Global Health Spotlight Series - In Conversation

Welcome to the Global Health Spotlight Series - In Conversation!

Hosted by the Institute for Global Health at BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre.

Join us as we explore Angela's journey to becoming a global health leader—highlighting her defining moments, lessons learned, and current projects.

Learning Objectives:

1. Explore how researchers’ unique journeys have shaped their current projects and the strategies they use to create equitable partnerships
2. Understand the “what” but also the “why” behind their chosen methods and models, including key decision-points, challenges and adjustments made along the way
3. Learn about opportunities to leverage resources and foster new collaborations and partnerships

When: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 |12:00 - 1:00 pm PST

Where: In-Person at Room 2108 BCCHRI (across from the Chan Centre for Family Health Education auditorium), BC Children's Hospital

Ticket Cost: Free

Lunch will be provided for registered participants.

Our first speaker is Dr. Angela Kaida, a global health epidemiologist and community-based researcher at Simon Fraser University where she is an SFU Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences and the former Canada Research Chair in Global Perspectives on HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health. She leads a global research program focused on factors and environments that increase vulnerability or protect sexual and reproductive health in the context of HIV. Dr. Kaida works closely with community leaders and decision makers to integrate research evidence into health policy and programming attending to social and gender equity. In 2022, she was elected as a Member of the Royal Society College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

Dr. Gina Ogilvie, is the Co-Executive Medical Director of the Institute for Global Health BCCWH. She is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Control of HPV related diseases and prevention, and Professor at the University of British Columbia in the School of Population and Public Health. She is also Senior Public Health Scientist at BC Centre for Disease Control and Senior Research Advisor at the BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre.

Reserve your spot now!

Upcoming Speakers

Dr. Srinivas Murthy - April 29, 2025

Dr. Srinivas Murthy is co-chair of the World Health Organization's clinical research committee on COVID-19. He is an associate professor in the Faculty of Medicine at University of British Columbia, as well as a critical care and infectious diseases physician at B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver.

Dr. Kishore Mulpuri - June 2025

Dr. Kishore Mulpuri is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at BC Children’s Hospital and an associate professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He is principal investigator of two of the largest pediatric hip data registries, both of which have over 20 centres contributing data and representing five continents.

Dr. Jan Christilaw - October 2025

Dr. Jan Christilaw is an internationally esteemed advocate for women’s healthcare who, as a founding member of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, contributed to the organization receiving a Nobel Peace Prize. Currently the director of Women’s Health for the Canadian Network of International Surgeons, she has held leadership and volunteer roles at numerous B.C. and Canadian health institutions and women’s organizations.

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim - January 2026

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim is an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia School of Social Work and a Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar. He is an affiliated research investigator with Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and a past Clinical Addiction Fellow at the British Columbia Center on Substance Use.