Dr. Denise Pugash is the 2018 recipient of the Health Professional Investigator in Women’s Health Research Award

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Dr. Denise PugashThe Women’s Health Research Institute is delighted to announce that Dr. Denise Pugash has been named the 2018 recipient of the Health Professional Investigator in Women’s Health Research Award.  The award – which recognizes research excellence in a British Columbian health professional actively involved in patient care or public health practice – was presented by Dr. Lori Brotto at the Third Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium on May 9th, 2018.

Dr. Pugash is the Project lead for the PRIME (Perinatal Research IMaging Evaluation) centre, and a Diagnostic Radiologist with BC Womens Hospital + Health Centre’s Diagnostic Ambulatory program. She can also be found working at UBC, where she is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Radiology, and a Clinical Professor (Associate Member) in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology in the Division of Maternal-Fetal-Medicine).

Dr. Pugash has devoted her career to conducting ground-breaking research using real-time, high-resolution ultrasound and MRI to study fetal brain development. She is a world leader in using ultrasound to detect serious conditions affecting babies in-utero such as fetal infection and spina bifida.

Congratulations, Dr. Pugash!

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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