Congratulations to WHRI member Dr. Nichole Fairbrother, who was recently honoured with the 2025 Mid-Career Excellence in Women’s Health Research Award from the Partnership for Women’s Health Research (PWHR).
Dr Wendy Norman and the UBC CART-GRAC team were awarded funding through the Government of Canada Sexual and Reproductive Health Fund at the end of September 2025.
Shirley Weir, founder of Menopause Chicks and collaborator on the HER-BC and Mapping Menopause research projects, recently spoke with both Global News and CTV.
Dr. Allison Ezzat, a researcher with the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit and associate member of WHRI, co-authored a research paper on women’s perspectives on running shoes.
WHRI member Dr. Jessica McAlpine was featured on CityNews, offering an expert perspective on how stigma and shame can cause people to delay medical attention for gynecologic cancers
October 1 to 6 is HPV Prevention Week! We spoke with Laurie Smith and Amy Booth of the Global HPV Control team to learn more about why prevention is so important, and how HPV screening and vaccination can reduce cancer risk.