Simran Gill

Simran Gill is a PhD student in the Womens+ and Children’s Health Sciences Program, Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia supervised by Dr. Christine Voss. She is primarily based at the UBC Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management on the UBC Okanagan campus in Kelowna.  

Simran’s research focusses on using a mixed methods approach to better understand the physical activity behaviours of children living with Type 1 Diabetes in BC’s Interior. She is currently working on developing, implementing and evaluating a virtual physical activity counselling intervention for children with Type 1 Diabetes. Simran is committed to working in partnership with researchers, clinicians and people with lived experience of Type 1 Diabetes. She is supported by the CANTRAIN-CTTP & Michael Smith Health Research BC Doctoral Studentship.