Megan Oakey

  Provincial Manager - Injury Prevention

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MPH, BHK

Megan Oakey

Provincial Manager - Injury Prevention

Since 2016, Megan has been the Provincial Manager for Injury Prevention at the BC Centre for Disease Control a member of the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit, and a research collaborator at the Centre for Aging SMART at VCH. She has a passion for injury prevention and over 18 years of public health experience in Canada, Australia, Cambodia, Kenya, and Tanzania. Megan provides leadership in the province of British Columbia and currently chairs multiple committees including the BC Provincial Public Health Injury Prevention Committee and the BC Injury Prevention Alliance. Through her work Megan facilitates guidance and recommendations on injury prevention to the Ministry of Health, and the Provincial Public Health Executive committee. Megan holds an MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a BHK in Exercise Science from the University of British Columbia.

Areas of Research

Falls Prevention Road Safety Youth Suicide and Self-Harm