In honour of Heart Month, we spoke to Dr. Tara Sedlak, one of Canada’s only women’s heart health cardiologists, about her research and what women should know about their heart health.
The 2020 WHRI Symposium is focusing on the exciting arena of digital health.
Join us on March 4th and discover how digital technologies and digitization of information are changing health care world-wide and enabling ground-breaking research.
The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) is now accepting submissions for the poster session that will take place at the 5th Annual WHRI Symposium on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre at UBC.
Project Grant recipients, who are members of the WHRI, included Drs. Gillian Hanley, Tim Oberlander, William Honer, Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Liisa Galea, Christopher Maxwell, Wendy Norman, Stuart Peacock, Wendy Robinson, Kate Shannon, Aline Talhouk, Jessica Mcalpine, Fuschia Howard, and Ruth Grunau, and Dr. Nichole Fairbrother was awarded a Bridge Grant.
HIV Made Me Fabulous: Film Screening DATE: Friday February 21, 2020 / 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM. Doors open at 7:45 AM. VENUE: BC Women’s
Every year in Canada, over 8,000 women are diagnosed with gynecological cancer – and about 40-50% of these cancers are considered rare and often life-threatening. Dr. Mark Carey, recipient of a 2019 Women’s Health Research Institute Catalyst Grant, is working to find better treatments for a rare type of ovarian cancer called low-grade serous carcinoma (LGSC).