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@WomensResearch

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There is much more to research than results – there are rich and fascinating stories to be told about how scientists discover a gap in knowledge, how they collaborate, why they choose to pursue a line of inquiry, or why a research user should care about their work.

@WomensResearch explores the latest in women's health research in British Columbia.

Hosted by the Women's Health Research Institute.
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Episode 18: Reproductive mental health

@WomensResearchMay 04, 2022

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Episode 29 | Exercise, Perimenopause and Brain Health: Insights with Dr. Cindy Barha
Mar 04, 202424:44
Episode 28 | Sexual Health After Birth: A Post-Structuralist Feminist Dialogue with Dr. Rachel Ollivier
Jan 11, 202437:34
Episode 27 | BREAST Study: Addressing Sexual Concerns After Breast Cancer Treatment
Nov 20, 202338:05
Episode 26 | Let's talk about Sexual Health Research with Dr. Katrina Bouchard
Jul 28, 202331:50
Episode 25 | Engaging in Patient-Oriented Research with the Endometriosis Patient Research Advisory Board
Jun 30, 202340:60
Episode 24 | A xennial, millennial, and zillennial talk the Tok
Jan 27, 202349:18
Episode 23 | Let's talk about it: Undoing stigma and advancing gender equity in medicine with Tori Ford of Medical Herstory

Episode 23 | Let's talk about it: Undoing stigma and advancing gender equity in medicine with Tori Ford of Medical Herstory

Tori Ford, Founder and Executive Director of Medical Herstory, talks with Nicole Prestley, Knowledge Translation Manager, and Melissa Nelson, Communications Coordinator, about the power of storytelling, lived expertise, and using social media to eliminate medical stigma.


Jan 05, 202343:14
Episode 22 | Where animation and knowledge translation collide: whiteboard videos as a tool for promoting health information
Dec 01, 202251:40
Episode 21: Checking in with Dr. Nikki Salmond and Dwayne Tucker

Episode 21: Checking in with Dr. Nikki Salmond and Dwayne Tucker

In this episode, Dr. Angela Kaida chats with Dr. Nikki Salmond and Dwayne Tucker, recipients of our 2021 Graduate and Fellowship Research Awards in Women's Health. 

Our 2022 competition is live, with applications due on September 19th, 2022! Learn more here: https://whri.org/our-services/graduate-and-fellowship-research-award-in-womens-health-grant-competition/ 

Connect with Angela, Nikki, and Dwayne on Twitter.

About the speakers:

Dr. Angela Kaida is a Co-Producer of the short film HIV Made Me Fabulous. She is a global health epidemiologist and Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University, where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Global Perspectives on HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health. Her global research program centres on a rights-based, evidence-informed, and community-driven approach to sexual and reproductive health among women and youth living with and affected by HIV. She is a Principal Investigator of several community-based cohort studies in South Africa, Uganda, and Canada, including the CHIWOS study.

Dr. Nikki Salmond is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the laboratory of Dr Karla Williams in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia. Dr Salmond’s research goal is to better understand breast cancer and how we can more effectively treat breast cancer to improve patient survival.

Dwayne Tucker (bio coming soon!)

Sep 01, 202246:24
Episode 20: How can we make digital health more equitable?

Episode 20: How can we make digital health more equitable?

In this episode, Candice Taguibao chats with Dr. Caroline Figueroa, Dr. Gina Ogilvie, and Dr. Roopan Gill about digital health, equity, and innovation. 

Mentioned in this episode:

About the speakers:

Candice Taguibao is the digital health research manager at the Women’s Health Research Institute. She is interested in the ways that digital technologies can be used responsibly to improve health outcomes and health system processes. Candice has a background in public health and has previously worked in academic and health tech spaces. Candice completed her B.Sc. from McGill University and her MPH at the Yale School of Public Health.

Dr. Roopan Gill is an obstetrician gynecologist with expertise in family planning and abortion care. She completed her training in Canada and holds a Masters in Public Health in Global Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She has worked as an emergency obstetrician gynecologist in Nigeria and Yemen with MSF and most recently as their Women's Health Advisor supporting projects in countries such as Malawi, Chad and Pakistan.

