UBC announces 2022/23 Research Excellence Clusters – Women's Health Research Institute

The University of British Columbia has announced forty research excellence clusters funded in 2022/23 through their Research Excellence Clusters initiative.

Among the recipients of this year’s funding were four clusters led by WHRI members:

Established Clusters

Transformative Health and Justice

Dr. Helen Brown

Women’s Health Research Cluster

Dr. Liisa Galea

Emerging Clusters

Advancing the Science of Physiologic Birth

Dr. Patti Janssen

Centre for Research on Equity and Justice in Perinatal Services

Dr. Saraswathi Vedam

Congratulations, everyone!

Read the full announcement.

The Women’s Health Research Institute would like to acknowledge that we are uninvited guests on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lo, and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-waututh) Nations.

As a provincial research institute committed to improving the health outcomes of women, including those across the 2SLGBTQIA+ spectrum, we recognize our responsibility in the collective effort towards establishing culturally safe health care systems and services that address health inequities among Indigenous peoples, especially Indigenous women, girls, and Two-spirit peoples.

We encourage all people involved in research to read both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action and the In Plain Sight Report, and reflect on ways we can incorporate the recommendations into our work. As we gather in spaces together, we encourage you to reflect on your positionality on these lands and your personal commitments to reconciliation.

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