Dr. Crystal Karakochuk receives a CIHR Spring 2018 Project Grant

Dr. Crystal Karakochuk received a CIHR Spring 2018 Project Grant for her project, “Is iron supplementation harmful in populations where iron deficiency is not the cause of anemia? A 12 week randomized controlled supplementation trial in Cambodia”.

Dr. Karin Humphries receives a CIHR Spring 2018 Project Grant

While gender-based inequities affecting women’s heart health have been gaining attention (see the #TimeToSeeRed campaign from the Heart and Stroke Foundation) women may also face inequities based on their age. WHRI member Dr. Karin Humphries and her team have received a CIHR Spring 2018 Project Grant to address this healthcare gap with their project “hs cTn – Optimizing the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction/Injury in Women (CODE-MI)”.

Meet the students!

Meet Aya, Chadni, Nicole, and Ryan, four students working on WHRI-affiliated projects over the summer.

BC Perinatal Data Registry

The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) is pleased to announce the launch of a pilot project in partnership with Perinatal Services BC (PSBC), allowing WHRI members to access data from the BC Perinatal Data Registry (BCPDR) through a dedicated in-house Data Analyst at the WHRI. It is our intention that by providing direct access through the WHRI, the data request process will be more streamlined and efficient, thereby increasing the number of researchers who are able to gain access to BCPDR data.

MSFHR Reach Award recipients announced

Congratulations to WHRI members Drs. Angela Kaida, Lori Brotto, Allison Carter, Jessica McAlpine, Paul Yong, and Caroline Sanders and trainee Natasha Orr, whose projects have been selected for funding by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Reach Awards!

MSFHR 2018 Reach Award project: “Knowledge translation for a new understanding of sexual pain in endometriosis”

Congratulations to Dr. Paul Yong and Natasha Orr, recipients of a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) 2018 Reach Award! The Reach Award provides funding to support the dissemination and uptake of research evidence. Read our Q&A with Natasha below to find out more about their project!

MSFHR 2018 Research Trainee award recipients announced

The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) has announced the results of its 2018 Research Trainee competition, naming 33 post-doctoral fellows to be provided salary support through this award.

Biological and Behavioural Perspectives on Parental Health: Highlights from the Parental Brain Conference

by Liisa Galea, Ph.D.

On July 13-14th, 140 attendants from around the world gathered in Toronto to share their research and insights on the Parental Brain.

Dr. Wendy Norman receives a CIHR Spring 2018 Project Grant

Dr. Wendy Norman is a recipient of a 2018 CIHR Project Grant for The Canadian Nurse Practitioner medical abortion study! In 2017 Nurse Practitioners (NPs) became the first non-physicians permitted to perform abortion in Canada, although little is known about how to support them to provide medical abortions, or what barriers may exist for implementation of high quality care for this new service.