Dr. Joy Johnson awarded the 2018 Career Contribution to Women’s Health Research Award
The Women’s Health Research Institute is excited to announce that on May 9th, 2018 the second annual Career Contribution to Women’s Health Research Award was
The Women’s Health Research Institute is excited to announce that on May 9th, 2018 the second annual Career Contribution to Women’s Health Research Award was
The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI), in partnership with the BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre Foundation, is pleased to announce a Catalyst Grant competition
On May 9th, 2018 the Women’s Health Research Institute presented the BC Women’s Health Research Agenda at the Third Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium. The
Congratulations to Drs. Melanie Murray and Paul Yong, two of the twelve recipients of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Health Professional-Investigator Awards! The
WHRI member Dr. Tim Oberlander has been featured in the Vancouver Sun for research on the effects of pre-natal SSRI exposure in children. Preliminary results from the longitudenal study show that children whose mothers took SSRI antidepressants during pregnancy “scored higher on computerized tests to measure thinking and memory”, although the team is “very cautious about making any firm conclusions at this point”.
May 7 – May 13th 2018 marks the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA) Mental Health Week. In light of Mental Health Week, Dr. Joelle LeMoult
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.