Rebecca Winkelaar is a fourth-year BSc student in Ecological Determinants of Health at ɬÀï·¬. Throughout her degree, she has conducted research with Dr. Maheu-Giroux’s Population Health Modeling Group, focusing on global patterns of HIV-related stigma through data analysis and visualization.
She was also selected for ɬÀ﷬’s Global Health Scholars Program (2025–2026) and will return for the 2026–2027 cohort under the supervision of Dr. Prativa Baral in ɬÀ﷬’s Pandemic Emergency Readiness Lab, where she will research how online hostility affects early-career researchers and science communicators in Canada and globally.
Rebecca currently serves as VP Advertising for the Canadian Association for Global Health at ɬÀï·¬ and writes for ɬÀï·¬ Perspectives on Global Health. She is particularly interested in bridging research and storytelling to make global health more accessible.