Dr. Meaghan Thumath

Dr. Meaghan Thumath, DPhil, MSc, BSN, RN

Clinical Assistant Professor

Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity, Faculty of Medicine

School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science

Vancouver Campus

Fields

Health Care, Infectious Diseases, Mental Health, Public Health

Contact Information

Chosen name and pronouns:

Meaghan Thumath (She/Her/Hers)

meaghan.thumath@ubc.ca

phone: 604-675-3869

https://www.cgshe.ca/people/our-team/directors-researchers/meaghan-thumath/

Twitter/ MeaghanThumath

Expertise

Overdose, Substance Use, Addiction, Mental Health, Opioid Crisis, Drug Use, Harm Reduction, Homelessness, Gender, Women Drug Use, Child Welfare, Child Custody, Maternal Mortality, Marginalized Women, Vulnerable Women, Drug Treatment, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Communicable Disease Control, Outbreaks, COVID, Monkeypox, HIV, AIDS, Sexual Health, Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STIs), syphilis, congenital syphilis, Nursing, Nurses, Global Health, WHO, Ebola, International Health, Health Equity

In the Media

• Whether it’s Ebola or COVID-19, Vancouver street nurse Meaghan Thumath feels at home helping the less fortunate – Georgia straight
• Vancouver Coastal Health begins second dose campaign for monkeypox with clinic at SFU Harbour Centre – Global News
• Mothers of children removed from their care are more likely to accidentally overdose, study shows – CBC News
• Fear, frustration, compassion and shame: What nurses are dealing with during the pandemic – CBC News
• How Child Apprehensions Cause Moms to Relapse, and Overdose – The Tyee

Languages

English, French, Spanish