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Gina Ogilvie
Gina Ogilvie
Professor, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Control of HPV-Related Disease and Cancer, Royal Society of Canada Fellow
604 822 2772
Gina.Ogilvie@bccdc.ca
427-2206 East Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
About
Dr. Ogilvie is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Control of HPV related diseases and prevention. 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 principal investigator on over 5 million dollars in research grants and has received funding from PHAC, CIHR, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Canadian Foundation for Innovation and private foundations.
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. Among other research projects, she is principal investigator for the ASPIRE program.
She has published over 150 peer reviewed manuscripts and provides advice and consultation to national and international institutions, including the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Public Health Agency of Canada, the World Health Organization (WHO), and Ministries of Health on STI, HIV and HPV vaccine policy and programming.
Royal Society of Canada Fellow (2024)
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Control of HPV-Related Disease and Cancer
BC Cancer Excellence Award in Innovation in Discovery & Action (2022)
American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTRA) Achievement Award (2021 and 2020)
UBC Killam Faculty Research Prize (2020)
Michael S. O’Malley Alumni Award for Publication Excellence (2019)
YWCA Woman of Distinction (2018)
President’s Award, Children and Women’s Health Centre of BC (2018); Options for Sexual health Sexual Health Champion of the Year (2018)
Provincial Health Officer’s Award for Excellence in Public health (2015)
Researcher of the Year, College of Family Physicians of Canada (2014)
YWCA Women of Distinction Nominee (2014)
Distinguished Achievement in Research, Faculty of Medicine, UBC (2014)
Associate Director, Women’s Health Research Institute, PHSA
Senior Research Advisor, BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (Provincial)
Research Director, Oak Tree Clinic, BC Women’s Hospital
Affiliate Scientist (Provincial), BC Cancer
Investigator, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (Provincial)
Senior Public Health Scientist, BC Centre for Disease Control (Provincial)
Dr. Ogilvie’s clinical and research work focuses on the public health and clinical aspects of reproductive health, human papillomavirus infection and vaccines, HIV in women and care for marginalized populations, and other sexually transmitted infections.
SPPH 581J – Overview of Global Health