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Dr. Jennifer Williams Receives OBI-Banting Discovery Award for Brain Health Research

Dr. Jennifer  Williams, a former postdoctoral fellow in clinical cardiovascular physiology at the University of Toronto and incoming Assistant Professor at Wilfrid  Laurier  University, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Ontario Brain Institute – Banting Discovery Award. This accolade supports outstanding early-career researchers tackling critical brain and heart…
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Recognizing Innovation in Drug Delivery: Dr. Hagar Labouta Wins 2025 Rising Women in Science Award

Dr. Hagar Labouta, Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba and a valued member of the Women’s Health Research Cluster, has been awarded the 2025 Rising Women in Science Award by the Controlled Release Society. This prestigious recognition highlights her trailblazing contributions to precision drug delivery and her commitment to advancing women’s health through…
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Charting the Brain’s Sex Differences: Dr. Alex DeCasien Earns 2024 BoSD Early Career Award

Dr. Alex R. De Casien, Ph D, Stadtman Investigator in the Laboratory of Neurogenetics at NIH’s National Institute on Aging, has won the 2024 Biology of Sex Differences Early Career Award for their paper “ Sex differences in the human brain: a roadmap for more careful analysis and interpretation of a biological reality.” In their 2022 Bo SD paper, Dr. De Casien and…
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Championing Change: Shiza Hirani receives RCE Saskatchewan Education for Sustainable Development Recognition Award

Shiza Hirani, Youth Advisor to a Canadian Senator and a Global Youth Ambassador for Sustainable Development Goal #4 (Quality Education), has recently been awarded the prestigious “ RCE Saskatchewan Education for Sustainable Development Recognition Award” from the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, Canada. The award was presented in recognition of Shiza’s outstanding…
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Furthering Women’s Cardiovascular Health Research: Tarrah Ethier Secures Funding for Cardiovascular Health Study

Tarrah Ethier, a Translational Medicine Ph D Student at Queen’s University recently achieved a new milestone in her graduate training. Tarrah received just under $5,000 in funding to work on a project analyzing immune regulation, sex hormones & cardiovascular aging. As part of her work, she gave a public lecture at the E. K. Dawson Research in Aging symposium. Tarrah’s…
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Championing Change: Advancing Menstrual Health Education with Kate Wahl

Kate Wahl, a Ph D student in Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences (WACH) at the University of British Columbia and WHRC trainee, recently submitted a short video presentation to the CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) 2024 Talk Competition. Kate’s submission was entitled “ Periods: How menstrual health education for all makes the difference,”…
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