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Meet the summer students!
Meet some of the students working with Dr. Gina Ogilvie’s HPV programs this summer!
WHRI celebrates World Sexual Health Day
World Sexual Health Day is an awareness day managed by the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS), a global advocacy organization committed to promoting best practices in sexual health. It is celebrated annually on September 4th and attempts to break down social and cultural taboos associated with sexuality and to promote positive sexual health around […]
Study spotlight: Maternal Microbiome LEGACY Project
In celebration of World Microbiome Day, The Maternal Microbiome LEGACY Project team is excited to share some study updates!
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Congratulations to the recipients of the Women’s Global Health Research Trainee Awards!
The awards were presented to Kalysha Closson, PhD candidate, School of Population & Public Health, UBC, and Amanda Rowlands, Master’s of Science candidate, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU.
What would it take for the province of British Columbia to Eliminate Cervical Cancer?
There were an estimated 1550 cases of cervical cancer diagnosed in Canada in 2017, with approximately 400 women dying from this preventable disease. Cervical cancer remains a public health threat to women at the prime of their lives. With access to highly effective HPV vaccines and screening technologies, we have reached a time when elimination of cervical cancer in Canada is entirely possible and within our reach.
Vancouver welcomes Women Deliver 2019 conference
Over 8,000 people from 160+ countries congregated in the Vancouver Convention Centre on June 3-6, 2019 for Women Deliver. The environment was electrifying.
$20M investment announced for research on HPV and cervical cancer
On June 4th, 2019, the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) was proud to join BC Women’s Health Foundation, BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre (BCWH), and representatives from the BC Centre for Disease Control, BC Elimination of Cervical Cancer Task Force, and the Gynecological Cancer Initiative, to welcome The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Canada’s Minister of Health.
Dorothy Shaw is the WHRI’s 2019 recipient of the Career Contributions to Women’s Health Award
She is internationally renowned for her advocacy of women’s reproductive rights and freedoms. And in the current era where we are seeing the realities of women’s rights to access reproductive health care taken away from them, our need for champions is even more imperative. By all accounts, Dr. Dorothy Shaw embodies the label of champion.