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Dr. Gillian Hanley and Dr. Aline Talhouk named as recipients of September 2021 Action Grants
The Canadian Cancer Society/Canadian Institutes of Health Research 2021 Action Grants Competition was held with the intention “to motivate Canadians to take ‘action’ to avoid known modifiable risk factors for cancer and to encourage the research and end-user communities to take ‘action’ towards harnessing new ideas, platforms and technologies from within and outside the cancer […]
Call for posters: Women’s Health Research Symposium
The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) is now accepting submissions for the poster session that will take place at the Eighth Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre at UBC. Posters will be presented in-person at the event venue and poster topics must focus on […]
CIHR announces results of 2021 Fall Project Grant competition
Congratulations to the recipients of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research 2021 Fall Project Grant Competition! We were thrilled to see 19 WHRI and BCCHR-WHRI joint members were represented across 6 Project Grants and 3 Priority Announcement Project Grants. CIHR PROJECT GRANTS Placental sex as a biological determinant in trophoblast function and trophoblast-directed immune activity […]
Applying equitable development and service delivery of digital health technology among underserved and ethnic groups: Principles and learnings
Written by Candice Taguibao, WHRI’s Digital Health Research Manager Our health system is continuing full steam ahead toward digital transformation, but who is being left behind? As researchers and care-providers develop and implement digital solutions to address the health needs of women and other marginalized genders, two recent viewpoint pieces published in the Journal of […]
Announcing the 2021 Women’s Health Research Institute Catalyst Grant Recipients
The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) is very pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2021 Women’s Health Research Institute Catalyst Grants. This competition was funded thanks to the dedicated support of the BC Women’s Health Foundation. One of seven awards for this year’s competition was funded by CIHR’s Sex and Gender Chair Program to support […]
Michael Smith Health Research BC announces the 2021 Health Professional-Investigator award recipients
Michael Smith Health Research BC announced the results of the the Health Professional-Investigator awards, which are “dedicated to support health professionals who are actively involved in patient care to conduct and apply research relevant to health and/or the health system to ultimately improve health outcomes in BC and beyond.” We are thrilled to congratulate WHRI member Dr. Nichole […]
2021 Digital Health Week Poster Competition Winner
This year the Women’s Health Research Institute and the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute partnered to host a series of events celebrating digital health innovation in BC aiming to improve the health and well-being of children and families around the world. The theme of this year’s event was “How Can Digital Health Work for You?” […]
World AIDS Day 2021
By Neora Pick, MD, Medical Lead, Oak Tree Clinic, BCWH,Clinical Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, UBC Today, December 1st, is World AIDS Day: the start of the fifth decade of HIV, and the third year into COVID-19. Forty years into the HIV epidemic, the world still feels its effects: Globally, 37.7 million […]
HIV Made Me Fabulous film premiere
Please join us November 26, 2021 for the premiere of HIV Made Me Fabulous, a World AIDS Day event in collaboration with CATIE and GNP+, to raise awareness and show support for women living with HIV. Start time: 10am Vancouver | 1pm Toronto | 6pm London | 7pm Madrid | 7pm Paris | 8pm Johannesburg | 9pm Nairobi […]