Congratulations to the WHRI Spring 2026 Trainee Travel Grant Recipients
Congratulations to the winners of the Spring 2026 trainee travel grant competition.
Better Aging in BC: Mapping Menopause Research Priorities
We collaborated with clinicians, researchers, and people with lived and living experience of menopause to identify the top 10 menopause research priorities for BC.
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.
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
Dr. Cheryl Wellington Awarded Brain Canada Platform Support Grant
Congratulations to WHRI member Dr. Cheryl Wellington, who recently received a Brain Canada 2025 Platform Support Grant to facilitate her leadership of the UBC Core Facility for Neurology Biomarker Innovation (CFNBI).
Participate in Evaluating AI-Assisted Document Translation for Research Equity
The WHRI is collaborating with the Clinical Research Support Unit at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute to evaluate a process that combines AI translation with structured human review for research documents – and you can help.
WHRI Offers Trauma and Resiliency Informed Practices (TRiP) Training for Researchers and Evaluators
This May, the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) formalized our commitment to Trauma and Resiliency-informed Practices (TRiP) with a new offering: TRiP Training for Researchers and Evaluators. This work was facilitated by long-time WHRI partner BC Pomeroy and WHRI Qualitative Research Analyst Julia Santana Parrilla.
WHRI hosts Dr. Bryndl Hohmann-Marriott for Research Spotlight Talk
The 11th annual Women’s Health Research Symposium highlighted two decades of progress in women’s health research and served as an excellent kickoff to Women’s Health Research Month.
Celebrating Pride Season and Going Beyond the Binary
WHRI’s Qualitative Research Analyst, Julia Santana Parrilla, and Heather McCain—member of the Beyond the Binary Community Task Force and Founder & Executive Director of Live Educate Transform Society (LET’S)—were recently featured on Leader Talks, where they reflect on their work with BTB and the importance of centering diverse gender experiences in research.
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