DA Boyes Memorial Research Award
The DA Boyes Memorial Research Award competition is now open. This grant is open to all undergraduate, graduate and post graduate learners within the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. At least one supervisor, who should be listed as the Primary Investigator (PI), should be a member of the Department. The deadline for submissions is 27 January 2025, 5pm PST. Please visit […] Read More
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 […] Read More
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. Read More
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 […] Read More
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 […] Read More
Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology spans from bench to bedside and beyond. Our faculty are involved in biomedical, clinical, and population health research, including PhD and MSc programs with the UBC Reproduction and Developmental Sciences Graduate Program, that covers the spectrum of women’s lifespan. We strive to contribute knowledge, policy and practice that leads to optimum health for the women.
We are committed to research and innovation.