Congratulations to Drs. Melanie Murray and Paul Yong, two of the twelve recipients of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Health Professional-Investigator Awards! The
WHRI member Dr. Tim Oberlander has been featured in the Vancouver Sun for research on the effects of pre-natal SSRI exposure in children. Preliminary results from the longitudenal study show that children whose mothers took SSRI antidepressants during pregnancy “scored higher on computerized tests to measure thinking and memory”, although the team is “very cautious about making any firm conclusions at this point”.
May 7 – May 13th 2018 marks the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA) Mental Health Week. In light of Mental Health Week, Dr. Joelle LeMoult
WHRI member Dr. Caroline Cameron was featured in the CBC for her work on developing a syphilis vaccine! Read the story here.
Researchers at UBC and BC Women’s Hospital are studying healthy pregnant women to develop a guide to help health care providers interpret lab test results in pregnancy.
Co-Principal Investigators: Dr. Vilte Barakauskas and Dr. Benjamin Jung
A huge congratulations to Janet Austin, who is BC’s newest Lieutenant Governor! Janet Austin was on the inaugural Board of Directors for WHRI, and has