Maria Hubinette | Addressing Health Inequities

<p>A visionary, values-based leader with extensive experience across the education continuum. Dr. Maria Hubinette joined SFU School of Medicine in its early days and is Associate Dean, Partnerships.</p><p>A family physician, her clinical work focuses on youth facing barriers to care, community-based mental health support, and care for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence. She received her MD from UBC, completed her rural family practice residency there, and earned a Master of Medical Education from the University of Dundee, Scotland.</p><p>She contributed to the medical school development across Senate approval processes, accreditation, curriculum development, policy frameworks, and admissions. As Associate Dean, Partnerships, Dr. Hubinette established partnerships and local leadership for clinical education across UGME and PGME programs and is responsible for cultivating relationships, clinical faculty networks, distributed education infrastructure and educational capacity that advance the school’s education, research, scholarship and social accountability missions. She has a program of research and education scholarship focused on equity and social accountability in health professions education.</p>