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World AIDS Day 2021
By Neora Pick, MD, Medical Lead, Oak Tree Clinic, BCWH,Clinical Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, UBC Today, December 1st, is World AIDS Day: the start of the fifth decade of HIV, and the third year into COVID-19. Forty years into the HIV epidemic, the world still feels its effects: Globally, 37.7 million […]
HIV Made Me Fabulous film premiere
Please join us November 26, 2021 for the premiere of HIV Made Me Fabulous, a World AIDS Day event in collaboration with CATIE and GNP+, to raise awareness and show support for women living with HIV. Start time: 10am Vancouver | 1pm Toronto | 6pm London | 7pm Madrid | 7pm Paris | 8pm Johannesburg | 9pm Nairobi […]
Announcing the 2021 Graduate and Fellowship Award in Women’s Health Recipients
The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) is very pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2021 Graduate and Fellowship Research Award in Women’s Health. This competition was funded thanks to the dedicated support of the BC Women’s Health Foundation. The WHRI launched this award in 2020 with a goal of creating a funding opportunity specific […]
UBC announces 2021 Faculty of Medicine Award Recipients
The University of British Columbia has announced the recipients of the 2021 Faculty of Medicine Awards, which recognize “faculty and staff members for excellence in teaching, research, administration, innovation and public service.” We invite you to join us in congratulating this year’s recipients, which include ten WHRI members! Lori Brotto Award for Excellence in Mentoring Early Career […]
How can we apply feminist intersectionality to digital health research?
Written by Candice Taguibao, WHRI’s Digital Health Research Manager Although digital tools have the potential to make care more accessible and convenient for many, there are some groups who may be missing out on the full benefits of innovation: women and particularly low-income women of colour. In a viewpoint article recently published in the Lancet […]
Kate Wahl named one of the 2021 CIHR & Michael Smith Health Research BC co-funded Health System Impact Fellows
Congratulations to Kate Wahl who has been named a 2021 CIHR & Michael Smith Health Research BC co-funded Health System Impact Fellows. Kate’s work is in support of equitable access to contraception, and will contribute to the policy roll out of free prescription contraception in British Columbia. You can learn more about Kate’s work here.
Dr. Luis Nacul receives CIHR funding for research on post-COVID fatigue syndrome
Congratulations to Dr. Luis Nacul, principal investigator of a team that recently received an Operating Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. ‘Post-covid fatigue syndrome’ (PCFS) is a term being used to describe a set of symptoms in people who have not recovered to previous levels of health […]
Research Spotlight: Prenatal and parenting education through texting
Prenatal education has been shown to increase attendance at routine prenatal care and acceptance of routine screening tests, reduce tobacco and alcohol consumption, and promote appropriate maternal weight gain. These behaviours in turn have been associated with reductions in rates of cesarean birth, preterm birth, and inadequate fetal growth. The COVID-19 pandemic has limited access […]
MSFHR announces the results of their 2021 knowledge translation competitions
The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) announced funding for 32 research teams through its two knowledge translation funding opportunities, the Convening & Collaborating (C2) and Reach competitions. Among the 32 teams, we were thrilled see 10 led by WHRI members. C2 Recipients Alex Scott Co-design of a novel tendinopathy telerehabilitation intervention Aline Talhouk […]