Cheryl Krasnick Warsh is Professor of History at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, Canada. Dr. Warsh has published books on the history of asylums, women's health, children's health, consumerism, and alcohol and drug use. She served as long-term editor-in-chief of the Canadian Bulletin of Medical History and was co-editor of Gender & History. Dr. Warsh was a Fulbright Fellow, AMS/Hannah Fellow, and the inaugural recipient of the Vancouver Island University Distinguished Researcher Award. In 2017, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for her contributions to Canadian medical history.