Dr. Deborah Money is a professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medicine and Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. She is very proud of developing an education and research program in Reproductive Infectious Diseases (RID) that has trained many scientists and clinicians across Canada. She was the inaugural executive director of the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI), (2006-2016) and then the executive vice-dean, Faculty of Medicine, UBC (2016-2020).
She has been a successful teacher, mentor and research team builder and has published more than 240 peer reviewed publications and has received more than $28M in peer reviewed funding. Her research has led to improved understanding of the impact of HIV treatments in pregnancy and infancy, the role of the vaginal microbiome in health and disease, the role of HPV and the vaccine on prevention of cervical cancer in women living with HIV and the impact of COVID-19 on pregnant women in Canada and globally.