Dr. Prior was featured on the CBC Radio show “White Coat, Black Art” to discuss her recent publication about the link between combined hormonal contraception and loss of bone mineral density.
February 11th is International Day for Women and Girls in Science! In honour of this day we’re shining the spotlight on Paula Duarte-Guterman, Ph.D., a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health.
Congratulations to Dr. Melanie Murray and team who have been awarded a UBC Partnership Recognition Fund grant entitled “Research mentorship and training for Indigenous PLWH” in collaboration with the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)!
Congratulations to WHRI members Dr. Hélène Côté, Dr. Gillian Hanley, and Dr. Regina Renner, who have been awarded CIHR project grants.
Where can women turn when they’re experiencing postpartum depression (PPD)?
Madison Lackie, a Masters student working with Dr. Lori Brotto and the UBC Sexual Health Laboratory, is part of a team working on creating a web-enabled intervention option for PPD which would allow women to access evidence-based cognitive behavioural therapy from the comfort of their own home.
The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) is very pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2018 Women’s Health Research Institute Catalyst Grants. This competition was funded thanks to the dedicated support of the BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre Foundation.
This grant competition provides support for pilot studies in women’s and newborn’s health, which aim to generate preliminary data; test new approaches, methodologies or tools; bring new teams together; and/or support new research in women’s and newborn’s health from established researchers.