Announcing the Women’s Health Research Institute Spring 2025 Trainee Travel Grant Recipients – Women's Health Research Institute

Congratulations to the 2025 Spring Trainee Travel Grant Recipients

The WHRI congratulates the recipients of the Women’s Health Research Institute’s 2025 Spring Trainee Travel Grant competition. As part of the WHRI’s Strategic Plan 2019–2024, the Trainee Travel Grant supports full-time research trainees for travel to national or international meetings. Ten grants valued at up to $1000 each are offered annually, with 5 grants available in May and 5 in November.

Meet the Recipients:

Jalisa Karim

Abstract Title

A qualitative investigation of treatment decision-making for endometriosis in the context of pregnancy planning

Supervisor

Gillian Hanley

Nadia Mithani

Abstract Title

Implementation of an Integrated Cervical Self-Screening Program in Rural Uganda

Supervisor

Gina Ogilvie

Arati Swaminadhan

Abstract Title

Leucine requirements in females are higher than males and vary across the menstrual cycle

Supervisor

Rajavel Elango

Catalina Ionescu

Abstract Title

Recurrence Risk for Spontaneous Preterm Birth: A Population-Based Cohort Study Examining Variation by Spontaneous Preterm Birth Cause

Supervisor

Laura Schummers

Kate Hunker

Abstract Title

Associations between sexual script flexibility and sexual wellbeing outcomes among individuals with vulvar lichen sclerosus and their partners

Supervisor

Katrina Bouchard

Apply now for Fall 2025

The application deadline for the Fall 2025 WHRI Trainee Travel Grant is November 28, 2025. Learn more and how to apply.

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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