Dr. Sofia Bartlett
Senior Scientist, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Canada
Dr. Sofia Bartlett obtained a PhD from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia in 2017. She received a Canadian Institute of Health Research fellowship in 2018 and relocated to Canada to undertake postdoctoral training at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Currently, Dr. Bartlett is the Senior Scientist for sexually transmitted and blood-borne Infections (STIBBI) at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) in Vancouver, Canada. She is also an Adjunct Professor at UBC, where she is the co-director of the Canadian Collaboration for Prison Health and Education (CCPHE).
Dr. Bartlett leads surveillance and applied public health research that is focused on addressing knowledge gaps around the overlap of STIBBIs, and other infectious diseases, with substance use and incarceration. Her research focusses on informing public health policy and programming, while also advancing the rights and the health of people who experience criminalization and other forms marginalization.