Carol Herbert

Carol Herbert completed two terms as Dean, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario on June 30, 2010.  She is Professor in the UWO Department of Family Medicine with cross-appointment in the Department of Pathology and Affiliate membership in the Department of Women’s Studies. She was formerly Head of the UBC Department of Family Practice, founding Head of the Division of Behavioural Medicine, and a founder of the UBC Institute of Health Promotion Research.  She was a pioneer in developing services for sexually abused children and co-founded the Sexual Assault Service for Vancouver.  She is internationally known for her leadership in primary care research, and for her work in clinical health promotion, patient-physician decision-making, and participatory action research with aboriginal communities, focused on diabetes and on environmental effects on human health..  She is a recognized leader in inter-professional education and collaborative practice, women’s health and mentorship of academic women. She is a founding Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and Foreign Associate Member of the Institute of Medicine, U.S. National Academies of Science.  She is a Fellow of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and holds honorary fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow and the Royal Australian College of General Practice.