Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Assistant Head, Clinical Partnerships, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital
BC Site Co-Investigator, Immunization Monitoring Program, Active (IMPAct), Vaccine Evaluation Center
Co-Primary Investigator, Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program
Positions
Biography
Dr. Laura Sauvé is a Clinical Assistant Professor and a pediatric infectious disease specialist who has a special interest in Pediatric HIV/AIDS. Her main research interests include public health surveillance especially with respect to vaccinology, vaccine preventable disease, global child health and pediatric HIV/AIDS. She joined the Vaccine Evaluation Center in 2007 as the BC site investigator for the Immunization Monitoring Program, Active (IMPAct), a national surveillance system for vaccine preventable diseases and vaccine adverse events in 12 pediatric tertiary care centers across Canada. She is also the co-primary investigator of the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program, which studies vertical transmission of HIV across Canada. As Pediatrics Residency Program Director, she is also involved in a number of medical education research initiatives.
Areas of Interest
HIV/AIDS
Immunization
Pediatrics
Public Health Surveillance
Vaccinology
Global Child Health
Health Equity
Vaccine-Preventable Disease
Awards
YWCA Women of Distinction Award Nomination (2022)
Pediatric Chairs of Canada COVID Leadership Award (2020)
Convening and Collaborating Award (2019)