Dr. Olivia Tseng is a practicing family doctor and a quantitative researcher proficient with administrative data analysis, systematic review and randomized controlled trials. Olivia is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the UBC Department of Family Practice, an associate research member of the Centre for Clinical Evaluation and Epidemiology(c2e2.ca), an affiliated research member of the Women […]
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BC Women’s Hospital selected as Canadian site of an American research trial
The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) is excited to announce that BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre (BCWH) has been selected as one of four Canadian sites to participate in a large-scale NIH-funded study entitled “Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Commonly Used Drugs in Lactating Women and Breastfed Infants”. The study is being conducted by the […]
Web-enabled intervention option for BC women with postpartum depression
Madison Lackie, a Masters student working with Dr Lori Brotto and the UBC Sexual Health Laboratory, is part of a team working on creating a treatment program for women with postpartum depression (PPD). Her work is part of a multiphase research project, involving the creation, feasibility testing, and eventual widespread implementation of a web-enabled intervention […]
Defining outcomes and opportunities for reproductive health and pregnancy among adolescents in post-conflict Northern Uganda
The current generation of adolescents 10-24 years old is the largest in human history. Adolescence is a crucial time in terms of health, education and skills which will determine social and economic development over the life course. While focused global action on maternal and child health based on the Millennium Development Goals has resulted […]
Beth Payne
Dr. Beth Payne is the Digital Health Research project manager at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and a Research Associate in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. Beth is an energetic and focused leader in the digital health research field and an advocate for the equitable use of […]
Dr. Jerilynn Prior – Recipient of the Knowledge Translation in Women’s Health Research Award
The Women’s Health Research Institute is very pleased to announce that Dr. Jerilynn Prior has been awarded our 2017 Knowledge Translation in Women’s Health Research Award. The award is an opportunity to recognize excellence in knowledge translation from a women’s or newborn health researcher in British Columbia. Given Dr. Prior’s research conducted at the Centre for Menstrual […]
HPV FOCAL Study
A clinical trial conducted within the BC Cervical Cancer Screening Program. HPV FOCAL evaluated the effectiveness and safety of HPV testing compared to the Pap test for cervical cancer prevention.
Principal Investigators: Dr. Gina Ogilvie, Dr. Andrew Coldman
Long Term Follow-up Study of CTN 236 – A Study of an HPV VLP Vaccine in a Cohort of HIV Positive Girls and Women
This study aims to better understand how the HPV vaccine works in HIV positive girls and women over the long term and to clarify how care can be provided to best protect this population from HPV infection and associated cervical cancer and genital warts.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Deborah Money
Geoffrey Cundiff
Dr. Geoffrey Cundiff is Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia. He has practiced in both the United States and Canada, but presently, has a clinical practice dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of pelvic floor disorders, based at the Centre for Pelvic Floor, in Vancouver British Columbia. […]