Marginalized Women

Marginalized Women

Support and Wellness

Support and Wellness

Scholarships

Scholarships

Research and Learning

Research and Learning

Fundraising

Fundraising

WHRFC Programs

2023

Madison Hardman

MA Student (Psychology)

Research Title: Exploring the
Mental Health Journeys of Women on Probation and Parole in Canada:
Symptoms and Psychological Service Utilization

2023

Sara Crooks

MSc Student (Biochemistry and Medical Genetics)

Research Title:
Determining the mechanism of action of L-Rham-induced cell killing in high
grade serous ovarian cancer

2023

AmyAnne Smith

PhD Student (Social Work)

Research Title: The Impacts of Trial Delay on Sexual Assault Survivors

2023

Lara Penner-Goeke

PhD Student (Psychology)

Research Title: Informant Agreement of Symptoms in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders

2022

Amr Abostait

MSc Student (Pharmacy)

Research Title: Safe nanomedicines during pregnancy: Targeted lipid nanoparticles to specific fetal organs
Supervisor: Dr. Hagar Labouta

2022

Oludolapo Balogun

MSc Student (Community Health Sciences)

Research Title: Prevalence of mental disorders among pregnant women in social housing in Manitoba
Supervisor: Dr. Nathan Nickel

2022

Kerri-Ann Bochen

MSc Student (Nursing)

Research Title: Moving beyond barriers: Understanding the experiences of women who transitioned to cardiac rehabilitation and subsequently withdrew prior to completion
Supervisor: Dr. Marnie Kramer

2022

Mimi Brown

MSc Student (Social Work)

Research Title: The WHOLE Leader
Supervisor: Dr. Kendra Nixon

2021

Moustafa Ali

PhD Student (Pharmacy)

Research Title: Towards safe medicines during pregnancy: Placenta non-crossing nanoparticles
Supervisor: Dr Hagar Labouta

2021

Kayla Joyce

PhD Student (Psychology)

Research Title: Developing a substance use intervention targeting mothers in the perinatal period: Addressing unmet needs using a patient-oriented research approach.
Supervisor: Dr. Leslie E, Roos

2021

Cynthia Yamamoto

PhD Student (Sociology and Criminology)

Research Title: An institutional ethnography of occupational therapists' work in publicly funded home-care in Canada.
Supervisor: Dr. Laura Funk

2021

Nicole Herpai

PhD Student (Community Health Sciences)

Research Title: A mixed methods analysis of economic empowerment measurements and the effects on sexual and reproductive health outcomes for adolescent girls and young women. Supervisor: Dr. Evelyn Forget

2021

Daniel Gussakovsky

PhD Student (Chemistry)

Research Title: Elucidating the transcriptional initiation of a non-coding RNA implicated in breast, ovarian and lung cancer pathogenesis.
Supervisor: Dr. Sean McKenna

2020

Michelle Ward

PhD Student (Psychology)

Research Title: Like mother, like son: A similarity-fit perspective on motherhood and the broader autism phenotype.
Supervisor: Dr. Jen Thule

2020

Quan Liu

PhD Student (Biochemistry and Medical Genetics)

Research Title: Interpretable and extendable deep learning models for identifying prognostic radiogenomic biomarkers from multimodal imaging and genomic data.
Supervisor: Dr. Pingzhao Hu

2020

Toby Le

MSc Student (Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases)

Research Title: Effects of DMPA on peripheral blood natural killer cells in sex workers from Nairobi Kenya.
Supervisor: Dr. Keith Fowke

2020

Alekhya Lavu

PhD Student (Pharmacy)

Research Title: Anti-epileptic treatments during pregnancy and neonatal birth weight outcomes.
Supervisor: Dr. Sherif Eltonsy

2020

Gabrielle Fontaine

MSc Student (Physics & Astronomy)

Research Title: Design and development of a portable breast microwave imaging system.
Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Pistorius

2019

Maria Isabel Garces Davila

PhD Student (Community Health Sciences)

