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The Faces of Women’s Health: Women’s Health Trailblazers

WEBAs someone deeply committed to the health of her community, she was inspired to pursue medicine after witnessing the death of an Indigenous women who was refused care by a white physician. Dr. Picotte applied to attend the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1886, which at the time was one of the only medical schools …

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Oral Contraceptives & the Autonomic Nervous System: the Effects …

WEBAuthors: Tania J. Pereira, PhD candidate, Women’s Cardiovascular Health lab at York University| Editors: Romina Garcia de leon, Shayda Swann (Blog Coordinators). Published: November 4th, 2022 It has almost been 100 years since it was discovered that you could make an animal infertile by implanting an ovary from a pregnant animal.

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Women's Health Blog Women's Health Research Cluster

WEBThe Women's Health Blog brings you original bi-weekly content to help demystify the complexity of women's health research while reflecting the multifaceted nature of women and gender-diverse people through two types of blogs. The first is a research blog that serves as a platform for new researchers to broadcast their findings to diverse

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About Us Women's Health Research Cluster

WEBAbout Us. The Women’s Health Research Cluster is an international multidisciplinary network of researchers, clinicians, community partners and trainees that work together to advance the health outcomes of girls and …

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Unveiling the Gap: Understanding Heart Disease in Women

WEBIn 2018, the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance was established to transform clinical practice and enhance collaborative action on women’s cardiovascular health in Canada. The annual Wear Red Canada awareness campaign, set on February 13, aims to improve heart health for women of all ages.

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Sex and Gender Based Analysis Women's Health Research Cluster

WEBCanadian health research funding trends for women’s health, 2S/LGBTQ + health, sex, or gender considerations (2023, Biology of Sex Differences) An analysis of neuroscience and psychiatry papers published from 2009 and 2019 outlines opportunities for increasing discovery of sex differences (2022, Nature Communications)

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Sarah Munro Women's Health Research Cluster

WEBDr. Sarah Munro is an Assistant Professor with the Health Systems and Population Health at the University of Washington School of Public Health. Using qualitative and knowledge translation methods, she investigates …

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Karin Humphries Women's Health Research Cluster

WEBDr. Karin Humphries is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and holds the UBC-Heart and Stroke Foundation Professorship in Women’s Cardiovascular Health. She has a …

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Working Groups Women's Health Research Cluster

WEBThe working group is once again organizing the mental health theme at the 2024 CNPRM. Additionally, this group is co-developing a new open access journal on perinatal mental health and has plans to develop a publicly accessible directory of perinatal mental health experts. The PMH working group is currently open to accepting new members.

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Faculty Members Women's Health Research Cluster

WEBDr. Hamideh Bayrampour, PhD, MSc is an Assistant Professor in Midwifery Program, Department of Family Practice, an associate member in the School of Population and Public Health and a faculty member in Reproductive and Developmental Sciences program at UBC. Dr. Bayrampour's research interests are in the areas of maternal mental health …

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Season 1 Women's Health Research Cluster

WEBFun fact about Sidney: Other women's health projects close to Sidney’s heart include Diva Day International, where she was a research liaison, and Hemophilia Ontario Women's programs, which advocates for women with bleeding disorders. She is a former Research Assistant at the UBC Rural Surgical and Obstetrical Networks, and has a parallel

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COVID-19 Vaccines and Infertility: Fact or Fiction

WEBMyth #3: The COVID-19 vaccine damages the placenta. This myth is false–it rests on the belief that after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, the body’s immune system might attack syncytin-1, a key protein necessary for the placenta’s formation. There is also the claim that the spike protein of the COVID-19 virus and syncytin-1 are so similar

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Danielle Perro Women's Health Research Cluster

WEBDanielle Perro. Hi! I'm Danielle. I recently completed my PhD at the University of Oxford, where I studied and phenotyped widespread pain in women living with chronic pelvic pain, and conditions such as endometriosis. As a Postdoctoral Researcher, I use epidemiology to study period pain in adolescence and understand both its causes and impact

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Patricia Janssen Women's Health Research Cluster

WEBProfessor in the UBC School of Population and Public Health, Perinatal Epidemiologist and Senior Scientist at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Trained in nursing and midwifery, Dr. Janssen leads an International Cluster of Research Excellence entitled Advancing the Science of Physiologic Birth with the goal of preventive approaches and …

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World Maternal Mental Health Day 2023

WEBSupporting perinatal mental health: A new BC guideline, an animated video of a decision-making theory, and Mindfulness-Based Interventions Online Webinar. Celebrate World Maternal Mental Health Day 2023 with the Reproductive Mental Health Program and the Provincial Perinatal Substance Use Program by attending their webinar …

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Congratulations Dr. Galea! Women's Health Research Cluster

WEBCongratulations Dr. Galea! July 4, 2022. We are thrilled to announce that the Lead of the Women’s Health Research Cluster, Dr. Liisa Galea, has been appointed as the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health ’s (CAMH) inaugural Treliving Chair in Women’s Mental Health. Through this new role, Dr. Galea will provide leadership to womenmind

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How Oppression in Iran Impacts Women’s Health

WEBA 2015 report by Amnesty International points to numerous ways in which oppression in Iran limits women’s sexual/reproductive health. Before 2012, Iran’s Family and Population Planning program met several successes, including reducing the fertility rate from 6.5 to 1.6 births per woman between 1976-2012.

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Menstrual Irregularities and the COVID-19 Vaccine Women's …

WEBWomen’s health includes studies that would examine how hormonal contraceptives influence mood, or how menopause influences memory in middle age or – you guessed it – how vaccines affect the menstrual cycle or even whether there is a time during your menstrual cycle that the vaccine could cause the fewest side effects. The …

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Sarah Purcell Women's Health Research Cluster

WEBThe ultimate goal of my research is to identify evidence-based nutrition strategies to mitigate the burden of obesity and chronic disease. My research builds upon key concepts of nutrition, energy balance regulation, and body composition to: 1) Characterize energy intake requirements and the determinants of such 2) Assess how perturbations in …

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Contact Us Women's Health Research Cluster

WEBFinding a new collaborator within our network. General WHRC inquiries. Katherine Moore. Director of Operations & Strategic Initiatives. Email: [email protected]. Grant facilitation. Questions about sex and gender based analysis. SGBA Grant Facilitator. Email : [email protected].

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