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Gillian McKay

Feb 10, 20202 min read

Not All That Bleeds is Ebola

The impacts of the DR Congo Ebola outbreak on sexual and reproductive health.

Gillian McKay

Oct 3, 20191 min read

Where did Global Health go wrong with Ebola?

On October 15th, 2020 I spoke at the Lancet / LSHTM Global Health Lab on my perspectives of the Ebola outbreaks in West Africa and DRC....

Gillian McKay

Jun 30, 20191 min read

Ebola in Conflict - Perspectives on response strategy and implementation

On June 24, 2019 my friend and colleague Samuel Boland and I did a talk on our experiences of working in the DRC Ebola Response. The...

Gillian McKay

Jun 7, 20191 min read

UBC Centenary Medal of Distinction

To express my gratitude and honour to the UBC School of Nursing for awarding me their Centenary Medal of Distinction on June 18th I did a...

Gillian McKay

Nov 18, 20181 min read

International Conference on Family Planning - Kigali, Rwanda

I was honoured to present provisional findings from my family planning in the Sierra Leone Ebola outbreak research at the ICFP in Kigali...

Gillian McKay

Jul 30, 20181 min read

The Art of Caring - Speaking event

On August 16th, 2018 I spoke at the Royal College of Nursing about my experiences of nursing during Sierra Leone's Ebola outbreak, and...

Gillian McKay

Feb 1, 20181 min read

Training Ebola Treatment Centre Workers

In December 2014 I was working with an incredible group of national and international staff to open a 100-bed Ebola Treatment Centre in...

Gillian McKay

Nov 1, 20161 min read

Alumna Profile for the UBC School of Nursing

Thanks so much to the UBC School of Nursing for profiling me for their Newsletter! I can honestly say that without my nursing background...