Preterm cord blood samples available for research
A partnership between BC Children’s Hospital BioBank (BCCH BioBank), BC Women’s Hospital leadership, and Dr. Pascal Lavoie of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has resulted
A partnership between BC Children’s Hospital BioBank (BCCH BioBank), BC Women’s Hospital leadership, and Dr. Pascal Lavoie of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has resulted
On June 7th Dr. Gina Ogilvie, Senior Advisor of Research at BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre and WHRI’s Assistant Director, was given the YWCA
Dr. Melanie Murray is one of this year’s MSFHR Health Professional-Investigator Award recipients. Her study, Individual disposition and mHealth: Personalized care to improve outcomes, is
Dr. Paul Yong received a MSFHR Health Professional-Investigator Award for his study, Sexual pain in endometriosis: Role of somatic mutations, which looks at the role of
Dr. Lori Brotto was featured on CTV’s Your Morning to talk about her book Better Sex Through Mindfulness. Check out the clip here.
The Women’s Health Research Institute held the Third Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium on May 9th, 2018 at the University of British Columbia’s Robert H.
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.