a practicum student in Health Promotion at Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital. Julie worked on the scoping review of Canadian sex trafficking research and assisted in developing the directory of Ontario resources for victims and survivors of sex trafficking.
Evelyn Hodgins, MPH Student (she/her)
(May-August 2021)
Evelyn Hodgins was a practicum student in Health Promotion at Women's College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital. Evelyn led the scoping review of Canadian sex trafficking research.