Dr. Jerilynn Prior awarded the 2019 Aubrey J. Tingle Prize
Congratulations to Dr. Prior, who was recently named this year’s recipient of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Aubrey J. Tingle Prize!
Congratulations to Dr. Prior, who was recently named this year’s recipient of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Aubrey J. Tingle Prize!
In this article, Dr. Elwood discusses the potential risks of consuming the placenta after childbirth, a practice growing in popularity, despite a lack of evidence.
Read about the push to break the silence on painful periods in their article for Endometriosis Awareness Month.
They received the award for their project “The acceptability of a phallus length reducer, Ohnut, for deep dyspareunia: A pilot.”
As part of a joint initiative supported by the UBC Faculty of Medicine and BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR), the Clinical Research Development Laboratory (popularly known as the Answer Factory), has been established to foster the next generation of clinician-scientists and to support innovative patient-centered research.
Findings from the Changing Childbirth in British Columbia study have been published on the UBC Birthplace Lab website.
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.