Deborah M. Money MD, BSc, FRCSC

Dr. Deborah Money is a Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medicine, and the School of Population and Public Health. She is a subspecialist in Reproductive Infectious Diseases. Dr. Money is the Vice President, Research at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, Provincial Health Services Authority and Executive Director of the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI).

Dr. Money was trained with a BSc in Microbiology, and an MD at UBC followed by her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, also at UBC. She did a clinical and research Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington, and returned to UBC and to the Oak Street campus as the first individual in Canada with this combined training.

In collaboration with colleagues here at UBC, Dr. Julie van Schalkwyk and Dr. Dena Bloomenthal, Dr. Money has developed an education and translational research program in Reproductive Infectious Diseases with research focused on three major areas: HIV in pregnancy, Human papilloma virus (HPV), and the prevention of cervical cancer; and most recently is leading a Canadian (CIHR/Genome BC) human microbiome project to understand the role of the vaginal microbiome in health and disease.

She is the immediate past-President (and first non-US President) of the Infectious Diseases Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (IDSOG), a 40 year old, US based academic society. In 2013 she was awarded the Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SOGC) Western Regional Award for achievement, the YWCA, metro Vancouver, Woman of Distinction Award and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Dr. Money also has associate membership of the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and the School of Population and Public Health.