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Highlights from the 23rd STI & HIV World Congress
The WHRI’s Global Control of HPV Related Diseases Research Program made a significant mark at the 23rd STI & HIV 2019 World Congress held in Vancouver from July 14 – 17. The group led a well-attended pre-conference workshop and were selected for several oral and poster presentations throughout the conference.
Call For Proposals: Gynecologic Cancer Initiative-Clinical Trials Group (GCI-CTG)
As part of its commitment to enhancing clinical trials capacity, the GCI-CTG is pleased to launch a round of funding applications to support clinical research on gynecologic cancers.
Rosé with Researchers – A Recap
On Thursday July 25th the BC Women’s Health Foundation (BCWHF) hosted the inaugural “Rosé with Researchers” event. This unique event connected BCWHF community members with Women’s Health Researchers and Research Facilitators of the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI). BC Women’s Health Foundation recently expanded their mandate to improve healthcare, access and research for women’s health across BC.
Research Spotlight: Dr. Pascal Lavoie receives a CIHR 2019 Spring Project Grant
Why are some newborns more susceptible to infection? Dr. Pascal Lavoie and the team at his lab are working to find out in their latest project, “Metabolic regulation of immune defenses in newborns.”
Research Spotlight: Multi-drug resistant bugs and antibiotic use in infants in Canada
Dr. Joseph Ting, Staff Neonatologist at BC Women’s Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia, was recently awarded a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2019 Project Grant which will provide nearly half a million dollars in support over the next five years to research the starters of antibiotic resistance in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) throughout the country – beginning here, at BC Women’s Hospital.
Results of the MSFHR 2019 Scholar Competition
Congratulations to Drs. Sarah Munro, Aline Talhouk, Michael Anglesio, and Crystal Karakochuk, whose projects have been selected for funding by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MFHR) Scholar Program!
Spring 2019 CIHR Project Grant recipients announced
Congratulations to the recipients of the CIHR Spring 2019 Project Grants! This year nine WHRI members received a total of eleven awards, including two planning and dissemination grants and one priority announcement bridge grant.
Meet the summer students!
Meet some of the students working with Dr. Gina Ogilvie’s HPV programs this summer!
WHRI celebrates World Sexual Health Day
World Sexual Health Day is an awareness day managed by the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS), a global advocacy organization committed to promoting best practices in sexual health. It is celebrated annually on September 4th and attempts to break down social and cultural taboos associated with sexuality and to promote positive sexual health around […]