She has previously worked with the World Health Organization (WHO) providing technical expertise to its Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health Research. She played a pivotal role in the WHO Essential Medicines List application to bring Mifepristone and the combination of Mifepristone and Misoprostol to its core list and was on the Evidence Review team for both their Medical Management of Abortion guidance and the recently launched Abortion Care guidelines. Roopan has published in peer-reviewed journals focussing on better understanding the challenges and needs of women and girls accessing reproductive and sexual healthcare needs. Most recently she was featured in Forbes as one of seven female founders committed to inclusivity and accessibility.

Caroline Figueroa, MD Ph.D., is a Psychiatry Resident at the University Medical Centre in Utrecht, and an affiliate researcher at UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare. She obtained her MD degree and Ph.D. degree at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Her Ph.D. research took place at the University of Amsterdam and at the University of Oxford, where she studied cognitive and neurobiological vulnerability factors for recurrence of depression in patients remitted from Major Depressive Disorder. Current research interest is on digital interventions for depression, with an emphasis on developing cutting-edge innovations that tailor to the needs of underserved
populations.

Gina Ogilvie, MD MSc FCFP DrPH, is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Control of HPV related diseases and prevention, Professor at the University of British Columbia in the School of Population and Public Health, and Associate Director of the Women’s Health Research Institute.

Dr. Ogilvie is currently principal investigator on over $13-million in research grants and she has received funding from PHAC, CIHR, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Canadian Foundation for Innovation and private foundations including BC Women’s Hospital Foundation among others.

Her research is focused on both the public health and clinical aspects of reproductive health, sexually transmitted infections, HPV screening and the HPV vaccine, and her findings have been highly influential in setting and directing health policy both in Canada and globally.

Aug 08, 202253:32
Episode 19: Exploring arts-based knowledge translation with the HIV Made Me Fabulous team

Episode 19: Exploring arts-based knowledge translation with the HIV Made Me Fabulous team

HIV Made Me Fabulous is a short film produced through the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. This episode explores the collaboration and journey that led to this incredible piece of arts-based knowledge translation.

Before listening, we encourage you to view the film at https://www.lifeandlovewithhiv.ca/film

The resources mentioned in this episode can all be accessed on the Life and Love with HIV website.

About the speakers

Dr. Angela Kaida is a Co-Producer of the short film HIV Made Me Fabulous. She is a global health epidemiologist and Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University, where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Global Perspectives on HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health. Her global research program centres on a rights-based, evidence-informed, and community-driven approach to sexual and reproductive health among women and youth living with and affected by HIV. She is a Principal Investigator of several community-based cohort studies in South Africa, Uganda, and Canada, including the CHIWOS study.

Juno Roche is the Writer and Narrator of HIV Made Me Fabulous. She is a writer and campaigner whose work around class, gender, sexuality and trans lives has been funded by the likes of The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and described as 'provocative and innovative'. Juno studied Fine Art and Philosophy at Brighton and English Literature at Sussex, and writes for a wide range of publications including Bitch Magazine, Dazed, Vice, Broadly, Cosmopolitan, The i, The Independent, i-D, The Tate Magazine and Refinery29. Her first three books, Queer Sex, Trans Power and Gender Explorers were published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Her memoir, A Working-Class Family Ages Badly, published by Dialogue Books has recently been released.

Edmond Kilpatrick is the Director and Producer of HIV Made Me Fabulous. He has held a professional dance career for over twenty years. His performing career is highlighted by nine years as a featured principle dancer at Ballet BC. Edmond’s career has transitioned from dance performance to film and arts for social change facilitation. He is a graduate of Simon Fraser University.

Azra Bhanji is a recent Master of Public Health graduate from Simon Fraser University. She is currently the research co-ordinator for the short film HIV Made Me Fabulous. Azra also co-ordinates the Life and Love with HIV digital storytelling platform that shares experiences, disseminates scientific evidence and offers support for health and wellbeing among women living with HIV. She also has experience planning, organizing and implementing HIV and youth related programming in Kenya.


This episode features audio titled Borough by Blue Dot Sessions.

