Research Team
Lead Investigator
Saraswathi Vedam, RM, PhD, FACNM, Principal, Birth Place Lab, Professor, UBC Midwifery, MSFHR Health Professional Investigator
Co-Investigators
Lori Brotto, PhD, Director, UBC Sexual Health Laboratory, Canada Research Chair in Women's Sexual Health, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UBC, Executive Director, Women's Health Research Institute
Beverley Chalmers, PhD International Perinatal Health Consultant
Jan Christilaw, MD, FRCRC, Clinical Professor, Division of General Gynecology & Obstetrics
Elizabeth Darling, RM, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University
Raymonde Gagnon, RM, PhD, Professor, Midwifery Program, Université du Québec à Trois Rivières
Wendy Hall, RN, PhD, Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
Patricia Janssen, MPH, PhD, Professor and Co-lead of the Maternal Child Health Theme, School of Population and Public Health, UBC
Janusz Kaczorowski, PhD, Professor and Research Director, Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université de Montreal
Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, MPH, FCFP, Clinical Professor, Department of Family Practice, UBC
Sarah Munro, PhD, Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences
Wendy V. Norman, MD, MHSc, Chair in Family Planning Research, Department of Family Practice, UBC
Rachel Olson, PhD, President, Firelight Research Group
Wanda Phillips-Beck, RN, PhDc, Anishinaabekwe scholar, Indigenous Research Chair, Nursing, First Nation Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba, Community Health Services, Faculty of Health Sciences
Kathrin Stoll, PhD, Research Associate, Birth Place Lab, UBC Midwifery
Lesley Tarasoff, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto
Vicki Van Wagner, RM, PhD, Associate Professor, Midwifery Education Program, Ryerson University