Dr. Sarah Munro


Assistant Professor

School of Public Health

University of Washington

Gender, Society, and Health

Dr. Sarah Munro is an Assistant Professor with the Health Systems and Population Health at the University of Washington School of Public Health. Using qualitative and knowledge translation methods, she investigates the factors that influence implementation of evidence-based innovations in health services and systems, with a focus on improving equity and access to sexual and reproductive health care for underserved populations. Dr. Munro completed her PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies at UBC, and a joint postdoctoral fellowship with the UBC Department of Family Practice and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College, USA. She currently conducts multinational research through her joint positions as an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia and co-Director of the Canadian Contraception and Abortion Research Team. 


Area of Research Expertise
Contraception; Abortion; Shared decision making; Knowledge translation; Implementation science

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.


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