Does gender gap in medical research still exist? Copy and paste this link to your web browser and read on!
https://agenda.weforum.org/2015/02/why-we-need-to-close-the-gender-gap-in-medical-research/

WHRFC’s 1994 scholarship recipient was Dr. Lynda Balneaves whose research topic was ‘the use of alternative treatments of women diagnosed with breast cancer.’ Recently, Dr. Balneaves was appointed as the Director of the Centre for Integrative Medicine (CIM) at the University of Toronto. The announcement is highlighted in the first two links noted below. The third link is a recent review authored by L. Weeks, L. Balneaves, C. Paterson, and M. Verhoef. The articled is titled ‘Decision-making about complementary and alternative medicine by cancer patients: integrative literature review.

1) http://www.incamresearch.ca/content/cam-newsflash-congratulations-dr-lynda-balneaves

2) http://www.facmed.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/recent-appointments

3) http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/view/625/546

Join Chrissy Troy and 103.1 Virgin Radio for the ‘Stand-Up Paddleboard Yoga’ fundraising event at Fort Whyte Alive in support of The Women’s Health Research Foundation of Canada on Friday, September 5, 2014.

Check out the link below for additional details and to register:

http://winnipeg.virginradio.ca/SUPYoga.aspx

Project Title: Average lung capacity
Student Researcher: Angela Lawrence
Grade: 6

Project Title: Iron Ladies. Grade: 6-7.

Project Title: Higher expression of Toll-like receptors and HIV-target cell chemoattractants in endocervical tumors. Grade: 9-10.

Project Title: The relationship between acceleration and vibrations of the knee. Grade: 11-12.