Dobson, Simon

Mayer, Chantal

Chantal Mayer received her Medical degree from McGill University in 1999. She moved to Vancouver to complete the residency program in 2004. She practiced as a general OBGYN for a year before moving to Ottawa to complete an Obstetrical and Gynecological Ultrasound fellowship at the Ottawa University. Upon her return, she completed a Fellowship in […]

Prior, Jerilynn

Jerilynn C. Prior BA, MD, FRCPC, ABIM, ABEM is a Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C. She has spent her career studying menstrual cycles and the effects of the cycle’s estrogen and progesterone hormones on women’s health. She is the founder (2002) and Scientific Director of the […]

Wiebe, Ellen

Dr. Ellen Wiebe is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia. After 30 years of full-service family practice, she now restricts her practice to women’s health and assisted death. She is the Medical Director of Willow Women’s Clinic in Vancouver and provides medical and surgical abortions and […]

Preston, Roanne

Dr. Preston received her medical degree from the University of Ottawa, where she also completed an internship and residencies in Internal Medicine and Anesthesia. Dr. Preston subsequently completed a fellowship in Obstetrical Anesthesia at the University of Toronto, Women’s College Hospital. Prior to joining the UBC Faculty of Medicine in 2004, Dr. Preston was an […]

Saxell, Lee

Lee trained as a midwife in the early 1980s, completed a Masters program in Midwifery Research in the UK in 1994, and has been a practicing midwife for over 30 years. She is currently the Program Leader at BC Women’s Hospital of a multi-disciplinary Cesarean Task Force, which is promoting normal birth. She is a […]

Gagnon, Alain

Weaver, Sydney

I work closely with women with histories of severe trauma. I facilitate their ability to manage symptoms of PTSD, and identify/use their own resources. Problematic substance use is a common recourse to managing PTSD; I teach alternative, safe ways of coping (Najavits). In group and individual settings my theoretical/clinical approach is relational, anti-oppressive and mindfulness-based. […]

Stoll, Kathrin

Kathrin Stoll has degrees in psychology and sociology, and recently completed an interdisciplinary PhD (midwifery/nursing/epidemiology) at the University of British Columbia. She has been active in academic and community based research for the past 10 years, with a focus on maternity care issues. She is co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research & Practice and […]