People | Advancing the Science of Physiologic Birth

Meet the people involved in the cluster.

Cluster Leads

	Patti Janssen Professor, School of Population and Public Health University of British Columbia patti.janssen@ubc.ca
	Wendy Norman Professor, Department of Family Practice, Associate Member, School of Population and Public Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of British Columbia wendy.norman@ubc.ca
	Saraswathi Vedam Professor, Midwifery, Principal, Birth Place Lab University of British Columbia saraswathi.vedam@ubc.ca

Cluster Members

	Abiola Adeniyi Instructor, Faculty of Dentistry University of British Columbia abiola71@dentistry.ubc.ca
	Hamideh Bayrampour Assistant Professor, Midwifery Program, Department of Family Practice University of British Columbia hamideh.bayrampour@ubc.ca
	Ginny Brunton Associate Professor Ontario Tech University Ginny.Brunton@ontariotechu.ca
	Soo Downe Professor, Midwifery Studies University of Central Lancashire SDowne@uclan.ac.uk
	Dana Elliott Dana Elliott Physiotherapy danaelliottphysio@hotmail.com
	Mechthild Gross Professor and Director, Midwifery Research and Education Unit Hannover Medical School Gross.Mechthild@mh-hannover.de
	Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin Professor and Head of Research Institute of Midwifery and Reproductive Health ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences gryl@zhaw.ch
	Vanora Hundley Professor of Midwifery, Centre for Maternal and Perinatal Health Bournemouth University vhundley@bournemouth.ac.uk
	Cecilia Jevitt Director Midwifery, Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine University of British Columbia cecilia.jevitt@ubc.ca
	Michael C. Klein Emeritus Professor, Family Practice (UBC), Senior Scientist Emeritus (Child and Family Research Institute in Vancouver) University of British Columbia mklein@mail.ubc.ca
	Andrew Kotaska Generalist Obstetrician/Gynecologist ⠀ kotaska@me.com
	Kate Levett Senior Research Fellow and NHMRC ECR Fellow, School of Medicine University of Notre Dame Australia kate.levett@nd.edu.au
	Carly Little
	Sarah Munro Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology University of British Columbia sarah.munro@ubc.ca
	Emilie Salomons Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine OAK Integrative Health emiliesalomons@gmail.com
	Farah Shroff Takemi Fellow in International Health Harvard School of Public Health fshroff@hsph.harvard.edu
	Helen Spiby Lead, Maternal Health and Wellbeing Research Group, Professor in Midwifery, School of Health Sciences University of Nottingham Helen.Spiby@nottingham.ac.uk
	Ellen Tilden Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Nurse-Midwifery Department, and School of Medicine, OBGYN Department Oregon Health and Science University tildene@ohsu.edu
	Tara Wilson Clinical Exercise Physiologist Optimal Movement Kinesiology optimalmovementinfo@gmail.com

Cluster Staff & Administration

	Gloria Mellesmoen Cluster Administrator, PhD Candidate, Linguistics University of British Columbia contact@scienceofbirth.ca
	Dita Puspitarani Marketing and Communications Specialist University of British Columbia contact@scienceofbirth.ca

Advancing the Science of Physiologic Birth

E-mail contact@scienceofbirth.ca

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.