Gina Ogilvie

DPHIL, MD, MSc, FCFP

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Physician, BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre
Assistant Director, Women's Health Research Institute
Senior Public Health Scientist, BC Centre for Disease Control

Gina Ogilvie, MD MSc FCFP DrPH 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.

Dr. Ogilvie is currently principal investigator on over $13-million in research grants and she has received funding from PHAC, CIHR, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Canadian Foundation for Innovation and private foundations including BC Women’s Hospital Foundation among others.

Her research is focused on both the public health and clinical aspects of reproductive health, sexually transmitted infections, HPV screening and the HPV vaccine, and her findings have been highly influential in setting and directing health policy both in Canada and globally.

She has published over 100 peer reviewed manuscripts and has provided advice and consultation to national and global institutions, including the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Public Health Agency of Canada, the World Health Organization and Ministries of Health globally on STI, HIV and HPV vaccine policy and programming.

She speaks widely at international and national research and education conferences, and has supervised medical students, residents, and graduate students throughout her career.

Academic Affiliations

  • Professor, , School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Healthy Starts
  • Research Group(s): Global Health and Innovations; Vaccines, Infections, and Host Defenses

Contact Information

Location

4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6H 3N1

Grants

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Quadrivalent vaccine evaluation study (QUEST) 2012-2024

CIHR Foundation Scheme Integrated global control of HPV related disease and cancer 2015-2022

CIHR A Randomized Controlled Evaluation of HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening 2007-2016

Honours & Awards

Recipient, Distinguished Achievement Award, Applied or Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Recipient, Researcher of the Year for BC Chapter of Family Physicians, College of Family Physicians of Canada, July 2014

Canada Research Chair, Tier I “Global control of HPV related disease and cancer” April 2015-April 2022

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