Congratulations Dr. Awe!

Dr. Awe’s dissertation in the School of Public Health was titled ‘Burden of Back Pain Among Postpartum Women in Canada: A Mixed Methods Study of the Prevalence, Risk Factors, Comorbidities and Lived-Experiences. She examined the burden of persistent back pain among postpartum mothers in Canada, covering aspects of disease burden relating to prevalence, risk factors, associated comorbidities, and lived- experiences, in order to uncover the impact on women’s postnatal health and wellbeing. Her dissertation can be found, here. Dr. Awe was co-supervised by Drs. Brenna Bath and Marwa Farag. Dr. Awe is currently on maternity leave but is working to secure a postdoc position and publish her thesis manuscripts.