Principal Investigator - Researcher
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, IWK Health Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mary Lukindo is a Dalhousie graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Medical Sciences and has been involved in qualitative research since 2020. In May 2021, she was awarded a Summer Student Research Scholarship by Imhotep’s Legacy Academy in partnership with Dalhousie’s Faculty of Medicine for a studentship at the IWK Children’s Site Hospital under Dr. Victoria Price and Dr. Meghan Pike. The study measured the impact of menstrual poverty on adolescents in Nova Scotia and led to the development of a tool to measure adolescents’ experience of menstrual poverty which was published in the Canadian Pediatric Society’s (CPS) Journal; Pediatrics and Child Health. Since the publication, Mary has been awarded the CPS Adolescent Health Section Trainee Research Award at the 2022 CPS Conference and she is also the recipient of the CPS 2022 Dr. Noni MacDonald Award. The Validation of the Adolescent Menstrual Poverty Questionnaire is a study to validate the tool created by the research team in both English and French. This is to allow incorporation into standardized surveys to understand the impact of menstrual poverty on teens across Canada. Mary is interested in health research and passionate about equitable access to health care and a sustainable quality of life. She serves her community through her work with Promoting Leadership in health for African Nova Scotians (PLANS) at Dalhousie University, providing mentorship and student support, through hair care and by serving at her local church.
PB0264 - Validation of the English Adolescent Menstrual Poverty Questionnaire (aMPQ)
Sunday, June 25, 2023
18:30 – 19:30 ET