Congratulations to Kate Wahl and Natasha Orr, recipients of the DA Boyes Memorial Research Award

About the project:

“Endometriosis affects 10% of women and is the presence of uterine tissue abnormally growing outside the uterus. Endometriosis can result in various types of pain including deep dyspareunia, pelvic pain with deep vaginal penetration that affects more than 50% of women with endometriosis. A recently developed buffer worn externally at the base of the penetrating partner may reduce sexual pain by allowing couples to incrementally limit the depth of penetration. This study will look at the acceptability and efficacy of the buffer among couples affected by endometriosis-associated sexual pain.”

Read the full announcement here.

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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