A key part of the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI)’s Strategic Plan 2019 – 2024 is our Strategic Framework for Trainees and Mentorship, which aims to expand capacity for women’s health research through initiatives that support the next generation of women’s health scholars. 

Thanks to an annual endowment by Dr. Monica K. Li and family to the BC Women’s Health Foundation, the WHRI has established the Dr. Monica K. Li and Family Undergraduate Medical Student Research Award in Women’s Health, a funding opportunity specific to our undergraduate medical student trainee community. This award is intended to provide support to WHRI-affiliated medical students who identify as a woman from racial/ethnic minority groups to pursue research in women’s and/or newborn health. This award could be used to support summer research placements, UBC FLEX research projects or other types of research activities.

We are grateful to the BC Women’s Health Foundation for establishing and supporting this new award!