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 Deputy Head of the Research Institute of Midwifery 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

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

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Clusters receive financial support from UBC’s Excellence Funds.