This WACH program is the only interdisciplinary MSc and PhD training program in BC and in Canada in women+ and children’s health sciences research.
The program is jointly offered through the UBC Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and Pediatrics, and is interdisciplinary, building on the strengths of our faculty members, whose research encompasses biomedical, clinical, health services, and population health.
Current areas of research:
- Placental biology
- Trophoblast biology
- Ovarian and gynecological cancer
- Endometriosis
- Reproductive and molecular endocrinology
- Genetic and epigenetic aspects of reproduction
- Sexual psychophysiology
- Model systems
- Childhood diabetes
- Pediatric cancer biology
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Immunology
- Transplant biology
- Immunometabolism
- Pain
- Neurodevelopment
- Mental illness
- Nutrition
- Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
- Ovarian and gynecological cancer
- Endometriosis
- Chronic pelvic pain
- Maternal mental health
- Minimally invasive and robotic surgery
- Pre-eclampsia
- Reproductive infectious diseases
- Diabetes complications
- Childhood cancer treatments
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Immunology
- Rare diseases
- Inborn errors of metabolism
- Human nutrition
- Congenital heart disease
- Transplant medicine
- Cardiovascular disease
- Neonatology
- Clinical pharmacology
- Pediatric psychiatry
- Asthma and allergy
- Knowledge translation
- Implementation science
- Surgical outcomes
- Maternal, fetal, and infant health services
- Gynecologic health services
- Perinatal substance use
- Cervical cancer screening
- Social determinants of health
- Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
- Vaccine epidemiology
- Play and child development
- Global health
- Perinatal epidemiology
- Family planning
- Maternal and newborn population health
- Cancer prevention
- Gynecologic cancer
- Prescription drug use during pregnancy
- Reproductive health of marginalized women
- Digital health
- Quality of care
- Health systems delivery
WACH Program Co-Directors
Dr. Alexander Beristain
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Dr. Angela Devlin
Department of Pediatrics