Dr. Kellie Thiessen is a distinguished midwife and nurse practitioner, specializing in the clinical field of maternal and child healthcare. Her expertise has been recognized on multiple occasions, including receiving awards such as the Professional Development Award from the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP).

Thanks to her vast experience, the expert has been selected as Director of the Midwifery Program at the University of British Columbia. Previously, she has directed the academic pathway at the University of Manitoba for more than a decade. At that institution, she was instrumental in the creation of a Bachelor of Obstetrics degree focused on the specific training of future midwives. 

Dr. Thiessen's work has also been highlighted through her appointment as Senior Specialist in Maternal Health and Obstetrics by the Institute of Global Public Health at the University of Manitoba. In turn, her scientific career has been linked to the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM).

On the other hand, its healthcare trajectory has encompassed the healthcare systems of countries such as the United States, Brazil and Canada. Through these collaborations, she has been part of innovative models that offer patients better care and health guarantees. In this way, it has developed a professional approach focused on expanding the obstetric options available to mothers and their families when they are in vulnerable situations. An example of this is her direct collaboration with the Rankin Inlet Birth Center, the second largest city in the Nunavut Territory, and with the Ongomiizwi Indigenous Health and Healing Institute.

Dr. Thiessen has also led multidisciplinary research teams, spanning areas such as health policy, human resource planning and economics in the medical environment. In doing so, she has demonstrated a strong commitment to maternal and child welfare in different settings and communities.

• Director of Midwifery for Midwives, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
• Director of the Midwifery Training Program at the University of Manitoba, Vancouver, Canada.
• Senior Specialist in Maternal Health and Obstetrics at the Institute for Global Public Health, University of Manitoba
• Research Associate at the Manitoba Children's Hospital Research Institute
• Collaborator with the Rankin Inlet Birth Centre, Nunavut Territory
• Collaborator with the Ongomiizwi Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing
• PhD in Applied Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada
• Master of Science in Nursing and Midwifery Midwifery, Georgetown University, Canada
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Eastern Mennonite University, United States
• Member of:
  
  • Canadian Health Human Resources Network
  • American College of Nurse Midwives
  • Manitoba Association of Regulated Nurses
  • Manitoba Association of Midwives