Elizabeth Darling

Dr. Liz Darling is the Assistant Dean of Midwifery and an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada and is a registered midwife. Her graduate training is in epidemiology and population health. She holds multiple CIHR awards, and her research program focuses on midwifery services and how midwifery human resources can be used to improve equitable access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for equity-deserving groups. Her research also examines the implementation of innovative models of midwifery service delivery and novel funding mechanisms and their impact on health equity and outcomes. She has served in an advisory committee member for the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance system since 2008, contributed to the creation and ongoing development of Ontario’s perinatal registry, and has expertise in the measurement of perinatal outcomes. As an academic leader, she has implemented Canada’s first graduate degree in midwifery, which aims to support graduates to drive positive transformation and improved equity within health systems, and she has championed the expansion of undergraduate curriculum to address social justice and structural competency. She has a strong track record of successful interprofessional collaboration within her research and as an educator, a well-established national network with decision-makers, stakeholder organizations, researchers, and clinicians, and experience in multiple projects involving patient-oriented and lead research.