Our team brings together experts from four key academic units at UBC Okanagan: the School of Engineering, Department of Psychology, Department of Computer Science, and School of Health and Exercise Sciences. With deep expertise in pioneering research, team leadership, entrepreneurship, and training program development, we are committed to advancing both basic and applied knowledge.
PDHC continually welcomes new faculty as collaborators into the program. For inquiries, please contact the program coordinators, Dr. Kinga Vojnits, at kinga.vojnits@ubc.ca, and Dr. Farzan Gholamreza, at farzan.gholamreza@ubc.ca.
Psychological Comfort
Physiological Comfort
Dr. Sepideh Pakpour
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
Human-Microbe Interactions, Nanotechnology in Healthcare
Dr. Apurva Narayan
Affiliate Professor, Computer Science & Data Science
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Dr. Phil Ainslie
Professor, Health & Exercise Sciences
Human Brain and Exercise Physiology
Dr. Jennifer Jakobi
Professor, Health & Exercise Sciences
Healthy Aging, Exercise Adaptation
Physical & Design Comfort
Dr. Abbas Milani
Professor, Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering, Industry 5.0, Design Optimization
Dr. Sunny Ri Li
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Heat Transfer, Systems Engineering
Dr. Mohammad Arjmand
Assistant Professor, Engineering
Additive Manufacturing, Smart Materials
Dr. Rudolf Seethaler
Associate Professor, Engineering
Structural Design, Modeling of Dynamic Systems