Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Genome BC

RESEARCH CENTRE/ URL CONTACT DESCRIPTION
CLINICAL TRIALS AND PRECLINICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MAP
WHRN is a catalyst for bringing together innovative groupings of gender and women’s health researchers and research collaborations
drawn from academic, health service, policy and community settings.
WHRN fosters the generation, application and mainstreaming of new knowledge and is specifically dedicated to women’s health research
that will increase the understanding of and capacity for sex and gender-based analyses and for integrating women’s health concerns into
other areas of health research.
WHRN works to stimulate and support distributed nodes of activity at key B.C. institutions to achieve broad research/e-research development
and knowledge translation goals. These research clusters are cross-institutional and interdisciplinary in membership and focus, and
designed to become intersectoral and international in scope.
WHRN nodes of activity are supported by centralized co-ordination and facilitation for the purposes of network development and technical
support. The following types of networking support are ongoing:
• face-to-face meetings with researchers and collaborators from across the province
• regular topic-oriented virtual sessions aimed at enabling knowledge exchange and research involvement
• provincial and regional face-to-face and/or virtual sessions in support of the work of the four research clusters
• work with the MSFHR on the further development of a database of health researchers with an interest in women’s health
• work with other networks on sex and gender mainstreaming opportunities
• development of the WHRN website
WHRN Researchers and collaborators involved with the research clusters, advisory committees and communities of practice currently
working in several distinct areas relating to women’s health research. The WHRN is also interested in supporting new research efforts and
collaboration from across the province. Through video-conference workshops and the use of other new technologies, researchers throughout
B.C. have the opportunity to share ideas and build new opportunities for collaboration.
Simon Fraser University
Harbour Centre Campus
Room 3277, 515 West Hastings Street,
Vancouver B.C. V6B 5K3
Tel: 778-782-8589
Fax: 778-782-5288
Contact: Susan Dixon, Provincial
Networking Co-ordinator
sdixon@whrn.ca
The Women’s Health
Research Network
(WHRN)
www.whrn.ca
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