Calls for Submissions and Participation

Dr. Jerilynn Prior, UBC Professor of Medicine and Scientific Director of Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (CeMCOR) is conducting a study to test effectiveness of oral micronized progesterone for hot flushes and night sweats in perimenopause.

This is a 4-month study which involves keeping a daily record of hot flushes/night sweats, three visits to our offices at Vancouver General Hospital (Oak & 12th), health-related questionnaires and measurements of height, weight, waist circumference.  You will receive study medication or placebo for 3 months.  For more information, please contact: 

Andrea.Cameron@vch.ca

(604) 875-5960      

The British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health in collaboration with Women's Cardiovascular Health at the University of British Columbia is pleased to announce the following opportunity.

They are looking for a qualified and capable part time research assistant to join their team. This position would be well suited to a university graduate with some experience in women's health and a strong background in qualitative research. The incumbent will be interacting with team members for requests for varied information, conducting sensitive qualitative interviews with study subjects, their care providers, hospital staff and managers, as well as working directly with the Project Coordinator to coordinate interview schedules.

The ideal candidate is a university graduate (Master's degree in Social Sciences, Women's Studies, Population & Public Health, or other relevant discipline) with a minimum of two years of related experience in a research environment or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. You will have effective oral and written communication skills, you must be skilled with qualitative data analysis and bibliographic management software (e.g. NVivo, Endnote) and demonstrate excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills, with an ability to prioritize to meet deadlines.

This is the last call for the Canadian Women’s Health Network’s (CWHN) offer of FREE publications (including the mailing cost). We’re pleased to offer non-commercial women’s health information and resources that you can trust.

Here is the list of publications (more details below):

- Women and Wait Times (English and French)
- Maternity Matters (French)
- Evidence for Caution: What Women Need to Know About Statins (English and French)

Please send Magali Rootham an email (outreach AT cwhn.ca) including: how many copies of each publication you/your organization would like (10, 20, 50, 150 or more) and your address. Respond quickly, we’re running out!

You're also invited to come find us on Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/CWHN.RCSF ) and on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/#!/CdnWomensHealth ).

We’d also be happy to connect with you or your organization if you tell us how to find you.

Feel free to circulate this message widely to any people, groups or organizations that may be interested.

Thank you!

Detailed list of publications:

Women and Wait Times - Why are wait times women's issues, and what are the issue for women?
Women and Health Care Reform, 2008
Demonstrate a gender-based analysis of wait times with respect to hip and knee replacements. Recommends that this model be applied to research and policy in other clinical areas and to the examination of wait times in general.

Maternity Matters
Women and Health Care Reform, 2007
Explores concerns about the state of maternity care.

The Institute of Gender and Health of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is seeking feedback on their recently published casebook on gender and health, What a Difference Sex and Gender Make: A Gender, Sex and Health Research Casebook.

This peer-reviewed casebook presents a range of research-based accounts that illustrate how attending to gender and sex in health research contributes to advancing knowledge, strengthening science and improving knowledge translation. Written from a critically reflective vantage point, chapters share health researchers' experiences in how they came to understand and engage gender and sex in their work. This collection demonstrates that there is much to be gained from the routine integration of gender and sex across the health research spectrum.

Click here to complete their brief online survey.

Download the IGH gender, sex and health research casebook in ePub format for reading on your e-reader or tablet:
• English  
• French 

Want to hear casebook authors talk about their chapters firsthand? Tune into the casebook video on CIHR’s YouTube channel.

Closing date: May 28, 2012

The Institute of Gender and Health (Vancouver office) of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has a vacancy for the position of Knowledge Translation Manager. For a complete description of this unique opportunity and application details, please visit the University of British Columbia Human Resources site (job posting ID #12922).

Retreat Date: June 20 – 22, 2012 – Application Deadline: May 16, 2012

The Ontario Women’s Health Network (OWHN) is currently accepting applications for the upcoming Level 1: Women’s Health Leadership 101 training retreat scheduled for June 20-22, at the Nottawasaga Inn in Alliston, Ontario.

Women’s Health Leadership 101 is designed to build a greater understanding of the ways sex and gender affect health and health care and to offer women the leadership tools to work towards improving the quality of women's health and health care in their communities. Participants learn how to apply the leadership skills and sex and gender based analysis tools to address the women’s health issues that are important to them. This program is designed for women in Ontario who are motivated and interested in women’s health issues and who are already actively engaged in their communities or organizations.

These retreats are part of the Women’s Health Leadership Program which is funded by Echo: Improving Women's Health in Ontario, an agency of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

The application form and information about the program are available on OWHN's website at: www.owhn.on.ca 

OWHN: 416-408-4840 or toll-free 1-877-860-4545 email: owhn@owhn.on.ca

May 15 ~ 530pm ~ WHC – 2nd Floor, Room B

Women’s Health Clinic is hosting a second meeting to bring interested women from diverse organizations, families, committees, issues, ages, orientations, abilities, and communities together.

Manitoba women are organizing and determining a way to respond to and influence realities that affect our collective health and wellbeing. Manitoba women are known for being leaders in social action and change, and we are reenergizing and reinvigorating and revolutionizing our community!

Child-minding will be available for up to 8 children – please read more about it, and register with Jann via email or telephone if you will need child-minding support (more details in attachment below).

Women's Health in Women's Hands CHC is undertaking a brief survey to identify research needs/gaps, priorities and to identify new areas and groups to partner with both community based and academic institutions, service providers and decision makers interested in research in communities of colour particularly women.

The survey takes less than 10 minutes. To access the survey follow this link.  

Thank you for filling the survey. WHIWH appreciates your support.

World Health Organization Job Opportunity
Vacancy Notice No: HQ/12/HQ/FT144
Title: Team Leader
Grade: P-6
Contract type: Fixed-Term Appointment
Duration of contract:  Two years 
Application Deadline: 7 June 2012
Duty Station:Geneva,Switzerland

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME:

The mainstreaming of Gender, Equity and Human Rights in the work of WHO would offer WHO Programmes at all levels of the Organization:

- a coherent and powerful assembly of these core values of the Organization, and alignment of WHO's work on these values with other UN Organizations (in particular UN Women and the HR Council), Funds and Programmes, building on their experience;

- the incorporation of core components of Gender, Equity and Human Rights in WHO's work in all policies, programmes, measurement of impact and research;

- the creation and enhancement of a corporate attitude, behaviour and practice that is unifying, across fields of expertise and organizational levels, and speaking with one voice to the outside world;

- an engagement in a collective effort geared to generate greater impact of individual programmes;

- a comprehensive and combined set of principles, standards, methods and tools conducive to increased literacy of WHO staff on these values, and skills to incorporate them in strategic planning.

For the full job description, visit their website.

June 7- 9, 2012
Baltimore, MD, USA

Online Registration: Deadline: June 1, 2012
Late-Breaking Abstract: Deadline: May 7, 2012

For more information, see their website.

To submit an abstract, visit this page.