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Welcome Angeli Rawat
We are excited to welcome Angeli as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with WHRI. For almost 15 years, Angeli has been working to strengthen health systems in low and middle income countries. She has worked in the areas of cancer care and control, HIV and maternal and child health from Sub-Saharan Africa, South and South East […]
Women’s Health Research Institute celebrates 10 years!
Last Thursday, We had a special gathering in the SHY auditorium to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of WHRI. The institute has come a long way, and as part of the celebration we learned about all the amazing work in women’s health research. WHRI is one of only two research entities in Canada that focus solely […]
Welcome Aman Kahlon! Our New WHRI Executive Assistant
It with great pleasure, I would like to let you all know that Aman Kahlon is the new Executive Assistant for the WHRI! Aman is well known to all of you as she was previously the Administrative Assistant with WHRI for the past 2 years. I have been extremely impressed by Aman’s efficiency, her skills […]
WHRI Executive Director, Dr. Lori Brotto, is featured in a news article about age-related vaginal atrophy
Follow the link to the full article: http://vancouversun.com/health/sexual-health/vaginal-rejuvenation-a-reality-check-on-the-latest-baby-boomer-health-trend
Letter from Prime Minister Trudeau
Today we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Women’s Health Research Institute. We received a letter of congratulations from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to mark the occasion.
WHRI member, Dr. Wendy Norman, advocates for Health Canada to lift heavy regulations placed on a new abortion pill that will soon be available to Canadian women.
Read more in the full article appearing in today’s Vancouver Sun: http://vancouversun.com/health/family-child/sexual-health-advocates-battle-to-ease-abortion-pill-hurdles-before-canadian-debut
Congratulations to WHRI staff member, Evelyn Maan on being awarded the 2016 UBC President’s Service Award for Excellence
We are very proud to announce that Evelyn Maan, WHRI Staff Member has been awarded the 2016 UBC President’s Service Award for Excellence. Evelyn is one of only five recipients of the 2016 award, the top award presented to UBC staff in recognition of excellence in personal achievements and contributions to UBC. Evelyn has been […]
WHRI member, Dr. Valorie Crooks challenges the results of a Fraser Institute study on the number of Canadians seeking health care services abroad
Read more in the full article appearing in the Vancouver Sun: http://vancouversun.com/health/local-health/about-45000-canadians-treated-abroad-in-2015-but-experts-question-study
We are very excited to announce that WHRI investigator, Dr. Dorothy Shaw, has published an article in the Lancet regarding drivers of maternity care in high-income countries.
In the paper, Dr. Shaw and her colleagues present the main care delivery models in high-income countries, with case studies from the USA and Sweden, and examine the main driver of these models. Follow the link to access the abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)31527-6/abstract http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/the-lancet-maternal-health-series-launches-in-ottawa