WOMEN’S HEALTH RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES

WOMEN’S HEALTH RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION TO IMPROVE POLICY, PRACTICE AND OUTCOMES

PWHR’s 2022-2023 Research Seminar Series

The 2022-2023 Women’s Health Research Seminar Series addresses processes and outcomes of knowledge mobilization for women’s, trans and non-binary health.

Knowledge mobilization is an umbrella term that includes a wide range of activities related to the production and use of research results. The new strategic plan of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2021-2031) makes advancing the science of knowledge mobilization a strategic priority to achieve “a future where the gap between discovery and implementation is a thing of the past”.

The 2022-2023 PWHR seminar series will share experiences, challenges and lessons learned about women’s health research knowledge mobilization with communities, service providers and policy-makers.

2022-2023 SEMINAR SERIES

Panelists
Reproductive Justice in Digital Life
Joanna Erdman, JD, LLM, Professor, MacBain Chair in Health Law and Policy, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
What matters most to people seeking an abortion in Canada? Lessons learned from the development of a decision aid
Dr. Melissa Brooks, MD, FRSC, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
Dr. Sarah Munro, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia and Co-Director, Canada’s Contraception and Abortion Research Team (CART-GRAC)
Innovation is Vital(a): Opportunities and challenges of co-created digital platforms for SMA in Humanitarian Settings
Dr. Roopan Gill, MD, MPH, FRCSC, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Vitala Global and Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Date
March 1, 2023

Welcome
Elder Valerie Nicholson
Opening Remarks
Dr. Angela Kaida, PhD, Scientific Director, Institute of Gender and Health, CIHR and Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Panelists
Canada’s Sexual Health Survey—from idea to implementation
Dr. Wendy V. Norman, MD, CCFP, FCFP, DTM&H, MHSc, Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia and Co-Director, Canada’s Contraception and Abortion Research Team (CART-GRAC).
Obstetrical Anal Sphincter Injury and the pathway to care
Dr. Jane Schulz, MD, FRCSC, Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lois Hole Hospital for Women, University of Alberta and Alberta Women’s Health Foundation Endowed Research Chair
Addressing windows of opportunity to identify and prevent diabetes in women
Dr. Lorraine Lipscombe, MD, MSC, FRCPC, Senior Scientist, Women’s College Research Institute, Professor, Department of Medicine and Director, Novo Nordisk Network for Healthy Populations, University of Toronto
Date
January 26, 2023

Opening Remarks
Ms. Jenna Sudds, M.P.,Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth.
Panelists
Working with health and social service providers to improve supports for transgender survivors of sexual assault in Ontario
Dr. Janice Du Mont, Senior Scientist, Women’s College Research Institute and Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Ms. Sheila Macdonald, Provincial Director, Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Care and Treatment Centres
#postbabyhankypanky: A knowledge sharing initiative to promote the sexual health of new parents
Dr. Natalie Rosen, Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience and Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Dalhousie University, Halifax
Date
November 23, 2022

Panelists
Alison Bourgon, Director General of Science Policy, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Laurie Smith, Program Manager, Global Control of HPV Related Diseases and Cancer Research
Program, Women’s Health Research Institute
Dr. Carolyn Nakisige, Gynecologist, Uganda Cancer Institute
Dr. Richard Oster, Scientific Director of the Indigenous Wellness Core, Alberta Health Services
Denise Young, Research Assistant, Maskwacis Maternal, Child & Family Wellbeing Research
Group
Date
September 22, 2022

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