Dr. Azar Mehrabadi (PhD) is a perinatal Epidemiologist with expertise in maternal, fetal and newborn health research. Dr. Mehrabadi has been Assistant Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Dalhousie University, since 2019. She completed a PhD at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health in 2014 and from 2014 to 2019, she was a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University’s Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health. She is currently conducting research using data from Canada and the United Kingdom on obstetrical care and pregnancy-related complications, the effects of the social determinants of health on perinatal health outcomes, and trends in medication use in pregnancy and postpartum in Nova Scotia.