BC Women’s Hospital Research Rounds

Talk title: Cabergoline is a Novel Strategy for Prevention of Postpartum Breast Cancer in BRCA1 Mutant Mice and Younger Women

Presenters: Dr. Christopher Maxwell 

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the molecular biology that controls the cell division process needed to create milk-producing binucleate cells in the pregnant and lactating breast.
2. Understand how the presence of a BRCA1 mutation alters these processes and the related changes to the immune environment that may seed breast cancer development.
3. Understand how the induction of involution may remove abnormal cells in the BRCA1 mutant gland and prevent a subsequent breast cancer.

Talk title: Menstrual Health – A Life Course Perspective

Presenters: Dr. Marie Klingberg-Allvin

Learning Objectives:

1. Define menstrual health and its key dimensions
2. Present global research trends and challenges
3. Highlight on-going research Swedish context
4. Discuss implications for equity, care, and policy
5. Outline future directions for research and practice

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Talk title: Visualizing survivorship care and digital innovations in rural communities in British Columbia

Visualizing survivorship care and digital innovations in rural communities in British Columbia

Presenters: Dr. Melba D’Souza and Arati Swaminadhan

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Talk title: Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) Research on FIR (Families in Recovery) and Impact on clinical models

Presenters: Dr. Charissa Patricelli and Taylor Ricci

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will gain an understanding of NOWS (Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal) clinical approach at BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre.
2. Participants will understand some unique challenges in research with multiple stakeholders.
3. Participants will be inspired to see front line clinical research and international impact from BCWH/BCCH in the treatment of substance impacted infants.

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Talk title: Amplify: Creating Safe Healthcare Spaces for Indigenous Peoples

Presenters: Dr. Brittany Bingham and Chelsey Perry

Learning Objectives:

1. When Indigenous voices are amplified, our ancestral knowledge become the medicine that we need to see in our healthcare systems.
2. Safety starts with us: the safety we offer in health spaces begins with how we show up in our own team.
3. Safe healthcare spaces are relational: healthcare settings must foster community and relationality where Indigenous bodies and health are treated as sacred.

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Talk title: Bridging Language and Health: Creating Culturally Competent, Gender-Sensitive Health Education for Punjabi Women

Presenters: Reetinder Kaur, Jessie Kaur Lehail, and Dr. Lesa Dawson

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the specific linguistic and cultural challenges involved in translating women’s health education materials into Punjabi, including issues of gendered language, script variations, and cultural sensitivities.
2. Describe the development and application of a gender-sensitive translation framework and the Translator’s Reflection Guide for improving Punjabi women’s health literacy.
3. Discuss the process and importance of community engagement, including anatomy comprehension exercises and feedback sessions, in creating accurate and culturally appropriate health education resources for Punjabi-speaking women.

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Talk title: Mobilizing research evidence on exercise for people living with bone metastases: Co-creation of a suite of knowledge mobilization tools

Presenters: Dr. Sarah Neil-Sztramko and Dr. Kelcey Bland

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the challenges in translating exercise recommendations for peope living with bone metastases into clinical practice
2. Explain the co-design approach used to develop knowledge products and how this approach could be adapted in other areas

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Talk title: The Research Agenda for Perinatal Innovation and Digital Health Project: Human-Centered Approach to Multi-partner Research Agenda Co-development

Presenter: Dr. Beth Payne, Sally Chen and Haneen Amhaz

Learning Objectives:

1. Present the findings from the RAPID project
2. Provide an example of applying a human-centered design approach to digital health research
3. Mobilize the research community to take up research in identified priority areas
4. Stimulate partnerships and digital health research ideas

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Talk title: Exploring Second and Third Trimester Termination of Pregnancy for Medical Reasons in Canada

Presenter: Dr. Jessica Liauw and Dr. Madeleine Ennis.

Learning Objectives:

1. To describe the 2^nd and 3^rd trimester termination of pregnancy for health reasons landscape in Canada and British Columbia
2. To discuss new research regarding how this care is currently delivered in Canada, and explore factors that influence care
3. To explore ways to improve access to and quality of this care in Canada

Talk title: Outcomes from the First Comprehensive Study of Midlife Women in BC: the Health and Economics Research on Midlife Women in British Columbia (HER-BC)

Presenter: Dr. Lori Brotto, Dr. Marina Adshade, Dr. Kerstin Gustafson

Learning Objectives:

1.To learn about the range and intensity of perimenopausal symptoms experienced by a sample of midlife women in BC.

2. To understand the relationship between symptoms and mental health, health seeking, and job performance.

3. To consider how we might implement the five recommendations that emerged from the findings.

Read the HER-BC Report. 

Watch Dr. Lori Brotto, Dr. Kerstin Gustafson, and Dr. Marina Adshade session.