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Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This month is dedicated to educating, informing, and raising awareness about mental health. In honour of Mental Health Awareness Month, we’ve curated a collection of mental health resources connected to women’s health care research. This month is an opportunity to shine light on […]
RAPID: Research Agenda for Perinatal Innovation & Digital health
About RAPID This project aims to bring together multiple partners including patients, researchers, government, and health care decision-makers to co-develop a research agenda for digital innovation in perinatal health. With funding from a Michael Smith Health Research BC convening and collaborating grant, we: (1) conducted a review of the literature to identify barriers and facilitators to […]
Register our “In the Heart of Innovation: Explore AI, Data Privacy & Policy in Healthcare” Seminar on May 16!
Are you interested in gaining insights into AI, Data Privacy and Policy in our healthcare system? Join us on Thursday, May 16th, 2024, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm for an illuminating rapid fire online discussion about – “In the Heart of Innovation: Exploring AI, Data Privacy and Policy in Healthcare.” Discover the latest in […]
Sabina’s Stats Corner: How to Create an Effective Survey
Special Notes: Listen to our L&L lectures online: WHRI Lunch & Learn Series – Women’s Health Research Institute Visit our Stats corner in the e-blast for previously published tips on data management and analysis: E-Blast Archive – Women’s Health Research Institute (whri.org) You don’t have to be an expert to create a survey, but by following a […]
WHRI Members Present at The House of Commons
In 2023 the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health initiated a specific study on Women’s Health. We are thrilled that several WHRI members have shared women’s health research findings, as part of this study. These presentations are true knowledge mobilization in action. The table below contains a list of the presentation records by WHRI […]
A Recap of the Ninth Annual WHRI Symposium
Celebrating the Evidence and Opportunities for Mid-Life and Menopause On Friday March 8th, 2024, International Women’s Day, the women’s health research community in BC came together for the Ninth Annual WHRI Symposium. With over 180 in person and 129 online, this marked one of the most well-attended symposia to date with 309 attendees. WHRI Executive […]
Sabina’s Stats Corner: Mastering the Normal Distribution and Central Limit Theorem
Special Notes: Listen to our L&L lectures online: WHRI Lunch & Learn Series – Women’s Health Research Institute Visit our Stats corner in the e-blast for previously published tips on data management and analysis: E-Blast Archive – Women’s Health Research Institute (whri.org) Normal Distribution Summary During our “Sabina’s Stats Series” lecture on September 28th, 2023, we discussed […]
Welcoming the New PRIME Centre Lead
A Welcome to Dr. Yasser Sabr and Gratitude to the Previous PRIME Leads Effective December 2023, Dr. Yasser Sabr has been welcomed as the new PRIME Lead. Dr. Sabr completed his Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) fellowship at BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre (BCWH) in 2012. He then returned to Saudi Arabia to build the […]
Sabina’s Stats Corner: Basic Tests for Comparison of Categorical Variables
Special Notes: Listen to our L&L lectures online: WHRI Lunch & Learn Series – Women’s Health Research Institute Visit our Stats corner in the e-blast for previously published tips on data management and analysis: E-Blast Archive – Women’s Health Research Institute (whri.org) Tip 1 Choose the test wisely, as different types of data and the number of […]