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Announcing the 2023 Graduate and Fellowship Research Award in Women’s Health recipients
The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) is very pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2023 Graduate and Fellowship Research Award in Women’s Health. This competition was supported thanks to the dedicated funding provided by the BC Ministry of Health in partnership with the BC Women’s Health Foundation. The WHRI launched this award in 2020 […]
Dr. Giulia Muraca featured on CBC News
Severe childbirth injuries from forceps, vacuum ‘unacceptably high’ in Canada, research shows by CBC News
World Sexual Health Day 2023: Celebrating Consent and Research in Sexual Wellbeing
VANCOUVER, Canada — On September 6th, the WHRI, in partnership with Options for Sexual Health, celebrated World Sexual Health Day (WSHD) by showcasing trainees’ sexual health-themes research at any stage. WSHD is an annual event that’s recognized by the World Health Organization. The theme for WSHD this year was “Consent”. 0:05 — Dr. Lori Brotto, […]
Congratulations to WHRI-funded Summer 2023 Student Research Projects (SSRP)
What is the Summer Student Research Program? The Faculty of Medicine Summer Student Research Program (FoM SSRP) provides medical and non-medical undergraduate students registered at UBC with an opportunity to explore their interest in health research by undertaking an 8 week long summer project supervised by a Faculty of Medicine researcher. The Women’s Health Research […]
Summer CIHR Success
Congratulations to all WHRI Members and their teams in their successful Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grants this summer. WHRI Member is bolded CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grants World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics Austin, Jehannine C. Amount: $10,000 Pathing the way for responsive pressure injury prevention and management for persons living with spinal cord […]
CIHR Trainee Salary Awards – Summer 2023
Announcement: Trainee Salary Success with CIHR We are delighted to congratulate the WHRI Trainee Members who have received the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Trainee Salary Awards for the Summer 2023 competition. Master’s Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships Primary Maternity Care Providers’ Knowledge and Management Strategies of Postpartum Thoughts of Infant-Related Harm RECIPIENT: Cargnelli, Claudia G. […]
Dr. Jerilynn C. Prior honoured for transformative contributions to women’s health research
VANCOUVER, Canada — Dr. Jerilynn C. Prior, Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, has been recognized with a prestigious induction into the Vancouver Medical Staff Hall of Honour on June 26, 2023. Meet Dr. Jerilynn C. Prior Born in Mt. Vernon, Washington, and raised in Alaska, […]
CIHR Project Grants 2023 Results
Announcing the Recipients of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grants We are delighted to congratulate the awardees of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grants the 2023 competition. These exceptional researchers and their outstanding projects have earned recognition and support to advance critical studies in the field of health research. Heartfelt […]
Empowering the Next Generation: An Interview with Kyle Amaral, 2022 Graduate and Fellowship Research Award Recipient
The WHRI’s Strategic Plan 2019-2024 includes the Strategic Framework for Trainees and Mentorship, which aims to boost women’s health research capacity by supporting the next generation of scholars. In 2020, the WHRI introduced the Graduate and Fellowship Research Award in Women’s Health, providing salary support to trainees conducting research in women’s and newborn health without […]