Ruth Elwood Martin
Current roles:
Health Professional – Family Physician; Director, Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education
Researcher – MPH; Lead research faculty for UBC family practice residency program
Clinical Professor – UBC Department of Family Practice
Description:
Dr. Martin began the “Unlocking the Gates of Health” project, which offers mentorship to incarcerated women as they transition into the community upon release around urgent health needs, including food, affordable housing and continuation of medication and addiction counseling
Dr. Martin’s other areas of interest are: Access and Resources to health care, Health education and advocacy, Maternal and Child health
Get involved – Dr. Martin is interested in connecting with students, practitioners, and members of the community to provide mentorship, opportunities in advocacy work, research, academic conversations, idea generation, and knowledge translation. She invites all the relationships that may come from the Social Medicine Network and is excited to see what develops.
Contact:
ruth.martin@familymed.ubc.ca
T: 604-822-2496