Dr. Giulia M. Muraca is a perinatal epidemiologist, and an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact at McMaster University. She leads the Perinatal Epidemiology Research Laboratory (PERL), a research group that specializes in linking and analyzing large datasets to improve safety and well-being for mothers and babies from the preconception period, during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period, and throughout the mother and child's life course. Dr. Muraca’s research is in the areas of maternal, fetal, and neonatal health and health services research, with emphasis on care quality, accessibility and equity.

Dr. Rohan D’Souza is  Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician at Hamilton Health Sciences, and an Associate Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact at McMaster University. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Maternal Health. Dr. D’Souza leads FLOURISH, a family-centered, clinical research group focused on improving pregnancy and post-pregnancy outcomes. 

Dr. Susan Jack is a Professor in the School of Nursing, an Associate Member in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact, and a Core Member in the Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University. Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of community-based interventions to 1) improve maternal and child health outcomes; and 2) identify and respond to gender-based violence. Dr. Jack brings expertise in leading applied qualitative health research studies, and advanced skills in designing mixed methods studies. She is the founder and lead for the Public Health Nursing Practice, Research and Education Program (PHN-PREP).

Dr. Benicio N. Frey is a Psychiatrist and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University, Academic Head of the Mood Disorders Program, Medical Director of the Women’s Health Concerns Clinic at St. Joseph's Healthcare, and Homewood Research Chair in Women’s Mental Health and Depression. Dr. Frey's research interests include understanding the neurobiology of mood and anxiety disorders, with an emphasis of female-reproductive life events.

Dr. Sheryl Green is a Psychologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University. Dr. Green's clinical interests include cognitive behavioural and mindfulness-based interventions for depression, anxiety, and health-related difficulties. Her research interests include developing cognitive-behavioural and mindfulness-based treatment protocols for specific populations, such as perinatal individuals. She has studied problematic behaviours in pregnant and postpartum people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and developing a core outcome set for perinatal individuals with GAD. 

Dr. Daniel Atkinson is a project manager and researcher specializing in critical health education, with a background in creating accessible and person-centred healthy eating programming for families, and conducting laboratory-based muscle stem cell research. Dr. Atkinson is a book editor, a film photographer, and has contributed to research exploring exercise’s effects on diabetes, West Nile Virus's emergence in Canada, and controversial science museum exhibits located around the world.

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