Patricia (Patti) Janssen
Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
Population and Public Health, Maternal Child Health Theme, Child and Family research, Childbearing, Prenatal Education, Prediction of Cesarean Birth Among Healthy Women, Diagnosis and Management of Dystocia, Management of Early Labour, Outcomes and Costs Associated with Differing Models of Maternity Care Delivery
Media
Dr. Patricia Janssen testifies before European Court of Human Rights
On December 2, 2015, Dr. Patricia Janssen, Professor in the UBC School of Population and Public Health, was called to the European Court of Human Rights to testify as an expert witness on the topic of women’s access to regulated midwifery and home birth in the Czech Republic.
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Biography
Dr. Janssen is a Professor at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia, and Co-lead of the Maternal Child Health Theme. She is funded as a Senior Scholar at the Child and Family Research Institute. She leads Optimal Birth BC, a consortium of clinician-scientists and public health practitioners who undertake both institutional quality improvement initiatives and the development of information resources for childbearing families in BC. She is the founder of SmartMom, a prenatal education program delivered by text messaging. Her research interests include prediction of cesarean birth among healthy women, diagnosis and management of dystocia, management of early labour, and outcomes and costs associated with differing models of maternity care delivery. She has developed a number of predictive and assessment tools for use in pregnancy including race/ethnicity-specific standards for intrauterine growth.