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International Women’s Day 2021

Dear WHRI community, I have been thinking a lot over the past year about our role as researchers in correcting misinformation, in particular in the women’s health space. In my own program of research, myths, stereotypes, and outright misinformation pervade media messages about sexual health, despite an abundance of research to the contrary. Our team […]

Sixth Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium Recap

On March 3rd, 2021, we hosted our Sixth Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium, virtually. We were thrilled to see over 260 people join us in this new ‘venue.’ Attendees represented researchers, students and trainees, healthcare stakeholders, industry partners, community members and patient partners. The day kicked off with a trainee workshop, led by Brittany Schichter, […]

MSFHR announces recipients of the Convening & Collaborating and Reach competitions

The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research has announced the results of its two knowledge translation competitions. We were excited to see a number of WHRI members among the recipients of both the Convening & Collaborating and Reach Awards: Convening & Collaborating Awards Dr. Kristin Campbell Building A Collaborative Research Agenda For Virtual Exercise And […]

WHRI Symposium: Call for posters

The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) is now accepting submissions for the poster session that will take place at the 6th Annual WHRI Symposium on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. We will be holding the symposium virtually this year via a Zoom conference platform. Posters must be focused on research related to women’s or newborn health. […]

Season 2 of @WomensResearch out now!

We’re back with another season of the @WomensResearch podcast! Episode one features Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi and Dr. Julia Smith, investigators on the Gender & COVID-19 project, alongside Maliha Saddiqi, a trainee who has supported their work. The team discusses their project which uses machine learning to analyze conversations about COVID-19 using millions – yes, millions! […]

COVID-19 RESPPONSE: Rapid Evidence Study of a Provincial Population Based Cohort for Gender and Sex

Written by: Alexandra Baaske COVID-19 RESPPONSE (Rapid Evidence Study of a Provincial Population Based Cohort for Gender and Sex) is a research study being led by Co-Principal Investigators, Dr. Lori Brotto,[1] Executive Director, Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) and Dr. Gina Ogilvie,[2] Associate Director, WHRI, in partnership with Dr. Manish Sadarangani at the Vaccine Evaluation […]

Updates from CANCOVID-Preg

In March of 2020, as international concern mounted over COVID-19, maternity care providers across Canada came together to address the care of pregnant women and their infants during the pandemic. Recognizing a significant knowledge gap, Dr. Deborah Money, a UBC Professor, Reproductive Infectious Diseases clinician scientist, and past-Executive Director of the Women’s Health Research Institute, […]

The SUPPORT Study: Supporting Parents with Mental Health Challenges

By Genevieve Breau Mental illness, including depression and anxiety, is a serious challenge for new parents, both in British Columbia and across Canada. According to Statistics Canada, in 2018-2019, approximately 23% of women who gave birth in the first six months of 2018 experienced postpartum depression or anxiety. While there are clinical supports available, many […]

Dr. Lori Brotto receives Innovation to Commercialization Award

Dr. Brotto’s project, eSense, is an online psychological intervention that aims to deliver treatment programs for women experiencing sexual dysfunction. With this award, the eSense team intends to compare the mindfulness versus cognitive behavioural therapy arms of eSense, to evaluate what works best for whom, and to explore scaling up to sexual health clinics in […]