Dr. Brittany Bingham

Dr. Brittany Bingham (she/her/hers) is a proud member of the shíshálh (Sechelt) Nation and an Indigenous scholar working at the intersection of women’s health, wellness, and systems transformation. She holds a Master of Public Health and a PhD in Health Sciences from Simon Fraser University and is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, as well as a Health Research BC Scholar. She is an affiliate member of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at UBC and the Women’s Health Research Institute at BC Women’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada.

Dr. Bingham is the founder and lead of the Indigenous Equity Lab, where her work is grounded in matriarchal wisdom, Indigenous leadership, and the mentorship of the next generation of Indigenous scholars. With over two decades of experience working alongside Indigenous communities, health systems, and policy leaders, she leads community-driven research that advances equitable, culturally grounded approaches to care and informs transformative change across health systems.

Her work centers Indigenous women’s health, gender equity, and climate and planetary health, with a strong focus on implementation science, learning health systems, and culturally safe, equity-focused approaches. She is deeply committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health, cultural safety and humility, and Indigenous-led pathways to wellness across diverse contexts.

Most recently, Dr. Bingham leads the IMPACT (Investing in Matriarchal Access, Care and Traditional Wellness) project, a five-year initiative exploring Indigenous women’s experiences of menopause and midlife wellness. Through her work, she contributes to global conversations on Indigenous rights, health equity, and the transformation of systems to better serve communities. She is recognized internationally as a leading voice in Indigenous women’s health, wellness, and systems transformation.