Dr. Saraswathi Vedam is in the news!
WHRI member Dr. Saraswathi Vedam has created two tools (the MADM (Mother’s Autonomy in Decision Making) Scale scale and the MORi (Mothers on Respect index) to ensure that women’s
WHRI member Dr. Saraswathi Vedam has created two tools (the MADM (Mother’s Autonomy in Decision Making) Scale scale and the MORi (Mothers on Respect index) to ensure that women’s
The Maternal Microbiome LEGACY Project led by Dr. Deborah Money is launching on March 5, 2018! Preliminary research shows a possible link between vaginal or
By: Nancy Lipsky Twenty-seventeen was an exciting and productive year for the “HPV in HIV Study”. The Long Term Follow-Up phase of this study extends
GenCOUNSEL is hiring a Project Manager! This position will be involved with the optimization of genetic counselling for clinical implementation of genome-wide sequencing, & is
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
By Carola Muñoz The Perinatal Research IMaging Evaluation (PRIME) Centre is a new ultrasound research facility located in Vancouver at the BC Women’s Hospital +
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.