Jul 29, 202201:06:43
Episode 18: Reproductive mental health

Episode 18: Reproductive mental health

In honour of World Maternal Mental Health day, Dr. Kathryn Dewar spoke with Dr. Catriona Hippman and Claire Lawrence about their research and reproductive mental health.

Links: 

Connect with Dr. Hippman:

Keep up to date with the SUPPORT study:

BC Women’s Health Foundation is currently investing in reproductive mental health research and programming through their $4.5 million Reproductive Mental Health Campaign.  Funds raised through the campaign will support world-class research conducted by the Reproductive Mental Health Program at BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre, helping women across the province better navigate their mental health before, during, and after pregnancy.

This episode features audio titled Borough by Blue Dot Sessions.

May 04, 202234:45
Episode 17: GOSH x @WomensResearch
Apr 07, 202248:31
Episode 16: In conversation with Dr. Jennifer Gardy

Episode 16: In conversation with Dr. Jennifer Gardy

Dr. Angela Kaida sits down with Dr. Jennifer Gardy to discuss her journey, from research with the BC Centre for Disease Control, to her path to television, to her current position with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and what it means to think about local research in a global context.

RESOURCES MENTIONED: 

Gender Equality Toolbox

This episode features audio titled Borough by Blue Dot Sessions.

Mar 04, 202201:02:46
Episode 15: Women's Heart Health
Feb 08, 202225:52
Episode 14: SmartMom
Nov 23, 202150:20
Episode 13: Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research
Oct 07, 202134:01
Episode 12: Busting myths with Professor Timothy Caulfield
Sep 01, 202148:08
Episode 11: Helping Healthcare Providers to Break the Silence on Perinatal Violence in BC
Aug 12, 202135:16
Episode 10: Does women's interest in sex change with their menstrual cycle?
Jul 01, 202139:47
Episode 9: Kangaroo Care
May 06, 202158:57
Episode 8: Analyzing online conversations
Feb 04, 202146:57
Episode 7: The World of Sex Research

Episode 7: The World of Sex Research

In this episode three members of UBC Sexual Health Research demystify the world of sex research.
Dec 22, 202041:54
Episode 6: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on trainees

Episode 6: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on trainees

How has COVID-19 impacted trainees? In this episode, Dr. Angela Kaida speaks with Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews, Kalysha Closson, Kristina Jenei, Bethel Lulie, and Punit Virk about their experiences as graduate students in public health.

Learn more about the findings of our survey on the impacts of the pandemic on trainees in women's health: http://whri.org/our-research/covid19-trainee-survey/

Read "Challenges and opportunities for graduate students in public health during the COVID-19 pandemic": https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7272105/

Oct 22, 202001:16:40
Episode 5: Social Media

Episode 5: Social Media

On this episode of @WomensResearch we hear from Nicole Prestley, Brynn Lavery, and Melissa Nelson, who share their insights into the uses of social media for disseminating research results and supporting knowledge translation work.

Learn more about the #DebunkingDesire campaign by searching the hashtag on Twitter or Instagram, or visit debunkingdesire.com. You can stay up to date with the campaign by following @UBCSHR on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Read the #ItsNotInYourHead campaign report: http://whri.org/its-not-in-your-head/

Learn more about influencer contracts: https://sproutsocial.com/glossary/influencer-marketing/

Sep 02, 202056:49
Episode 4: Virtual Leadership

Episode 4: Virtual Leadership

In this episode of @WomensResearch, Nicole Prestley interviews Dr. Lori Brotto, Dr. Gina Ogilvie, and Heather Corcoran about navigating the unfamiliar terrain of leading an institute virtually.

Jul 07, 202040:19
Episode 3: Why women's health research?
May 28, 202043:33
Episode 2: Fighting misinformation online
Apr 20, 202032:46
Introducing @WomensResearch

Introducing @WomensResearch

In the first episode of @WomensResearch we're exploring the topic of Knowledge Translation with Nicole Prestley, Manager of Research + Knowledge Translation, and Dr. Lori Brotto, Executive Director of the Women's Health Research Institute.

Mar 04, 202023:55