“I Should Be Allowed to Leave Men Out of My Studies”
Check out this piece authored by Dr. Liisa Galea, which breaks down the reasons research shouldn’t always need to consider both sexes.
Check out this piece authored by Dr. Liisa Galea, which breaks down the reasons research shouldn’t always need to consider both sexes.
Why are some newborns more susceptible to infection? Dr. Pascal Lavoie and the team at his lab are working to find out in their latest project, “Metabolic regulation of immune defenses in newborns.”
Watch their discussion on equitable access to abortion care during the show’s Her Health segment.
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Dr. Joseph Ting, Staff Neonatologist at BC Women’s Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia, was recently awarded a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2019 Project Grant which will provide nearly half a million dollars in support over the next five years to research the starters of antibiotic resistance in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) throughout the country – beginning here, at BC Women’s Hospital.
Congratulations to Drs. Sarah Munro, Aline Talhouk, Michael Anglesio, and Crystal Karakochuk, whose projects have been selected for funding by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MFHR) Scholar Program!
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.