Dr. Gillian Hanley and Dr. Aline Talhouk named as recipients of September 2021 Action Grants

The Canadian Cancer Society/Canadian Institutes of Health Research 2021 Action Grants Competition was held with the intention “to motivate Canadians to take ‘action’ to avoid known modifiable risk factors for cancer and to encourage the research and end-user communities to take ‘action’ towards harnessing new ideas, platforms and technologies from within and outside the cancer field to test out bold, novel interventions with the potential to prevent cancer.”

Dr. Gillian Hanley*

Preventing ovarian cancer through the expansion of opportunistic salpingectomy: Uptake, safety and cost-effectiveness at the time of colorectal surgery

Dr. Aline Talhouk

RESToRE – Risk Evaluation and Screening to Tailor prevention and Reduce the incidence of Endometrial cancer

Read the full announcement.

*BCCHR/WHRI member

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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