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May 2, 2022

Publication: An analysis of neuroscience and psychiatry papers published from 2009 and 2019 outlines opportunities for increasing discovery of sex differences

“An analysis of neuroscience and psychiatry papers published from 2009 and 2019 outlines opportunities for increasing discovery of sex differences,” has been published in Nature Communications! This exciting manuscript was developed by members of the WHRC and Women’s Health Research Institute. The...

April 5, 2022

Call for Applications: Conference Award

Calling all trainees! We are now accepting applications for our Conference Award! The Conference Award offers $250 prizes for students who are attending a sex/gender differences or women's health conference or presenting sex/gender differences or women's health research at any conference. These...

March 19, 2022

WHRC Members Make List of Top Performing Researchers

A huge congratulations to the Women's Health Research Cluster members being recognized as some of the Top Performing Researchers! Elsevier has published a list representing the top-scientists in an August 2021 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation...

March 9, 2022

We're hiring part-time UBC students

UBC students who are looking for part time employment from May-Aug should check out one of the roles we're hiring for through Careers Online . Check out a summary of the roles and what we're looking for in candidates below. Tip: Search for the positions using the job name or Job ID . Unfortunately...

February 1, 2022

Strategic Plan 2022-2025

Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash In 2019 our co-leads dreamed of a future where women, girls and gender-diverse people could live equitably healthy lives across their entire lifespan. This dream led to the creation of an organization that would bring together a multidisciplinary network of...

January 17, 2022

What is the Cost of Care

Unpaid caregivers face a variety of challenges in fulfilling their caregiving duties in addition to professional obligations. “What is the Cost of Care,” is presented in partnership with the Faculty of Arts, Education, and Medicine, the UBC Sauder School of Business, and The Women’s Health Research...

January 12, 2022

Winners! The 3rd Annual Tri-Cluster Research Day Awards

The Data Science & Health, Women’s Health and Biomedical Imaging & Artificial Intelligence clusters hosted the 3rd annual Tri-Cluster Research Day on November 26, 2021, where students and trainees virtually presented their multi-disciplinary research and addressed pressing questions around...

November 12, 2021

THE GUT-BRAIN CONNECTION: WHY BIOLOGICAL SEX MAY MATTER

Author: Avril Metcalfe-Roach, PhD student, University of British Columbia || If you had to build your own house from scratch, what supplies would you bring to the job? High-quality building materials would certainly make the house much more durable, and having a diverse array of tools on hand will...

September 24, 2021

Behind the Science: Postpartum care in China and Canada

For the next post in our Behind the Science series, we speak to Kejia Wang on her masters work at the University of British Columbia and career journey. In our discussion, Wang takes us through her work in women’s health research, and defines what postpartum confinement care is in China and how...

August 9, 2021

Challenging Oppressive Maternity Healthcare in Canada

Authors: Stephanie Ragganandan Hon. BSc, York University & Dr. Karen Lawford midwife and PhD, Queen’s University At no time in the present era have healthcare systems been subject to the same extent of research, analysis, critique, and challenge as they have been during the global COVID-19...

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