Jeenat Mehareen

Jeenat is an incoming PhD student in RESP at UBC. She has recently finished her MA in Economics from Simon Fraser University (SFU) with a SSHRC funded Canada Graduate Scholarship. She currently works as a Data Analyst at BC Cancer Research Centre under Cancer Control Research where she is exploring the trends in incidences and mortality of childhood and young adult cancer survivors residing in British Columbia. She has a wide variety of quantitative research, academic and administrative experience in roles ranging from research assistant to principal investigator for projects related to randomized control trials, health care financing strategies and mental health economics. Jeenat’s research interest lies in the field of health economics and economic evaluations to conduct advanced cross-disciplinary research and collaboration. She loves travelling and exploring new food places in her free time.