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January 15, 2021

Women's Health in Review: 2020

Authors: Arrthy Thayaparan and Alex Lukey (Blog Coordinators) With the dawn of a new year, many are hoping to move past the tumultuous events of 2020. But who can blame them? 2020 will be memorialized in future history books as the year the world came crashing down. In particular, women felt the...

December 25, 2020

Behind the Science with Bonnie Lee

At the Women’s Health Research Cluster, we strive to close the gaps in communication and knowledge between the public and scientific community. As such, our newest blog series, Behind the Science, will take a sneak peek into the world of science through a series of interviews with some amazing...

December 14, 2020

New Blog Post - Summary of the Women's Brain Health December Symposium

Author: Alex Lukey, @AlexandraLukey This past year has been a time of unprecedented change and constant adjustments. For the Women’s Health Research Cluster (WHRC) a lot of our work has shifted online to better serve our cluster members. In particular, the WHRC’s annual women’s health conference...

November 27, 2020

Connect with us on Slack

Our cluster has quickly expanded. We’re a community of over 200 faculty, students and community partners that span 11 countries around the world. Because of this, we want to give our members a place where they can easily connect with one another to share research, find new collaborators or...

November 25, 2020

New Blog Post - Intimate partner violence and strangulation on the rise during COVID-19

Author: Karen Mason, Co-founder of SOAR Since Covid-19 and its lockdowns first threw a giant wrench in our collective lives more than eight months ago, news headlines around the world have echoed a similar theme.

October 29, 2020

New Blog Post—Barriers in Transgender Research

Author: Keila Turino Miranda, BSc Honours in Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Twitter: @keila_turino The transgender community is a growing and underserved population estimated to reach over one million in the USA alone.[1] In comparison to their cis-counterparts, where sex (biological...

August 22, 2020

We're Hiring!

We're hiring 6 part time UBC graduate students to coordinate 3 knowledge translation initiatives: our Women's Health Blog and a new Women's Health Video Series and Podcast. Students will get the chance to develop content, gain knowledge translation mentorship and fine tune their science...

August 14, 2020

New Podcast: We Need Your Help!

We are very excited to launch a new Women’s Health Podcast in September! The podcast will explore multidisciplinary perspectives on women’s health through the eyes of STEM researchers at all career stages—including students. The goal of this podcast is to raise awareness about women’s health issues...

August 12, 2020

Trainee Research Presentation: Gone Global

On Aug 10th we held another Trainee Research Presentation that showcased the work of 5 students who are working to improve the health outcomes of women. Each presenter gave a 5 minute talk that was followed by a Q&A session. These presenters covered a wide variety of topics including racial...