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C&W Medical Staff Association Recognition Award recipients announced!
Congratulations to the recipients of the inaugural C&W Medical Staff Association (MSA) Recognition Awards! The awards are intended to give recognition to C&W MSA members who make an outstanding contribution to the delivery of healthcare, training, and research on a local, provincial, and global scale. WHRI is proud to announce that seven of its members […]
Dr. Joelle LeMoult is a MSFHR 2018 Scholar Award recipient!
Congratulations to Dr. Joelle LeMoult, a recipient of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research 2018 Scholar Award for her project Predicting Depressive Symptoms During the Transition to High School. Dr. LeMoult’s research will focus on the transition period adolescents face in their first year of high school – a period during which 11.5% of adolescents experience […]
Preterm cord blood samples available for research
A partnership between BC Children’s Hospital BioBank (BCCH BioBank), BC Women’s Hospital leadership, and Dr. Pascal Lavoie of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has resulted in optimized cord blood collection from premature babies (<33 weeks) for biobanking. If you are interested in using cord blood for your research contact the BCCH BioBank (biobank@cw.bc.ca) for access.
Dr. Gina Ogilvie wins YWCA’s 2018 Women of Distinction Award!
On June 7th Dr. Gina Ogilvie, Senior Advisor of Research at BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre and WHRI’s Assistant Director, was given the YWCA 2018 Women of Distinction Award in the category of Research and the Sciences. A huge congratulations to Dr. Ogilvie for this achievement, and for continuing to inspire us with her […]
An interview with Dr. Melanie Murray, MSFHR 2018 Health Professional-Investigator Award recipient
Dr. Melanie Murray is one of this year’s MSFHR Health Professional-Investigator Award recipients. Her study, Individual disposition and mHealth: Personalized care to improve outcomes, is looking at dispositional traits that might identify which patients are more likely to benefit from antiretroviral adherence support provided by the WelTel program. How did you become interested in the […]
An interview with Dr. Paul Yong, MSFHR 2018 Health Professional-Investigator Award recipient
Dr. Paul Yong received a MSFHR Health Professional-Investigator Award for his study, Sexual pain in endometriosis: Role of somatic mutations, which looks at the role of gene mutations in endometriosis sexual pain. This research could help to influence the incorporation of gene mutation testing into clinical care for endometriosis to promote more individualized care. When did you […]
Check out Dr. Lori Brotto’s appearance on CTV’s Your Morning
Dr. Lori Brotto was featured on CTV’s Your Morning to talk about her book Better Sex Through Mindfulness. Check out the clip here.
The Third Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium
The Women’s Health Research Institute held the Third Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium on May 9th, 2018 at the University of British Columbia’s Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre. The event welcomed over 180 attendees, comprised of members of the women’s health research community and its other stakeholders, to discuss current issues and research at the […]
Dr. Courtney Howard’s advice for fighting climate change with health research
Dr. Courtney Howard – an Emergency Room Physician in Yellowknife, NT and primary author on the Lancet Countdown 2017 Report: Briefing for Canadian Policymakers – joined the Women’s Health Institute to present at the Third Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium on May 9th, 2018. Her talk, Climate change and women’s health in the North, and breakout […]