Planning Committee
Taslin Janmohamed-Velani | Chair, RN, MN, CNeoN(C), Coordinator, Knowledge Translation, Perinatal Services BC
Ann Pederson, PhD, Director, Population Health Promotion, BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre; Interim Executive Director, Perinatal Services BC
Lucy Barney, Statlimx Nation, RN, BSN, MSN, Provincial Lead, Indigenous Health, Perinatal Services BC
Sarah Coutts, BSN, MPH, RN, IBCLC, Kangaroo Care Program Coordinator, Perinatal Services BC
Katia Despot, Senior Education Manager, Interprofessional Continuing Education, University of British Columbia
Jana Encinger, RN, MSN, Provincial Director, Acute Care, Perinatal Services BC
Julie MacFarlane, MSc, CCGC, Provincial Lead, Screening Programs, Prenatal Genetic Screening, Newborn Screening, Biliary Atresia, Perinatal Services BC
Christina Tonella, MAdEd, RD, Provincial Director, Prevention and Primary Care, Perinatal Services BC
Charissa Patricelli, MD(AM), CCFP, FCFP, DABAM, Family Medicine Lead, Perinatal Services BC; Medical Director Fir Square, BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre
Sayrin Lalji, MD, FRCSC, Medical Advisor, Maternity, Perinatal Services BC; Perinatologist, BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre
Abstract Review Committee
Julie MacFarlane | Chair, MSc, CCGC, Provincial Lead, Screening Programs, Prenatal Genetic Screening, Newborn Screening, Biliary Atresia, Perinatal Services BC
Lucy Barney, Statlimx Nation, RN, BSN, MSN, Provincial Lead, Indigenous Health, Perinatal Services BC
Taslin Janmohamed-Velani, RN, MN, CNeoN(C), Coordinator, Knowledge Translation, Perinatal Services BC
KS Joseph, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia and the Children’s and Women’s Hospital of British Columbia
Sayrin Lalji, MD, FRCSC, Medical Advisor, Maternity, Perinatal Services BC; Perinatologist, BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre
Jila Mirlashari, Postdoc fellow, WHRI, Department of OBGYN, UBC; Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS)
Charissa Patricelli, MD(AM), CCFP, FCFP, DABAM, Family Medicine Lead, Perinatal Services BC; Medical Director Fir Square, BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre
David Puddicombe, MSc, Epidemiologist, Perinatal Services BC
Jane Wines, RM, MSc, Lecturer and Lead Faculty, Internationally Educated Midwives Bridging Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC