Co-Founder
Dr. Sofia Bartlett
Sofia is the Co-Founder of Grass Skirt Project and a Non-Executive Director.
Sofia is the Co-Founder of Grass Skirt Project and a Non-Executive Director.
Dr. Sofia Bartlett obtained a BSc(Hons) in Science in 2010 from James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. She then joined the Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Bartlett received a PhD in Medicine from UNSW in 2017, then later relocated to Canada to join the University of British Columbia (UBC) as a Canadian Institute of Health Research Health System Impact Postdoctoral Fellow in 2018.
Currently, Dr. Bartlett is the Senior Scientist for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STIBBI) with Clinical Prevention Services at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control in Vancouver, Canada.
She is the Co-Founder of Grass Skirt Project and a Non-Executive Director. She helped to launch the first GymBox prototype and helps to train and mentor Grass Skirt Protect team members & volunteers on program data collection and analysis methodology to ensure that all programs are rigorously monitored and evaluated.
Dr. Bartlett is also an Adjunct Professor at UBC and the Co-Director of the Canadian Collaboration for Prison Health and Education.
