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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 […]
Study spotlight: Maternal Microbiome LEGACY Project
In celebration of World Microbiome Day, The Maternal Microbiome LEGACY Project team is excited to share some study updates!
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Congratulations to the recipients of the Women’s Global Health Research Trainee Awards!
The awards were presented to Kalysha Closson, PhD candidate, School of Population & Public Health, UBC, and Amanda Rowlands, Master’s of Science candidate, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU.
What would it take for the province of British Columbia to Eliminate Cervical Cancer?
There were an estimated 1550 cases of cervical cancer diagnosed in Canada in 2017, with approximately 400 women dying from this preventable disease. Cervical cancer remains a public health threat to women at the prime of their lives. With access to highly effective HPV vaccines and screening technologies, we have reached a time when elimination of cervical cancer in Canada is entirely possible and within our reach.
Vancouver welcomes Women Deliver 2019 conference
Over 8,000 people from 160+ countries congregated in the Vancouver Convention Centre on June 3-6, 2019 for Women Deliver. The environment was electrifying.