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Congratulations to the Spring 2021 CIHR Grant Recipients!
Congratulations to the WHRI members who led and co-led the successful Spring CIHR Project, Priority Announcement, and Operating grants. CIHR PROJECT GRANTS Indispensable Amino Acid Requirements in Pregnancy and Lactation Principal Investigator: Rajavel Elango* Amount: $726,750 (5 yrs) Making an impact on rural health: Scaling-out and evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of an evidence-based diabetes […]
Dr. Patricia Janssen named a Changemaker of Public Health
Congratulations to Dr. Patricia Janssen, who was named as one of 50 changemakers by UW School of Public Health! “These 50 Changemakers of Public Health are leaders, trailblazers, educators, innovators, influencers and health equity heroes … who are addressing some of the most pressing population health issues of our time,” the school says. Dr. Janssen, who […]
Indigenous Peoples Day
Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day! At the WHRI, we operate on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples – specifically, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Today and every day we are grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with, work alongside, and learn from the Indigenous communities […]
Announcing the launch of myPostCare
This week, myPostCare, a comprehensive web-based tool which provides support people after surgical abortion, is launching to the public. myPostCare was developed by researchers from Vitala Global with a user-centred approach, creating a tool where the voices of those who have experienced surgical abortions drove design. Today in Canada, more than 30% of women have […]
UBC launches a Youth and Family Research Advisory Board
Your grant applications and research ideas are needed! Are you searching for youth or families with lived experience to collaborate on your mental health research? We are excited to share information about the Strategic Mental Health Research Youth and Family Research Advisory Panel, a new UBC initiative, whose goals strongly align with our commitment to […]
Grant Development Support
What is the RTDO? The Research and Technology Development Office (RTDO) is here to support BC Children & Women’s Hospital Research Institutes affiliated researchers in getting your research, salary, and infrastructure award projects successfully funded. What Does the RTDO Do? RTDO facilitators work alongside research teams assist and advise investigators in the articulation of research ideas, development […]
Lockdown Limitations: Adapting Research Recruitment and Knowledge Translation to a Virtual World
By Frannie MacKenzie Over the past year, the landscape for research recruitment and communications has quickly evolved to meet the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the tools and messages once shared in person – like bulletin boards in clinics, or opportunities to engage directly with patients – have been re-imagined to fit within […]
UBC announces funding for Research Excellence Clusters in 2021/22
This week the University of British Columbia announced thirty-five Research Excellence Clusters funded for the 2021/22 academic year. The clusters “are inter-departmental networks of researchers at UBC who collectively represent leaders in a particular field of study.” WHRI members Dr. Patti Jansen, Dr. Liisa Galea, and Dr. Gavin Stuart are leads on three of the […]
CIHR Fall 2020 Project Grant Competition Results
Congratulations to the recipients of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research 2020 Fall Project Grant Competition! Several members of the WHRI were a part of successful teams: CIHR Project Grants Materials and Technologies for Highly Sensitive Biomarker Analysis of Extracellular Vesicles Toward Cancer Diagnostics PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Walter R Algar, Karla Williams* CO-INVESTIGATORS N/A AMOUNT $367,200 […]