Congratulations to the WHRI Spring 2026 Trainee Travel Grant Recipients – Women's Health Research Institute

Announcing the Women's Health Research Institute Spring 2026 Trainee Travel Grant Recipients

The WHRI congratulates the recipients of the Women’s Health Research Institute’s 2026 Spring Trainee Travel Grant competition. The WHRI’s Trainee Travel Grants support full-time research trainees for travel to national or international meetings. Ten grants valued at up to $1000 each are offered annually, with five grants available in May and five in November.

Meet the Recipients:

Alice Murage

Abstract Title

A case for a mutual exchange: The Canadian healthcare workforce crisis in the context of global workforce migration

Supervisor
Julia Smith

Kia Anarna

Abstract Title

Associations of punctate white matter injury with clinical risk factors and neurologic outcomes in term neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Supervisor

Thiviya Selvanathan

Le Tam Nhan Nguyen

Abstract Title

Oriented Cell Division and Binucleation in Lactogenic Mammary Organoids requires BRCA1

Supervisor

Christopher Maxwell

Lulu Pei

Abstract Title

A high prevalence of iron deficiency in pregnant individuals in Vancouver, Canada: Inadequate iron intakes or diagnostic inaccuracy of ferritin thresholds to define iron status?

Supervisor

Crystal Karakochuk

Rebecca Ho

Abstract Title

Targeting therapeutic vulnerabilities mediated by epigenetic reprogramming in ARID1A and ARID1B dual-deficient cancer

Supervisor

Yemin Wang

Apply now for Fall 2026

The application deadline for the Fall 2026 WHRI Trainee Travel Grant is November 27, 2026. Learn more and how to apply.

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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