UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences

Interdisciplinary, umbrella program for MSc and PhD graduate training in women+ and children's health sciences.

[UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences @ubcWACH]

Congratulations to Erica Qureshi, who was selected as a recipient of the IODE War Memorial Scholarship for 2024/25!

Find out more about the current competition here: https://t.co/S9bGKPNe5R

[UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences @ubcWACH]

Congratulations to Jodie Pulsifer, winner of a CGS-D!

Jodie will be working to BRIDGE the gap between research and practice as they explore physiotherapy treatments for persistent pelvic pain and clinician enablers and barriers to implementation.

#WomenHealth

[UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences @ubcWACH]

Congratulations to Amanda Nitschke, winner of a CGS-D!

Amanda’s PhD research uses linked population-based administrative data to investigate the long-term developmental impacts of maternal autoimmune diseases during pregnancy.

#WomenHealth

[UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences @ubcWACH]

Congratulations to Dorsa Arman, one of the winners of an Affiliated Fellowship!

Dorsa's research explores the association between cognitive skills and Type 1 Diabetes in children.

#ChildHealth

[UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences @ubcWACH]

Congratulations to Victoria Paller, on winning one of the Affiliated Fellowships!

Victoria is exploring the impact of policy interventions on equitable access to contraception for youth in British Columbia.

[Women's Health Research Cluster @ResearchonWH]

🌟 The Women's Health Seminar Series is back! 🌟

Get ready to dive into the latest multidisciplinary research in women's health with our exciting line-up of expert speakers. The schedule is now out, and registration is OPEN 🙌

🔗 Learn more & register: https://t.co/xEYeo7bdzI

[Women's Health Research Cluster @ResearchonWH]

The Holly E Award is here to support your #graduateresearch in #diseasepathogenesis in women & female models of disease 👩‍🔬 Students enrolled in or supervised by someone in @UBCmedicine are eligible to apply 📝

Apply for a chance at $2000 in funding: https://t.co/ZcpBXQ1qOu

[Canadian Medical Hall Fame @CdnMedHallFame]

HEY! #BC
📣Share your passion & help inspire the next generation of health professionals as a #CMHFDiscoveryDay presenter!
Event date: November 7
Apply by September 13!
https://t.co/9bTzMD9pvt
@BCCHresearch @BCChildrensHosp @BCWomensHosp @UBCmedicine @ubclifesciences @ubcWACH

[Women's Health Research Cluster @ResearchonWH]

Calling all future leaders in #womenshealth research! 🤩 The Holly Ewanyshyn Women’s Health Equity Graduate Research Award is a new annual $2000 award for trainees enrolled in or supervised by someone in @UBCmedicine ✨

Learn more & apply by Aug 31: https://t.co/ZcpBXQ1qOu

[UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences @ubcWACH]

We are excited to share that the WACH Child Health Awards, Celebrating Diversity are now open for applications!

These awards support students conducting research in child health from under-represented groups.

Apply by: Oct 1
https://t.co/Q9aLvKSN0v

#ChildHealth

[Gynecologic Cancer Initiative @GCI_Cluster]

This year’s GCI Trainee Research Day People Choice Award: Best Poster Presentation was awarded to Almira Zhantuyakova! 🥳

Almira is a Doctoral Student in the UBC WACH program. She is also the Podcast Coordinator behind the GCI’s GOSH Podcast!

#bisalp #ovariancancer

[Gynecologic Cancer Initiative @GCI_Cluster]

This year’s GCI Trainee Research Day award for Best Presentation on Survivorship & Quality of Life went to Amanda Nitschke! 🎆

@AmandaSNitschke is a Doctoral Student in the @ubcWACH program. Congrats, Amanda! 🎊

[UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences @ubcWACH]

Congratulations to CIHR CGS-M recipient Mathilde Wilhelmy!

Mathilde's project will look at optimizing nutrition for patients with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases.

@GenelleLunken

[UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences @ubcWACH]

Congratulations to CIHR CGS-M recipient Sabrina Lloyd-Ellis!

Sabrina's project deals with characterization of a tumour suppressor protein.

#WomenHealth

@GillianEHanley

[UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences @ubcWACH]

Congratulations to CIHR CGS-M recipient Hannah Dykeman!

Hannah's project deals with the role of substance use in coping with vulvodynia.

#WomenHealth

@KNBouchard

[UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences @ubcWACH]

Congratulations to SSHRC CGS-M recipient Denise Zhu!

Denise is a new WACH student, and will be aiming to adapt a sexual response framework to explore ethnocultural differences in sexual pleasure.

#WomenHealth

@DrLoriBrotto @ubcshr

[UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences @ubcWACH]

Congratulations to CIHR CGS-M recipient Ty Sideroff!

Ty is investigating social and environmental factors that influence physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes or congenital heart disease.

#ChildHealth

@DrChristineVoss

[UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences @ubcWACH]

Congratulations to CIHR CGS-M recipient Elaha Niazi!

Elaha is researching post-operative functional changes in children with severe neurological impairment.

#ChildHealth
@ElahaNiazi

[UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences @ubcWACH]

Congratulations to CIHR CGS-M recipient Zelyn Lee!

Zelyn is working on the cultural adaptation and validation of MyHEARTSMAP, a digital psychosocial screening tool, for Chinese youth and families in Canada.

#ChildHealth

@HEARTSMAP_ @qdqwerty

[UBC Women+ and Children's Health Sciences @ubcWACH]

Congratulations to CIHR CGS-M recipient Kiran Toor!

Kiran's research project is evaluating renal and pulmonary disease in pediatric-onset ANCA-associated vasculitis.

#ChildHealth