We were thrilled to see a number of WHRI members and their trainees amongst the recipients of several of CIHR’s recent funding announcements.  Congratulations to members of the WHRI community who received CIHR Doctoral Research Funding Awards, Fellowship Grants, Training Grants and Operating Grants to Address the Wider Impacts of COVID-19 (see details below).

Do you have research findings that you would like to promote to our wider community? If so, we would love to feature them in an upcoming BC Women’s Research Rounds session. 

Kathryn Dewar, PhD

• Senior Research manager | Women's Health Research Institute

Present at BC Women's Hospital Research Rounds

We are looking for presenters for BC Women’s Research Rounds! If you are a researcher or trainee with findings relevant to women's or newborn health that are ready to be shared, then we would love to feature them in an upcoming rounds session.

Rounds take place the third Friday of the month from 8am-9am PST and are hosted virtually via Zoom. If you're interested in participating, reach out to Kathryn Dewar at kdewar@cw.bc.ca.

CST Cerner

Do you have questions about CST Cerner, PowerTrials, or PowerPlans? 

BC Children's Hospital Research Institute has created a Hub to house the latest guidance and resources about CST Cerner and Clinical Research Information! Please note that to access the Hub you will need to log into the BCCHR Intranet.

WHRI Research Services Office Hour

Tell us about your research!

Join us virtually through Zoom or in-person in the H214 meeting room at the Women's Health Research Institute offices at our monthly Research Services Office Hour. Connect with our Digital Health Manager, Research Development Facilitator, Knowledge Translation Manager, and Communications Coordinator to learn about our services and to get support for your projects.

This month our office hour be held Thursday, June 9th from 10am-11am PST - join us and share your projects!

Are you recruiting at BC Women's?

We're rolling out a series of changes to the BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre research pages to make it easier for prospective research participants to connect with active studies. 

If you are recruiting out of BC Women's and would like your study listed on the website, please reach out to whri.communications@cw.bc.ca for more information. 

@WomensResearch Podcast

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We're taking a brief hiatus from the podcast this month, which means it's the perfect time to revisit some of our past episodes!

Learn about the SOAR Project just in time for Brain Injury Awareness Month; listen to a conversation on genomic epidemiology with leader in the field, Dr. Jennifer Gardy; check out our collaboration with the GOSH podcast; or hear from myth-buster extraordinaire, Dr. Timothy Caulfield, in these episodes from the past year.

PS - stay tuned for next month's episode on equity in digital health!

CIHR Funding Announcements

We would like to extend a warm congratulations to all of the WHRI members, their trainees, and their teams who received funding through funding competitions hosted by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 

Read the announcements:

• Team featuring two WHRI members awarded CIHR Training Grant
• CIHR announces results of Doctoral Research funding competition
• CIHR announces new Fellowships
• Congratulations to the recipients of CIHR Operating Grants

Team featuring WHRI members awarded Data Champions Pilot Project Grant

A collaboration between the Sepsis CoLap, the Centre for International Child Health at BC Children's Hospital, and the University of British Columbia has been awarded a Data Champions Pilot Project grant from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.

The team includes WHRI members Dr. Gina Ogilvie and Maggie Woo Kinshella alongside Dr Mark Ansermino, Dr Niranjan Kissoon, Dr Matthew Wiens, Dr Srinivas Murthy, Gurm Dhugga, and Jessica Trawin. This work "aims to improve maternal, newborn and child health outcomes through capacity building and optimizing the re-use of clinical data."

Congratulations, everyone!

Methods and Approaches to Improving Health Equity through Digital Innovation:
New Virtual Seminar

Join the WHRI and BCCHR on Wednesday, June 8 at 12:00pm as we explore practical tips and methods of conducting digital health research in a way that intentionally considers the accessibility and availability of innovation.

Register now and join our discussion live!