Ugochinyere Vivian Ukah

Dr. Ugochinyere Vivian Ukah is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Division of Experimental Medicine, in the Department of Medicine, McGill University. Prior to joining McGill as a Professor, Dr Ukah worked as a Research Investigator in the Pregnancy & Child Research Centre, at Health Partners Institute, Minnesota, USA and was an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, USA. She completed her FRQS-funded postdoctoral fellowship, at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health at McGill University. Her research focuses on the short- and long-term outcomes of pregnancy complications, and development, and validation of prediction models in maternal and perinatal health. Dr Ukah holds a Master’s degree in Public Health (Health services research) from the University of Sheffield, England and a PhD in Reproductive and Developmental Sciences from the University of British Columbia, Canada.
Perinatal epidemiology, disparities, maternal health, child health