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Health Informatics Equity Lab's 
Patient-Public-Provider Involvement and Engagement (HIE PIE) Advisory

HIE PIE Advisory are core members of the HIE Lab and guide our program of research. Our goal in working together is to ensure that research being conducted by the HIE Lab are relevant to patients and the public and reflect the priorities and values of real people impacted by health technologies.​

Who are the HIE PIE Advisory?

HIE PIE Advisory members are patients, family members, caregivers, care providers, and health systems operations stakeholders who have interest in the use of health technologies and are willing to share their experiences.

What do the HIE PIE Advisory do?

Members are actively involved in advising and guiding the HIE Lab's development of research questions, priorities, projects, and creative ways that research should be shared with relevant audiences. The HIE PIE Advisory keeps our work grounded in real life situations and experiences and helps us to maintain humility in all that we do.

HIE PIE Members

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Betty DaSilva

Health professional advisor
Profile coming soon!

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Jeff Wang

Health professional advisor
Profile coming soon!

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Ruinan Jin
(he/him)

Research Assistant

Ruinan is curretly undergraduate CS student. He's interested in exploring Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in fields of computer vision and privacy.

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Sharon Ilesanmi
(she/her)

Research Assistant

Sharon recently graduated from the UBC Okanagan Nursing program. She is interested in artificial intelligence and the role that it plays within the Nursing profession. She hopes to create a positive impact on equity and access to equitable services through her work.

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Vanessa Lo
(she/her)


Research Assistant / BSN Y4 research preceptorship


Vanessa is a fourth-year nursing student passionate about medical device development and integrating digital technologies into healthcare. She is also interested in working with vulnerable populations to minimize health disparities so that more equitable care can be provided to all members of the community. During her free time, Vanessa enjoys going cafe hopping, eating dessert with friends, singing, and listening to true crime podcasts.

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