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

Congratulations to the Fall 2025 Trainee Travel Grant Recipients

The WHRI congratulates the recipients of the Women’s Health Research Institute’s 2025 Fall Trainee Travel Grant competition. The WHRI’s Trainee Travel Grants support full-time research trainees for travel to national or international meetings. Ten grants valued at up to $1000 each are offered annually, with five grants available in May and five in November. Note that for the Fall 2025 cycle, six grants were awarded due to the availability of an unspent grant from the Spring 2025 competition.

Meet the Recipients:

Amané Halicki-Asakawa

Abstract Title

Impact of a mobile app-based waitlist intervention on readiness for eating disorder treatment: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Supervisor

Maya Libben

Bronte Johnson

Abstract Title

Uplifting youth: A scoping review on youth contraception barriers in high-income countries

Supervisor

Kimberlyn McGrail

Dollina Dodani

Abstract Title

Multicohort development and validation of a reproducible vaginal microbiome model for endometrial cancer detection

Supervisor

Aline Talhouk

Noah Stewart

Abstract Title

Implementation and efficacy of the STITCH surgical simulator and training curriculum on postpartum hemorrhage surgeries for rural Canadian providers

Supervisor

Esther Chin

Rozlyn Boutin

Abstract Title

Placenta-mediated disease among pregnancies with non-immune hydrops fetalis spectrum

Supervisor

Jessica Zambonin

Sing-Young Chen

Abstract Title

Influence of Biological Sex on Human Islet Characteristics in Type 2 Diabetes (T2D)

Supervisor

Elizabeth Rideout

Apply now for Spring 2026

The application deadline for the Spring 2026 WHRI Trainee Travel Grant is May 29, 2026. 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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