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Mairin Leitch

Project Assistant

Mairin is a project assistant working on the VALHUE project for Dr. Jason Sutherland. She is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology at UBC, along with a minor in data science. She is interested in the impact of societal and institutional factors on health, and doing further health care research in that area. Aside from this work, she is a swim coach for young swimmers, and is interested in learning more about athletic development.