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

Hanna

Hanna Gehling
Professor in Midwifery
Fulda University of Applied Sciences

Mechthild Gross
Professor and Director, Midwifery Research and Education Unit
Hannover Medical School
Gross.Mechthild@mh-hannover.de

Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin

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, Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
University of British Columbia
cecilia.jevitt@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

Carly Little



Jen McCutcheon

Jen McCutcheon
Consultant in Global Public Health and Retired Physiotherapist

jencapell@gmail.com

Muhajarine_Nazeem

Nazeem Muhajarine
Director, Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU), Professor, Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
nazeem.muhajarine@usask.ca

sarah munro

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


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