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Metro Vancouver Study finds an association between South Asian Ethnicity and Risk of Vitamin B12 Deficiency during Pregnancy
Vitamin B12 (B12) sufficiency during pregnancy is essential for optimal maternal health and fetal and infant growth and development. Maternal B12 deficiency has been associated with poor pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth, low birth weight, intra-uterine growth restriction and neural tube defects, as well as poor cardiometabolic health and impaired cognitive development in the […]
2017 Women’s Health Research Institute Catalyst Grant Recipients
This year marks the inauguration of the Women’s Health Research Institute Catalyst Grants. The grant competition was open to pilot studies in Women’s Health, which aimed to generate preliminary data; test new approaches, methodologies or tools; bring new teams together; and/or support new research in women’s health from established researchers. A special thanks to the […]
Aging Well for Women
The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) held a public event on health throughout perimenopause and menopause on September 28th at the Italian Cultural Centre. The event, Aging Well for Women, was hosted by Shirley Weir (founder of MenopauseChicks.com), and welcomed a wonderful turnout of women eager to join the dialogue. The first speaker of the evening […]
How to Tackle Tweeting? Ask the Expert!
Communications Assistant, Rebecca Tingling, had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Dorothy Shaw, Vice President Medical Affairs at BC Women’s Hospital. Many of our WHRI Members have expressed interest in creating a Twitter account after reading our feature article on Twitter expert, Dr. Kendall Ho, but are hesitant given Twitter’s public nature and their professional affiliations. […]
New Funding Opportunity to Protect and Nurture Early Child Development!
Saving Brains has just announced a $250,000 funding opportunity that aims to address the risk factors children living in adversity face by providing innovative solutions to promote health and nutrition, and protect against maltreatment. This funding opportunity is open to applicants in low and middle income countries, as well as Canada, with the ultimate goal […]
Dr. Saraswathi Vedam Creates New Tool to Rate the Quality of Research in Place of Birth Outcomes!
Place of birth is known to affect health outcomes, specifically when comparing women who give birth at home with women who give birth in a hospital or centre. While there are many studies that examine this difference, different conclusions are often drawn regarding the safety of home, birth centre, or hospital. To address this inconsistency, […]
WHRI researcher, Dr. Wendy Norman, is featured in a CBC Health news story
WHRI researcher, Dr. Wendy Norman has been featured in CBC News discussing women’s rights in physician offices while ingesting mifepristone. Dr. Norman discusses a myth that exists which claims physicians are required to watch a patient ingest mifepristone — one of a two-drug combination packed together as Mifegymiso, for medical abortions. “The evidence is clear that having […]
WHRI Member, Dr. KS Joseph, Studies How Parenting Affects Younger Moms’ Mental Health vs. Older Moms’ Mental Health
WHRI Member, Dr. KS Joseph, and Giulia Muraca have recently conducted a study looking at how parenting affects younger mothers mental health compared to older mothers mental health. Data from women between the ages of 20-44 was used in this study, stratifying women according to whether they had a live birth within five years preceding each participants […]
BC SUPPORT Unit Calls for Abstracts!
Do you have any patient-oriented research project, completed in whole or in part? The BC Support Unit want to help you get your patient-oriented research project out to your colleagues! Send in any patient-oriented research to the BC SUPPORT Unit at info@bcsupportunit.ca for the chance to: Have your poster promoted on the BC SUPPORT Unit’s Posters […]