Thirteenth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

  • Digitizing Health and Wellbeing
  • 14–15 September 2023
  • UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada + Online

Research Network Chairs

Louise Dalingwater

Louise Dalingwater

Professor, Sorbonne Université, Paris

(English)

Dr. Angelica Avendaño Veloso

Dr. Angelica Avendaño Veloso

Profesora Titular, Facultad de Medicina UDEC, Chile; Directora Unidad de Telemedicina y del Centro Regional de Telemedicina y Telesalud del Biobío, CRT Biobío, Chile; Past President de La Red Universitaria de Telemedicina de Chile, RUTE-Chile; Past President de la Red Iberoamericana de Salud Digital, RISAD

(Spanish)

Plenary Speakers

The Thirteenth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Robert Sindelar

Robert Sindelar

Professor and Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Canada

"Empowering Patients: Pharmacists, 'Deep Phenotyping' and Wellness"

Ted Schrecker

Ted Schrecker

Emeritus Professor of Global Health Policy, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, UK

"The Covid-19 Pandemic as Tipping Point? Health, Wellbeing and the “Inequality Machine” in the Post-Pandemic World"


Reetika Khera

Reetika Khera

Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India

Ignacio Prieto-Egido

Ignacio Prieto-Egido

University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain

"Experiencias de telemedicina en zonas aisladas de Perú y Guatemala" (In Spanish)

Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2023 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Muriel Dlamini

Muriel Dlamini

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

(In-Person)

Nizar Ahmad

Nizar Ahmad

Bacha Khan University Charsadda, Pakistan

(In-Person)

Nyameka Mbumba Mbonambi

Nyameka Mbumba Mbonambi

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

(In-Person)

Zintle Ntshongwana

Zintle Ntshongwana

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

(In-Person)

Umme Habiba Jasmine

Umme Habiba Jasmine

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

(In-Person)

​Dawit Rumicha

​Dawit Rumicha

Campbell University, USA

(Online Only)

Satveer Dhillon

Satveer Dhillon

Western University, Canada

(Online Only)

Tamara Dyke Compton

Tamara Dyke Compton

University of Arizona, USA

(Online Only)

Gift Khumalo

Gift Khumalo

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

(Online Only)

Nancy Patricia García Pacheco

Nancy Patricia García Pacheco

Universidad Santo Tomás, Colombia

(Online Only)

Linda Collins

Linda Collins

Southeastern Louisiana University, USA

(Online Only)

Devasheesh Mathur

Devasheesh Mathur

International Management Institute, India

(Online Only)

Zulfiqar Aslam

Zulfiqar Aslam

UAE University, United Arab Emirates

(Online Only)