
WHRI Trainees Awarded ImpactBC Scholarships in Health Care R&D
Congratulations to Jenine Hira and Zeba Khan who were both awarded ImpactBC Scholarships in Health Care Research and Development from UBC.

Congratulations to Jenine Hira and Zeba Khan who were both awarded ImpactBC Scholarships in Health Care Research and Development from UBC.

Learn the key takeaways from Digital Health Research Manager, Haley Foladare March C&W Research Lunch & Learn session on “Using AI at C&W: Guidance for Ethical and Value‑Aligned Practice”

A team of UBC researchers, led by Dr. Devon Grayson and Dr. A.J. Lowik, is setting the research agenda to enable healthy aging for trans and gender-diverse people using Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy.

Congratulations to Dr. Paul Yong and co-PI Dr. David Huntsman, whose project, Identification and Validation of Antibody Therapeutic Targets for Development in Endometriosis, received funding through Genome Canada.

Dr. Souvik Mitra and the Better Outcomes for the Sickest and Tiniest (BOOST) study team are launching a new clinical trial in the BC Women’s Hospital NICU.

The 11th annual Women’s Health Research Symposium highlighted two decades of progress in women’s health research and served as an excellent kickoff to Women’s Health Research Month.
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.