Carol Herbert OC, FCAHS, BSc

Carol Herbert is the former Dean of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University (1999-2010), former Head of UBC Department of Family Practice (1988-98) and has been a member of the Institute Advisory Board for the CIHR Institute of Gender Health. After practising full-service Family Medicine in Vancouver at REACH from 1971-82, then at UBC Campus Family Practice Teaching Unit until 1999, Dr Herbert moved to Ontario to take up her position as Dean.

She was a pioneer in developing services for sexually abused children and in 1984 co-founded the still-operating Vancouver Sexual Assault Assessment program. She has done participatory research in sexual assault, family violence and clinical health promotion, including projects on diabetes and ecosystem health with Indigenous communities in BC, Ontario, and Africa.

Dr Herbert is a Fellow of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, Fellow and current President of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and an International Member of the National Academy of Medicine.