Dr. Wendy Norman
Professor, Department of Family Practice, Associate Member, School of Population and Public Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cluster Lead
Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Wendy V. Norman, MD, CCFP, FCFP, DTM&H, MHSc, is a Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Family Planning Innovation, in the Department of Family Practice, and an Associate Member in both the School of Population and Public Health, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC).
Dr. Norman founded and leads Canada’s Contraception & Abortion Research Team (CART www.cart-grac.ubc.ca) which convenes government, health system and service decision makers with national family planning organizations, and researchers and health professionals representing a wide range of disciplines. CART research has informed federal, and provincial policies for contraception and abortion services and methods, health professional licensing policies, and national clinical guidelines. From 2012 to 2020 Dr. Norman held a Scholar Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. In 2014 the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research awarded Dr. Norman the Family Planning Public Health Research Chair, a five-year award that UBC matched through to 2024. Dr. Norman was awarded the prestigious Darroch Award for sexual and reproductive health policy research in January 2016 by the New York-based Guttmacher Institute. In 2025, Dr. Norman was awarded with the King Charles III Coronation Medal.
