LaurenColumbus is the Academic Practice Lead with the Department of Midwifery and a Registered Midwife with the T.I.M.E. Program Expanded Midwifery Care Model at London Health Sciences Centre. She is an adjunct clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. She holds a Masters Degree in Health Professions Education from Maastricht University, a Bachelor of Health Sciences Degree in Midwifery from Laurentian University, and a Bachelor of Sciences in Physiology from McGill University. Her areas of research and academic interest include quality assurance and quality improvement, simulation, team dynamics in birthing units, psychological safety in interprofessional teams, and improving Fetal Health Surveillance performance.