Announcing the CHIWOS Women Centred-HIV Care Toolkits

Around 14,500 women live with HIV in Canada, and delivering holistic integrated care that responds to their needs and priorities is essential.

Based on findings from CHIWOS and an extensive community-collaborative research program, two new toolkits were developed on Women-Centred HIV Care.

One toolkit was developed for women living with HIV as a self-management and health self-advocacy tool. The second toolkit is to support HIV clinicians and community-based organizations to deliver Women-Centred HIV Care. They are now available online!

Calling all physicians, specialists, allied health, clinical operations leads, and other clinicians!

Dr. Hilary Robertson (ME|FM Society of BC) and Dr. Luis Nacul (BC Women’s Hospital’s Complex Chronic Diseases Program) would like to invite you to complete a short 5 minute survey as part of a community engagement project funded by the Vancouver Foundation.

This project is about patient and clinical stakeholder experiences with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME; also called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) in BC. It is important to examine ME patient and health service needs within the provincial context to improve patient care and support, and to inform policy decision making in our province.

National Indigenous Peoples Day

Hadih!

National Indigenous Peoples Day is a time to celebrate Indigenous culture and unique heritage. It is a chance to share with pride what it means to be Indigenous.

Carrier Sekani Family Services asked our social media followers to share photos, videos, and comments with us on what National Indigenous Peoples Day meant to them. They responded with uplifting stories, photos of traditional activities, and personal experiences on what it means to be Indigenous.

For the staff at Carrier Sekani Family Services, it is also a day for us to reflect and appreciate the work we do for the Nations we serve. Many CSFS employees wrote personal letters to commemorate this day, to reflect on their work, and share some of our most cherished memories.

CSFS Staff would like to say Mussi cho, thank you, to eveyrone who allows us into your lives. We appreciate each and every one of you, and we are proud to serve you.

Read the letters here: https://www.csfs.org/

Watch the videos here:
        https://youtu.be/gzpyW_79TuM
        https://youtu.be/y6pTWmT2ZMo
        https://youtu.be/mURb4a74NMg
        https://youtu.be/71lLjQldJXA

Carrier Sekani Family Services provides health and wellness services based on Carrier values to 11 communities in northeastern interior BC on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Carrier and Sekani nations. The HPV self-collection North program, led by Dr. Gina Ogilvie, Dr. Sheona Mitchell-Foster and Dr. Travis Holyk works in equal partnership with CSFS.

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on trainees of the Women's Health Research Institute

We are excited to share some preliminary results from our trainee survey!

In total, 119 trainees completed a survey seeking to understand the direct and indirect impacts of COVID-19 on students and trainees engaged in women’s health research between May 6-June 30, 2020.   Trainees from across BC’s universities completed the survey and from across a range of training programs and fields of study.

Funding opportunity for Family Practice Residents and Family Practitioners

The Sue Harris Family Practice Research Grant supports research that contributes to women's (cis and trans included) health within the discipline of family practice. The funding supports new researchers (family practice residents and/or practitioners) to develop and carry out a pilot or simple research project. The application process is aligned with the resident scholarship project and mentorship is available. Grant amounts are $5,000 for family practitioners and $2,500 for FP residents. 

Deadline: August 26, 2020

Click here for eligibility and application details.

This month the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research announced the recipients of the COVID-19 Research Response Funding.

This fund was developed to support research intended to inform public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia. 

Four of the ten successful research teams were led by Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) or BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR)/WHRI joint-members.

The WHRI would like to extend a warm congratulations to Maggie Woo Kinshella, Nevena Rebic, Ellen Jopling, and Kate Wahl who recently received Vanier and Banting awards. 

Maggie Woo Kinshella, Ellen Jopling, and Kate Wahl are both recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship.

Nevena Rebic, who received the WHRI Digital Health Trainee Award at this year’s Women’s Health Research Symposium, received a Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.. 

Congratulations, everyone!

We would love to celebrate the achievements of all trainees within the WHRI community. If you know of a trainee whose accomplishments should be recognized, please contact us so that we can profile their success.

RTDO Holds Virtual Office Hours for Fall Grant Projects

Starting July 7, the RTDO will hold 2 sessions per week of 'virtual office hours' so that we can work with you to plan ahead for Fall 2020 grant competitions, especially CIHR Project Grants and NSERC Discovery Grants. 

Weekly Virtual Office Hours: 

These 2-hour periods on Tuesdays and Thursdays will be kept available to researchers to schedule time (30-40 min per meeting; by tele- or video-conference, as you prefer) with us. ​

If you'd like to schedule a time, please email Eric Lussier.  

(as always, if these days/times don't work for you, we are available to meet on other days; as well, if the virtual office hours become popular, we will try to make a calendar of some kind so you can see what is available ahead of time).

Episode 4: Virtual Leadership

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Check out the latest episode of our podcast, @WomensResearch! 

In this episode, Nicole Prestley interviews Dr. Lori Brotto, Dr. Gina Ogilvie, and Heather Corcoran about navigating the unfamiliar terrain of leading an institute virtually.