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Meet the people involved in the cluster.

Cluster Leads

	Janssen, Patti Professor, School of Population and Public Health University of British Columbia patti.janssen@ubc.ca
	Norman, Wendy 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
	Vedam, Saraswathi Professor, Midwifery, Principal, Birth Place Lab University of British Columbia saraswathi.vedam@ubc.ca

Cluster Members

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

Cluster Staff & Administration

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