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Sabina’s Stats Corner: Basic Tests for Comparison of Categorical Variables

Special Notes: Listen to our L&L lectures online: WHRI Lunch & Learn Series – Women’s Health Research Institute Visit our Stats corner in the e-blast for previously published tips on data management and analysis: E-Blast Archive – Women’s Health Research Institute (whri.org) Tip 1 Choose the test wisely, as different types of data and the number of […]

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CIHR Project Grants Fall 2023 Results

Congratulations to the recipients for the Canadian Institute of Health Research 2023 Fall Project grants! We are especially proud of our WHRI members receiving these awards. Project Grants Non-inferiority of (6S)-5-MTHF as compared to synthetic folic acid in increasing maternal folate status during pregnancy: A randomized controlled trial Link to Abstract: Here Principal Investigator: Karakochuk, […]

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Celebrating One-Year of Cross-Campus Digital Health Research Collaboration

At the WHRI and BCCHR we recognize that Digital Health Research and Innovation is a strategic priority for our institutes as we work towards our goals of research excellence to improve children’s’ and women’s health across BC. This field of study is broad and involves application of computing platforms, connectivity, software and sensors for health […]

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Sabina’s Stats Corner: Paired? Or not paired?

On behalf of Sabina Dobrer Recently I asked about options for comparing categorical and continues variables. What to use? Paired? Not paired? So I decided to put this information together to provide some guidelines for the researchers and their teams. In this story I will describe appropriate tests to compare continuous variables. Paired or Not? […]

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Statistical Services Update

As part of welcoming everyone into 2024, we’d like to take the opportunity to point out the processes, people, and resources that can support your statistical needs at the WHRI.  Statisitical Services  Information of how to submit requests for statistical services can be found here Our Services – Women’s Health Research Institute (whri.org) – Go […]

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Use of Generative AI in a Research Setting

Although guidance related to the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in an academic setting has been provided by many of our partner academic institutions, that guidance has been focused on student and instructor usage and may not be directly applicable to research staff, scientists and trainees engaged in research. As we see increasing […]

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Meet the Women’s Health Research Club

The Women’s Health Research Club (WHRC) is a student-run club at the University of British Columbia that has initiated a collaboration with the WHRI. Our communications team, had the pleasure of sitting down with the WHRC leads to find out who they are, what they do, and how members and trainees from the WHRI can engage with […]

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Ninth Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium : All You Need to Know

Table of Contents We would like to invite you to the upcoming Ninth Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium to be held in-person (at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre on the UBC campus) and virtually (via live-stream) on Friday, March 8, 2024. The 2024 WHRI Symposium will focus on Midlife Women’s Health Research, emphasizing the […]

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Linear Regression – Is It Really That Simple?

Table of Contents Special Notes: Listen to our L&L lectures online: WHRI Lunch & Learn Series – Women’s Health Research Institute Visit our Stats corner in the e-blast for previously published tips on data management and analysis: E-Blast Archive – Women’s Health Research Institute (whri.org) Information about future lectures from my series can be found here: Sabina’s Stats […]

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