MSFHR announces recipients of the COVID-19 Research Response Fund – Women's Health Research Institute

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Congratulations to the recipients of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research’s (MSFHR) COVID-19 Research Response Fund!

This fund was developed to support research intended to inform public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia.

Four of the ten successful research teams were led by Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) or BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR)/WHRI joint-members:

Valorie Crooks | WHRI member

A Spatial Approach to Exploring Vulnerability in the Context of COVID-19 in British Columbia

Sarka Lisonkova | BCCHRI/WHRI joint-member

All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality and Acute Morbidity Attributable to COVID-19 and Medical History Associated with Severe COVID-19 Infection in BC.

Manish Sadarangani | BCCHRI/WHRI joint-member

COVID-19 in Children and Young Adults in BC – Evaluation of Public Health Measures and Epidemiologic Support for Decision-Makers

Yuk Joseph Ting | BCCHRI/WHRI joint-member

Study of Early Health Outcomes in Neonates Exposed to COVID-19 in British Columbia (SHiNE-BC)

To read the full announcement, visit the MSFHR website.

The Women’s Health Research Institute would like to acknowledge that we are uninvited guests on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lo, and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-waututh) Nations.

As a provincial research institute committed to improving the health outcomes of women, including those across the 2SLGBTQIA+ spectrum, we recognize our responsibility in the collective effort towards establishing culturally safe health care systems and services that address health inequities among Indigenous peoples, especially Indigenous women, girls, and Two-spirit peoples.

We encourage all people involved in research to read both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action and the In Plain Sight Report, and reflect on ways we can incorporate the recommendations into our work. As we gather in spaces together, we encourage you to reflect on your positionality on these lands and your personal commitments to reconciliation.

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