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Celebrate World Sexual Health Day with the WHRI
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 […]
CIHR Project Grants Spring 2022 Results
Congratulations to the recipients of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research 2022 Spring Project Grant Competition! We were thrilled to see 12 WHRI and BCCHR-WHRI joint members represented across 8 Project Grants. CIHR PROJECT GRANTS Pax6 regulation of glutamatergic lineages in cerebellar development PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S) Daniel Goldowitz ** Paul Pavlidis AMOUNT $841,500 (5 yrs 0 […]
WHRI members receive awards from CIHR, UBC, and more
We invite you to join us in congratulating the WHRI investigators who were recipients of the CIHR Patient-Oriented Research Awards, the CIHR Operating Grant: POPCORN Supplement, the UBC Faculty of Medicine Spring 2022 Health Innovation Funding, the BC Quality Awards and the StudentAid BC Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations, everyone! Awardees Laura Schummers (Applicant), Wendy Norman (Supervisor) […]
CIHR announces the Canada Graduate Scholarships: Master’s Awards
We invite you to join us in congratulating the recipients of the 2022 Canada Graduate Scholarships: Master’s Awards, including four trainee members of the Women’s Health Research Institute! Sabine El-Halabi PROJECT TITLE: Epidemiological risk model to inform targeted prevention strategies in endometrial cancer Amané Halicki-Asakawa PROJECT TITLE: Mobile App-Delivered Motivational Interviewing for Individuals on an […]
UBC announces Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards
The University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine has announced the recipients of its 2022 Distinguished Achievement Awards. The awards recognize “faculty members who exemplify exceptional contributions in the areas of education, research and/or service, and who are dedicated to advancing both the Faculty’s values and vision of transforming health for everyone.” We would like […]
Pre-announcement: Transforming Health with Integrated Care (THINC) – Implementation Science Teams Grants (Full November 15, 2022)
CIHR’s Institute of Health Services and Policy Research has issued a pre-announcement for the Transforming Health with Integrated Care (THINC) Implementation Science Team Grants competition that is expected to launch in June or July 2022. This grant will support interdisciplinary research teams dedicated to understanding how to implement, evaluate, adapt, and/or scale evidence-informed integrated care […]
Congratulations to the new and renewed Canada Research Chairs!
We would like to extend a warm congratulations to Dr. Crystal Karakochuk and Dr. Gina Ogilvie on their new and renewed Canada Research Chair appointments! Dr. Karakochuk has been appointed a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Micronutrients and Human Health. Dr. Ogilvie is a renewed Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Control of […]
Team featuring two WHRI members awarded CIHR Training Grant
Congratulations to the CAMCCO-L Training Platform team on a successful CIHR Training Grant! The team features WHRI members Dr. Gillian Hanley and Dr. Timothy Oberlander. Training Grant: Health Research Training Platform – Drug Safety and Effectiveness The CAnadian Mother-ChIld COLlaborative Training Platform – The CAMCCO-L Training Platform PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S) Anick Bérard Isabelle Boucoiran Bruce C […]
CIHR announces results of Doctoral Research Funding competition
The Women’s Health Research Institute would like to congratulate the recipients of CIHR’s Doctoral Research Awards, including two trainee members! Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Award 2021-2022 Preventing ovarian cancer using machine learning to recommend opportunistic salpingectomy in British Columbia: An exploratory mixed-methods approach PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S) Alexandra M Lukey (Trainee Member) SUPERVISOR Gillian […]