We would like to invite you to the upcoming Sixth Annual Women's Health Research Symposium to be held virtually on Wednesday, March 3, 2021.

This event is being hosted by the Women’s Health Research Institute and is our flagship event of the year to showcase wonderful women’s health research taking place across BC. Because this year’s event will be virtual, we have built in key networking opportunities for all attendees. As usual, we will have a practical, hands-on trainee-focused presentation to start the day.

Click here for more information on the program and speakers

Click here to register for the symposium     

We very much look forward to seeing you at the Symposium!

COVID-19 RESPPONSE

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Check out this feature on the COVID-19 RESPPONSE study, written by Alexandra Baaske, WHRI research assistant!

This study is uniquely positioned to provide real-time, comprehensive, population-level data on COVID-19. It will also generate one of the first Canadian estimates of COVID-19 infection for general and priority populations, which will guide strategies to control the pandemic and prevent high burdens of illness among vulnerable groups.

Dr. Lori Brotto receives Innovation to Commercialization Award

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Dr. Brotto’s project, eSense, is an online psychological intervention that aims to deliver treatment programs for women experiencing sexual dysfunction. With this award, the eSense team intends to compare the mindfulness versus cognitive behavioural therapy arms of eSense, to evaluate what works best for whom, and to explore scaling up to sexual health clinics in BC.

We are very excited to announce the second season of the @WomensResearch podcast!

Episode one features Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi and Dr. Julia Smith, investigators on the Gender & COVID-19 project, alongside  Maliha Saddiqi, a trainee who has supported their work. The team discusses their project which uses machine learning to analyze conversations about COVID-19 using millions - yes, millions! - of tweets.

Interested in discussing your work on the podcast? Send us an email with your idea!

CANCOVID-Preg: Report #2

CANCOVID-Preg is a national Canadian surveillance program of COVID-19 in pregnancy.‎

They have now released their second report which continues to add to the growing body of evidence that suggests pregnant women are at increased risk of severe illness related to COVID-19. 

The SUPPORT Study: Supporting Parents with Mental Health Challenges

This year for Bell Let's Talk Day we revisited the SUPPORT Study, which aims to develop a web-enabled intervention for postpartum mental health.

Check out this piece written by SUPPORT research coordinator, Genevieve Breau, to learn more about the study.

Join us February 19th for BC Women's Hospital Research Rounds! 

COVID-19 and Women’s Health: Developing Policies to Catalyze Well-being

Researchers at UBC are carrying out a study aiming to generate policy recommendations to improve women's health around the world. Recognizing that the current pandemic has posed many challenges to women's health, they are trying to shed a light through these difficult times to a more equitable health future post-COVID-19. Your ideas in this regard will help to formulate a path forward. 

The survey will take 15-20 minutes: COVID-19 & Women's Health Survey - Developing Policies to Catalyze Well-Being

The team will also be hosting a focus group on Tuesday March 9th at 5pm. If you are interested in participating, please contact Christa Sibbett at christasibbett@yahoo.com. 

Save the date!

Join us March 4th for our next public event! Registration will open soon, so make sure you follow us on Instagram for updates!