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5 October 2019

Congratulations to our 2019 Travel Award Winners!

Congratulations to our 2019 Women's Health Research Cluster Trainee Travel Award winners!! Congratulations to the nineteen (19) Trainees who have been awarded the 2019 Women’s Health Research Cluster Trainee Travel Award. The award is intended to support trainees to attend conferences and workshops – up to $250 each to cover travel, accommodation,…

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13 August 2019

Women’s Health Seminar Series 2019

We are pleased to announce our new Women's Health Seminar Series! The series will be held on Mondays from 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST) at the Rudy North Lecture Theatre (LL 101) at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (CBH), UBC, starting on September 23, 2019, to April 2020. We have invited speakers from the Women's Health Research…

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8 August 2019

Job Opportunity in HPV: Research Assistant, Global Control HPV Related Diseases Research Program

Department: School of Population and Public Health (SPPH), UBC. Location: Women's Health Research Institute at BC Women's Hospital and at BC Cancer. Deadline: August 13, 2019. Working with the research team, the Research Assistant (RA) will perform a variety of research activities in a research environment focused on human papillomavirus (HPV) related…

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1 August 2019

New Podcast Series: Her Royal Science Highlights the Roles and Experiences of Minorities in STEM

A revolutionary, accessible podcast created to feature minorities in science from around the world. Pioneered by Asma Bashir, a Ph D candidate in Neuroscience at UBC. " Her Royal Science is a platform through which ethnic and social minorities can uninhibitedly discuss their roles and experiences in science. Her Royal Science will celebrate minorities…

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31 July 2019

Dr. Liisa Galea: I Should Be Allowed to Leave Men Out of My Studies

There’s a much-needed push for gender equality in science, but the government's inclusion mandates can backfire. For much of scientific history, the study of women’s health has been thought to be complex and wildly unpredictable, as if men’s health issues are stable and static. Indeed, although it is well known that women have monthly hormonal cycles,…

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3 July 2019

Trainee Travel Awards Announcement!

We are now accepting applications for the Women’s Health Research Cluster Trainee Travel Awards! We are excited to announce the launch of the Women’s Health Research Cluster Trainee Travel Awards. WHRC will award up to $250 to support Trainee members in the cluster (Masters, Ph D, and Post Docs), presenting their research (first…

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