Explore our menopause-related projects

The HER-BC report and Mapping Menopause project seek to understand and fill existing knowledge gaps around menopause.

Research and Innovation in Women’s Health

We are a network of researchers, trainees, and healthcare professionals working to improve health outcomes for women and gender-diverse people.

Become a Member

Gain access to a vast community of researchers making a difference in women’s health. It costs nothing to join.

Services for Researchers

Our members enjoy access to lab facilities, database building, knowledge translation support, networking, and more.

Research & Innovation in Women's Health

The WHRI is a real and virtual organization dedicated to facilitating and building a community for women’s health research.

Join the WHRI Community

At WHRI, we support individuals involved in women’s health research by setting them up for success.

We aim to strengthen and expand the current network of women’s health researchers, both locally and internationally, by promoting and facilitating meaningful collaborations.

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

Research Support Infrastructure
Research Services
Networking and Mentorship Opportunities
Knowledge Translation Support
Education and Training
Funding

Find a Researcher

The WHRI supports a community of over 500 investigators.

Search through our database to learn more about our members and their research. Connect with women’s health researchers at home and abroad.

Services for Researchers

We offer quality support across the spectrum of the research process, including access to laboratory facilities, database building, and assistance with protocol development.

Find out more about the services we offer our members.

WHRI News & Events

WHRI Researchers Working to Improve Care for Premature Newborns

Dr. Souvik Mitra and the Better Outcomes for the Sickest and Tiniest (BOOST) study team are launching a new clinical trial in the BC Women’s Hospital NICU.

Celebrating WHRI’s 20th Anniversary at the 11th Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium

Building Bridges from Discovery Science to Women’s Health On Friday, March 6, 2026, the women’s

Endometriosis Awareness Month Bundle

Endometriosis Awareness Month March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, a global campaign dedicated to increasing awareness

Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention: HPV-SCOPE

Congratulations to Dr. Gina Ogilvie and team, who were awarded $2,000,000 over 5 years in the Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention Team Grants initiative for the HPV-SCOPE

A photo of a person receiving an ultrasound in a medical facility

Applications Open for the 2026 PRIME Centre Research Award

The Perinatal Research IMaging Evaluation (PRIME) Centre research award is back! Submit your applications by May 1, 2026.

Drs. Wendy Norman, David Huntsman, and Gillian Hanley

WHRI Researchers Awarded Team Grants: Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention

Announced on Feb 26, 2026: three research teams led by WHRI members were awarded multi-million-dollar grants through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and partners’ Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention initiative.

Our partners

The Women’s Health Research Institute would like to acknowledge that we are uninvited guests on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lo, and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-waututh) Nations.

As a provincial research institute committed to improving the health outcomes of women, including those across the 2SLGBTQIA+ spectrum, we recognize our responsibility in the collective effort towards establishing culturally safe health care systems and services that address health inequities among Indigenous peoples, especially Indigenous women, girls, and Two-spirit peoples.

We encourage all people involved in research to read both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action and the In Plain Sight Report, and reflect on ways we can incorporate the recommendations into our work. As we gather in spaces together, we encourage you to reflect on your positionality on these lands and your personal commitments to reconciliation.

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