Kelly Smith
PhD
Medicine
Vancouver Coastal Health
Research Director, Multidisciplinary Vulvodynia Program; Research Director, Centre for Vulvar Health
Kelly Smith
Biography:
Biography
Dr. Smith has a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Queen’s University and completed fellowship training at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and the University of British Columbia. She has been funded by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Canadian Pain Society, and National Vulvodynia Association, and has authored several publications in the area of women’s health and vulvar pain.
Teaching
Sexual health interviewing for medical students.
Research Interests/Skills
Dr. Smith’s research is focused on women’s vulvar and sexual health. Her research has largely been on vulvodynia (chronic vulvar pain), including the pregnancy and post-partum experiences of women with this condition. Dr. Smith is the Research Director for the Multidisciplinary Vulvodynia Program and the Research Director for the proposed Centre for Vulvar Health.
Biography
Dr. Smith has a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Queen’s University and completed fellowship training at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and the University of British Columbia. She has been funded by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Canadian Pain Society, and National Vulvodynia Association, and has authored several publications in the area of women’s health and vulvar pain.
Teaching
Sexual health interviewing for medical students.
Research Interests/Skills
Dr. Smith’s research is focused on women’s vulvar and sexual health. Her research has largely been on vulvodynia (chronic vulvar pain), including the pregnancy and post-partum experiences of women with this condition. Dr. Smith is the Research Director for the Multidisciplinary Vulvodynia Program and the Research Director for the proposed Centre for Vulvar Health.
Research areas of interest:
vulvodynia; provoked vestibulodynia; vulvar pain; vulvar health; vulvar disease
Research Themes:
Reproductive Infectious Diseases Sexual and Reproductive Health Chronic Disease
Website: http://mvprogram.org