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Could chicken eggs help revolutionize cancer treatment for children?
Each year, on average 880 children in Canada under the age of 15 are diagnosed with cancer. Dr. James Lim is a part of a research team helping to bring new hope to children battling hard-to-treat cancers. Dr. Lim and his colleagues are the first scientists in Canada to use the chicken egg model (technically… Read More >
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Endometriosis: Towards better diagnosis and treatment
Endometriosis affects nearly 1 in 10 women in Canada and an unmeasured number of gender diverse people. Dr. Paul Yong is helping ignite change for thousands of people faced with this painful disorder. Dr. Yong is a supervisor in the WACH program, and works as a gynaecologist offering surgery and interdisciplinary care at BC Women’s… Read More >
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Meet Public Scholar, Almira Zhantuyakova
Congratulations to Almira Zhantuyakova on joining the latest cohort of Public Scholars, doctoral students doing collaborative research for the public good. Almira is investigating the feasibility and awareness of an ovarian cancer prevention strategy called Opportunistic Salpingectomy among Kazakhstani gynecologists. Her research includes a comprehensive epidemiological analysis of gynecologic surgeries and the assessment of attitudes… Read More >
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Congratulations to Claire Lawrence, on her successful MSc defense!
Congratulations to Claire, who completed her MSc defense last week! Claire is the first WACH student to defend their thesis. Claire’s thesis project was: “Evaluation of the effectiveness of a web-enabled psychoeducational intervention for postpartum mental health for women in British Columbia.” She was co-supervised by Dr. Lori Brotto and Dr. Genevieve Breau. We asked… Read More >
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World’s Challenge Challenge Gold Medal Winners, Piper and Samantha!
A huge congratulations to Piper Scott-Fiddler and Samantha Martin-Ferris, who recently won first prize at the World’s Challenge Challenge Global Final! The World’s Challenge Challenge asks student participants to think big and come up with an idea to make our world a better place. Samantha and Piper placed first at the UBC competition, and moved… Read More >