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Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Life Sciences

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BRITISH COLUMBIA<br />

APPENDIX 9. Healthcare Research Centres (cont’d)<br />

RESEARCH CENTRE/ URL CONTACT DESCRIPTION<br />

Women’s Health<br />

Research Institute<br />

(WHRI)<br />

www.whri.org<br />

Room B325B - 4500 Oak Street, Box<br />

42, Vancouver B.C. V6H 3N1<br />

Tel: 604-875-3459<br />

Fax: 604-875-3895<br />

Contact: Katherine Heath<br />

Manager, Research Development<br />

Tel: 604 875-2424 x 4877<br />

kheath@cw.bc.ca<br />

WHRI is devoted solely to improving the health <strong>and</strong> health care of girls <strong>and</strong> women, to serve as a catalyst for research in women’s health<br />

<strong>and</strong> to support an exp<strong>and</strong>ing national network of women’s health researchers, policy makers <strong>and</strong> healthcare providers.<br />

WHRI current research focus includes:<br />

• HPV Vaccine Study (4-Valent vs. 9-Valent)<br />

• Genetics <strong>and</strong> Mental Illness Studies<br />

• Mother-Infant Wellness Lab<br />

• The KD-BEAR Project<br />

• Study on Osteoporosis & Urinary Incontinence<br />

• Guide for New Antepartum/Postpartum Studies<br />

WHRI research interests in fields of:<br />

• Group B Streptococcal (GBS)<br />

• Cervical Cancer<br />

• Endometriosis<br />

• Genital Herpes<br />

• Hepatitis C<br />

• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)<br />

• Human Vaginal Microbiota<br />

• NEXUS: Network of Experimental Urogynecologic Surgeons<br />

• Perinatal Anxiety Screening Study<br />

• Postpartum Mental Illness<br />

• Sexual Health & Risk Reducing Gynaecological Surgery.

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