Research & Innovation in Women's Health

The WHRI is a real and virtual organization dedicated to facilitating and building a community for women’s health research.

Join the WHRI Community

At WHRI, we support individuals involved in women’s health research by setting them up for success.

We aim to strengthen and expand the current network of women’s health researchers, both locally and internationally, by promoting and facilitating meaningful collaborations.

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

Research Support Infrastructure
Research Services
Networking and Mentorship Opportunities
Knowledge Translation Support
Education and Training
Funding

Find a Researcher

The WHRI supports a community of over 500 investigators.

Search through our database to learn more about our members and their research. Connect with women’s health researchers at home and abroad.

Services for Researchers

We offer quality support across the spectrum of the research process, including access to laboratory facilities, database building, and assistance with protocol development.

Find out more about the services we offer our members.

WHRI News & Events

In the Media: Expanded access to abortion services through mifepristone availability

WHRI member Dr. Ruth Elwood Martin’s career as a family physician in Vancouver took a transformative path when a part-time role in prison medicine changed her life. Her innovative participatory research has greatly improved the well-being of incarcerated women and their infants.

A Decade of Excellence: Highlights from the 10th Annual WHRI Symposium

Celebrating Driving Equity Through Health Innovation On Friday, March 7th, 2025, the women’s health research

Women’s Health Research Month: Celebrating Research into Action

WHRI member Dr. Ruth Elwood Martin’s career as a family physician in Vancouver took a transformative path when a part-time role in prison medicine changed her life. Her innovative participatory research has greatly improved the well-being of incarcerated women and their infants.

Clarifying requirements for research documentation in CST-Cerner

WHRI member Dr. Ruth Elwood Martin’s career as a family physician in Vancouver took a transformative path when a part-time role in prison medicine changed her life. Her innovative participatory research has greatly improved the well-being of incarcerated women and their infants.

BC PDR Data Linkage

The BC Perinatal Data Registry Updates – Data Linkages Available

We previously communicated about the launch of the pilot project on partnership with Perinatal Services

Advancing Women’s Health at WHRI Skidmore Goodman Research Wet Laboratory with Steve Chand

Please meet Laboratory Technician, Steve Chand! Behind all research are dedicated, talented, and passionate individuals and teams

Our partners

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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