Congratulations to Dr. Denise Pugash for PRIME! – Women's Health Research Institute

Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) awards UBC $827,000 for research in maternal and infant health taking place at BC Women’s Hospital.

The funds were awarded to study recent advances in ultrasound technology through PRIME -Perinatal Research Imaging Evaluation which will be led by BC Women’s Radiologist, and UBC clinical professor, Dr. Denise Pugash.

The newly renovated PRIME Centre will be located in BC Women’s Hospital, adjacent to the clinical ultrasound department.

Each year, over 7,000 babies are delivered and 16,000 ultrasound exams are performed at BC Women’s. Half of these pregnancies are high-risk due to serious maternal conditions or fetal abnormalities.

For more information please follow the link below :
http://www.bcwomensfoundation.org/news/awards-and-accomplishments/articles/782.php

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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