Congratulations to Clara Van Ommen, a summer student working with WHRI member Dr. Melanie Murray

Congratulations to Clara Van Ommen, a summer student working with WHRI member Dr. Melanie Murray, who received a 2016 HIVMA Medical Student Program Award for her work on a study of HIV and ovarian aging. Clara was the only Canadian student to win this award in 2016!

Here is more information about the award and this year’s recipients:http://www.hivma.org/Medical_Students/

The Women’s Health Research Institute would like to acknowledge that we are uninvited guests on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lo, and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-waututh) Nations.

As a provincial research institute committed to improving the health outcomes of women, including those across the 2SLGBTQIA+ spectrum, we recognize our responsibility in the collective effort towards establishing culturally safe health care systems and services that address health inequities among Indigenous peoples, especially Indigenous women, girls, and Two-spirit peoples.

We encourage all people involved in research to read both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action and the In Plain Sight Report, and reflect on ways we can incorporate the recommendations into our work. As we gather in spaces together, we encourage you to reflect on your positionality on these lands and your personal commitments to reconciliation.

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