Staff News


Welcome Polina Stepanova, our new Executive Assistant to the Department Head
February 20, 2024
Please join me in welcoming Polina Stepanova to the Department in her new role as the Executive Assistant to Dr. Deborah Money. Polina brings a wealth of experience to her position, having completed her master’s degree in Linguistics, English, and French culture, and accumulating over a decade of executive assistant experience in large international corporations […] Read More >


The BC Centre for Vulvar Health welcomes Dr. Mruganka Kale!
January 8, 2024
The BC Centre for Vulvar Health would like to welcome Dr. Mruganka Kale who has started the vulvovaginal health and sexual medicine advanced training program. Dr. Kale is originally from Vancouver and completed medical school at UBC. She did a Masters degree in health policy at Queen’s University. She did her residency training in Obstetrics […] Read More >


Welcome to the new OBGYN Research Manager
January 11, 2023
Please welcome Jessie Dhillon to the Department.  Jessie will be our new full time Research Manager. The Research Manager provides support to all Department members, including coordination of multiple research projects for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology across multiple sites. ​ The Department is excited to be able to provide full time support for those who need assistance.  […] Read More >


Bio for Hannah Sauvé, Assistant HR Manager
October 18, 2022
Hannah recently started a new role as Assistant HR Manager after working in other ObGyn HR positions over the last 2 years. The thing that she is most looking forward to in her new role is learning the ropes of the academic faculty appointment, promotion and tenure process. Hannah enjoys providing HR support to department […] Read More >


Bio for Natalie Twohey, WACH Program Manager
October 12, 2022
Natalie is the Program Manager for the Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences (WACH) graduate program, which officially started with a class of 16 new students in September 2022. The WACH program is jointly managed by the Departments of OBGYN and Pediatrics, and grew out of the previous Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, which Natalie has worked with […] Read More >


Welcome to Sharon Borja!
September 21, 2022
Sharon Borja’s previous job was as an administrative staff in one of the well-known medical facilities in Saudi Arabia. Her past experience mostly involved human resource jobs in the healthcare industry. She completed her undergraduate degree at Centro Escolar University in Manila, Philippines with a major in Computer Science and Information Systems. In August 2021, […] Read More >