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Women’s Health Research Symposium

On October 25 2017, the Women’s Health Research Institute, together with the Vice President Research Office at Simon Fraser University, hosted a half-day women’s health research symposium at the beautiful SFU Diamond Alumni Centre. The event was entitled, “Examining diversity across disciplines, decades, and distances”. Associate Professor in the SFU Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr. […]

Exciting Job Opportunity: Director of Surveillance at Perinatal Services BC

Perinatal Services BC (PSBC) is hiring! This is a very exciting opportunity to do surveillance and quality improvement work to improve maternal and newborn health. BC’s Perinatal Data Registry collects information across the continuum of care (antenatal, intrapartum, postpartum) on every mother-baby pair and captures all births that take place in BC. The role includes […]

WHRI’s 11th Anniversary Address

Happy 11th anniversary to the Women’s Health Research Institute! Having recently passed my first year mark as the institute’s Executive Director, it is an excellent opportunity to review our achievements over the past year. The Mission of the WHRI, “Creating new knowledge and evidence-based solutions that inform and transform the health and health care of […]

#SupportTheReport

Budget 2018 is just around the corner. Will there be any new money dedicated to fundamental research? Why and how you can make a difference? By Liisa Galea, WHRI Scientist The Canada Budget 2018 is just around the corner. Why should scientists and researchers care? Because the Fundamental Science Review commissioned by the Honourable Kristy […]

#CANADAvsHPV: HPV in HIV Study

This October 1st to 7th marked Canada’s first HPV Prevention Week, an initiative led by the Federation of Medical Women of Canada (FMW). The theme for this year was #CANADAvsHPV, with the intention for Canadian health officials and government to help prevent the spread of HPV through education. In honour of HPV Prevention Week, the Women’s Health […]

Metro Vancouver Study finds an association between South Asian Ethnicity and Risk of Vitamin B12 Deficiency during Pregnancy

Vitamin B12 (B12) sufficiency during pregnancy is essential for optimal maternal health and fetal and infant growth and development. Maternal B12 deficiency has been associated with poor pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth, low birth weight, intra-uterine growth restriction and neural tube defects, as well as poor cardiometabolic health and impaired cognitive development in the […]

2017 Women’s Health Research Institute Catalyst Grant Recipients

This year marks the inauguration of the Women’s Health Research Institute Catalyst Grants. The grant competition was open to pilot studies in Women’s Health, which aimed to generate preliminary data; test new approaches, methodologies or tools; bring new teams together; and/or support new research in women’s health from established researchers. A special thanks to the […]

Aging Well for Women

The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) held a public event on health throughout perimenopause and menopause on September 28th at the Italian Cultural Centre. The event, Aging Well for Women, was hosted by Shirley Weir (founder of MenopauseChicks.com), and welcomed a wonderful turnout of women eager to join the dialogue. The first speaker of the evening […]

How to Tackle Tweeting? Ask the Expert!

Communications Assistant, Rebecca Tingling, had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Dorothy Shaw, Vice President Medical Affairs at BC Women’s Hospital. Many of our WHRI Members have expressed interest in creating a Twitter account after reading our feature article on Twitter expert, Dr. Kendall Ho, but are hesitant given Twitter’s public nature and their professional affiliations. […]