Dr. Gina Ogilvie Awarded Dr. Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research

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Congratulations to WHRI Associate Director Dr. Gina Ogilvie on her receipt of the 2026 Dr. Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research.

Dr. Ogilvie received this honour for her continuing work in the field of cervical cancer prevention. Outside of her work on the WHRI executive team, Dr. Ogilvie is a professor at the UBC School of Population and Public Health, a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Control of HPV-Related Disease and Cancer, and a senior public health scientist at the BC Centre for Disease Control. Her work with the Global Control of HPV-Related Disease and Cancer team has helped advance HPV vaccination and screening, for example through the launch of the Cervix Self-Screening program that has helped improve access to HPV screening, particularly for underserved communities.

The Dr. Chew Wei Memorial Prize was awarded as one of three Faculty of Medicine National Research Prizes, awarded to UBC researchers demonstrating excellence in discovery, leadership, mentorship, and the translation of research into meaningful benefits for people both in Canada and around the world.

Click here to read the UBC Faculty of Medicine press release.

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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