BEACON Program awarded funding to integrate cancer prevention into precision contraception
The BEACON program (Biologic basis of contracEptive choice Associated ovarian Cancer risk: from populations through cells to actiON), led by GCI Members Drs. David Huntsman, Gillian Hanley, and Wendy Norman, has been awarded $2M from CIHR’s Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention Team Grants to integrate cancer prevention into precision contraception. Read the full award announcement […]
UBC OBGYN Research Shows Surgical Innovation Cuts Ovarian Cancer Risk
A recent study led by Dr. Gillian Hanley and Dr. David Huntsman shows that removing the fallopian tubes during routine gynecologic surgery can reduce the risk of serous ovarian cancer by nearly 80 per cent, offering a powerful new approach to cancer prevention. Published in JAMA Network Open, the population-based study analyzed health data from […]
Dr. Gillian Hanley Featured in Media for Ovarian Cancer Prevention Research
Dr. Gillian Hanley, faculty member and Associate Co-Head – Research of the department, was recently featured in The Vancouver Sun for her leading role in advancing a preventive surgical approach that significantly reduces the risk of ovarian cancer. Dr. Hanley’s research focuses on opportunistic salpingectomy, a procedure that involves removing the fallopian tubes during other […]
Welcome to Coralie Bergeron
Coralie Bergeron joined the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in January 2026 as a Departmental Research Coordinator. She will provide support for faculty members and trainees whose research activities take place at sites other than BC Women’s Hospital. Coralie completed her Master’s degree in the Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences program, where her research focused […]
Dr. Ulrike Dehaeck and Dr. Katrina Bouchard Received 2024 VCHRI Team Grant Award
Congratulations to Dr. Ulrike Dehaeck and Dr. Katrina Bouchard on receiving the 2024 Team Grant Award from the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI)! Their project, “Developing and testing a patient education video series for VLS“, is funded by the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation and VCHRI. More details about the VCHRI Team Grant Awards […]
Dr. Lori Brotto is the recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award for Overall Excellence – Senior Faculty
On 24 Jun 2024, the Faculty of Medicine announced the recipients of the 2024 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards. Dr. Lori Brotto is this year’s recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award for Overall Excellence – Senior Faculty, which recognizes outstanding contributions in the areas of research, education and service.
Dr. Sarah Munro awarded funding under the Ministry of Health Research Seed Grant program for 2024/25
In partnership with the Ministry of Health, UBC Health awarded funding through the Ministry of Health Research Seed Grant Program for research projects that responded to pertinent health-related questions identified by the Ministry. Dr. Munro and their research team will be undertaking a project responding to a specific research question posed by the Ministry of Health […]
Completed vaginal surgery education trial and local implementation into our residency program
We are pleased to report that our PROcedure-specific MOdular Training and Evaluation randomized controlled trial (PROMOTE), led by principal investigator Dr Roxana Geoffrion over the past decade, is completed and recently published. This research produced the first ever fully validated vaginal surgery training curriculum, successfully implemented in the first junior Obstetrics and Gynecology resident cohort […]
D. A. Boyes Memorial Research Award 2024
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 DA Boyes Memorial Research Award. This year we are awarding three grants to the following: Jalisa Karim (supervisor Dr Gillian Hanley) Jeffrey Wong (supervisor Dr Deborah Money) Karen Jiang (supervisor Dr. Roxana Geoffrion)
Dr. Jeffrey Wong Receives the 2023 JAMMI Trainee Published Manuscript Award
The manuscript “Establishing obstetrics-specific metrics and interventions for antimicrobial stewardship” of Dr. Jeffrey Wong – the current Reproductive Infectious Diseases Fellow, has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 JAMMI Trainee Published Manuscript Award. Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada is the national specialty association that represents physicians, clinical microbiologists and […]