Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Family Practice | Midwifery Program

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UBC Midwifery Director and Associate Professor, Cecilia Jevitt publishes study: Obesity and Socioeconomic Disparities: Rethinking Causes and Perinatal Care

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UBC Midwifery alumna, Ilana Stanger-Ross publishes a book: A is for Advice (The Reassuring Kind): Wisdom for Pregnancy

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Professor Saraswathi Vedam and Birthplace Lab team publish the Changing Childbirth in BC lay and executive summaries, and full report

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Congratulations Dr. Hamideh Bayrampour and team on their #1 ranked $125,000 CIHR grant: Perinatal Cannabis Exposure and Early Developmental Outcomes

Dr. Hamideh Bayrampour’s application for a Canadian Institutes of Health Research catalyst grant was ranked #1 of 115 submissions in the Cannabis Research in Urgent Priority Areas pool. This year-long award of $125,000 will enable Dr. Bayrampour to initiate her study, “A pilot prospective cohort study to examine the prenatal cannabis exposure and early developmental…
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UBC Midwifery Director, Dr. Cecilia Jevitt and UBC Clinical Assistant Professor, Dr. Ilona Hale at the Obesity Canada Summit in Ottawa

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Virtual International Day of the Midwife

Saturday, May 4th at 3 PM PST to 3 PM on May 5th, International Day of the Midwife. Join us for 24 hours of free online conversation and education about midwifery from midwives around the world. For more information go to https://vidm.org/
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Elaine Carty Visiting Scholar, Elder Madeleine Kétéskwew Dion Stout speaks about Midwifery, the Health Professions and Reconciliation, March 13-14, 2019

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Pharmacy student Christopher Duke with midwifery students Lana Barbir and Charlotte Grant and pharmacy student Alyssa Low represent UBC health professions students at the January 27-29, 2019, Provincial Health Partners’ Planning Retreat in Vancouver

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Charlotte Grant, Lana Barbir and Cecilia Jevitt represent BC midwifery at the January 27-29, 2019, Provincial Health Partners’ Planning Retreat

Cecilia Jevitt and midwifery students Lana Barbir and Charlotte Grant represented UBC and BC midwifery at the January 27-29 Provincial Health Care Partners’ Planning Retreat in Vancouver. The retreat was co-sponsored by the Rural Coordination Centre of BC, First Nations Health Authority, the Province of British Columbia Ministry of Health, and the Doctors of BC.…
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UBC Midwifery faculty member, Kim Campbell, RM, was the lead author of a new statement by The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada on planned homebirth that emphasizes the need for choices in birth.

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