Congratulations to Maggie Kinshella, who completed her PhD program this summer! Maggie is the first WACH PhD graduate, and the first in her family to obtain a PhD! Maggie’s dissertation was titled “Maternal diets and dietary diversity in relation to pregnancy hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa”. Maggie’s PhD research was inspired by over a decade of […] Read More
Congratulations to Erica Qureshi, one of the 2024-25 recipients of the IODE War Memorial Scholarship! Erica is a student in the MD-PhD program, where her doctoral research focuses on the pediatric emergency department. By designing and evaluating programs to better connect pediatric emergency medicine and community healthcare, Erica aims to improve patient outcomes while […] Read More
Congratulations to Amanda Nitschke and Jodie Pulsifer, who were recently awarded a Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral! Amanda’s PhD research uses linked population-based administrative data to investigate the long-term developmental impacts of maternal autoimmune diseases during pregnancy. Jodie is a Clinical Physiotherapist, and has been working in the area of pelvic health and persistent pain […] Read More
Congratulations to the MSc winners below of Affiliated Fellowships! Dorsa ArmanAnne and John Brown Fellowship in Diabetes and Obesity Related ResearchAssociation Between Cognitive Skills and Type 1 Diabetes in ChildrenSupervisor: Christine Voss Victoria PallerJosephine T Berthier FellowshipProject: Exploring the Impact of policy interventions on Equitable Access to contraception for Youth in British ColumbiaSupervisor: Laura Schummers, […] Read More
Congratulations to PhD student Jalisa Karim, who is a 2024 Vanier Scholar! We are very excited for Jalisa to continue her research in the WACH program. Jalisa’s research project is: Endometriosis Treatments and Pregnancy Outcomes: Associations and Experiences. Endometriosis is a chronic condition that affects approximately 1 million people in Canada. It occurs when tissue […] Read More
Mai-Lei (Maggie) Woo Kinshella is delighted to be joining King’s College London this Fall 2024 as a Banting Fellow! The highly competitive Banting Fellowships program supports Canada’s top-tier postdoctoral researchers, with only 23 health researchers funded across the nation in 2023-2024. Building on her strong research foundation developed at the Elango Lab and Women+ and […] Read More
Congratulations to the all of the Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s winners for 2024-25! We are very excited for you to start or continue your research in the WACH program. Irene Chen CIHR CGS-M Social Media in Patients that have Received a Solid Organ Transplant During Childhood and their Families: Exploring Mental Health Needs, Challenges and […] Read More
The second annual WACH Research Day was a great success, with six oral presentations from MSc and PhD students nearing the end of their programs, and 27 poster presentations from first and upper year students. Thank you to all those who attended and presented! It was a wonderful opportunity to share the diversity of excellent […] Read More
The WACH Student Organization is a student-run organization that coordinates social events, wellness initiatives, and more. Check out some of the events they ran in 2023-24! You can also follow ubcwachso on Instagram or reach them at wach.social@ubc.ca. WACH Us Move Challenge A fun, week-long challenge to promote student wellness through daily activities. Students could participate daily […] Read More
Congratulations to Jalisa Karim, one of the recipients of the 2024 D.A. Boyes Memorial Research Award! Jalisa is a WACH PhD candidate, supervised by Dr. Gillian Hanley. Jalisa received funding from the D.A. Boyes Memorial Research Award for the qualitative project below. Endometriosis and Treatment Decision-Making in the Context of Pregnancy Planning Jalisa is conducting […] Read More
Culminating in its 2022 launch, the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Pediatrics collaborated on the development of an umbrella program for graduate student training in Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences (WACH).
The term Women+ embraces women, transgender, and non-binary individuals.
If you would like additional information on this exciting program please email the WACH Program Manager.