Research Title: The effect of maternal stress on adverse childhood experiences, mental health and justice involvement of the offspring: And intergenerational analysis of stress. Supervisor: Dr. Tracie O. Afifi

2019

Alanna Johnson

MA Student (Psychology)

Research Title: The impact of a shelter stay on relationship values for women victims of partner violence.
Supervisor: Dr. Diane Hiebert-Murphy

2019

Sarah Petty

PhD Student (Psychology)

Research Title: Women`s anxiety symptoms and psychological treatment-seeking during the perinatal period. Supervisors: Dr. Kristin Reynolds and Dr. Patricia Furer

2019

Claire Morden

MSc Student (Biochemistry and Medical Genetics)

Research Title: Characterizing chromosome instability in chemonaive and chemoresistant high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Supervisors: Dr. Kirk McManus and Dr. Mark Nachtigal

2019

Jordana Sommer

PhD Student (Psychology)

Research Title: A preoperative virtual reality simulation surgery to reduce perioperative psychiatric sequelae in breast cancer patients. Supervisors:
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy and Dr. Kristin Reynolds

2018

Abin Chandrakumar

MSc Student (Pharmacology and Therapeutics)

Research Title: Maternal antibiotic use during pregnancy and childhood chronic diseases: a population-based study. Supervisor: Dr. Geert W't Jong

2018

Janelle Boram Lee

MSc Student (Community Health Sciences)

Research Title: The relationship between maternal justice involvement and childhood outcomes of child protective services contact and maltreatment indicators: A Manitoba population-based cohort study. Supervisors: Dr. Marni Brownell and Dr. Nathan Nickel

2018

Lindsey Mazur

MSc Student (Community Health Sciences)

Research Title: Experiences of stigma in prenatal/postnatal dietetic care among women with high BMI. Supervisor: Dr. Deborah McPhail

2017

Chloe Shindruk

MN student (Nursing)

Research Title: Expert Nursing Care: Perinatal Palliative Care during Labor, Delivery and the Immediate Postpartum Period
Supervisor: Dr. Genevieve Thompson; Co-advisor Dr. Susan McClement

2017

Dhiwya Attawar

PhD student (Community Health Sciences)

Research Title: The Community Health Worker in Maternal, Newborn, Child Health Interventions in Rural South India: Tracing Equity at the Health System - Community Interface
Supervisor: Dr. James Blanchard

2016

Elizabeth Wall-Wieler

PhD student (Community Health Sciences)

Research Title: The Maternal Responses to Having a Child Taken Into Care Supervisor: Dr. Leslie Roos

2015

Katherine Kenyon

MSc student (Psychology)

Research Title: How Women in Domestic Violence Shelters Experience Personal Empowerment
Supervisor: Dr. Diane Hiebert-Murphy

2014

Kristene Cheung

MSc student (Psychology)

Research Title: Parental Psychopathology in Families of Children with ADHD: A Meta-analysis
Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Theule

2013

Suzanne Lennon

PhD student (Nursing)

Research Title:
Perception of Pregnancy Risk Among Women with Gestational Diabetes and Their Partners: The Impact of Gender

2012

Natalie Mota

PhD student (Psychology)

Research Title:
The Experiences of Female Service Members in the Canadian Forces: A Mixed Methods Approach

2011

Kelli Berzuk

PhD student (Individual Interdisciplinary Program)

Research Title: Evaluation of Increasing Awareness of Pelvic Floor Muscle Function on Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

2010

Christine Henriksen

PhD student (Psychology)

Research Title: The Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Eating Disorders in the General Population

2009

Jonathon R. Walker

MSc student (Physiology)

Research Title: The Cardioprotective Effects of Probucol against Trastuzumab and Anthracycline Mediated Cardiotoxicity

2008

Jennifer Wall

MSc student (Landscape Architecture)

Research Title: Rehabilitation and Meeting Needs of Women in an Institutional Setting Through Programmatic Landscape Design

2007

Mollie Bates

MA student (Psychology)

Research Title: Readiness and Motivation for Change in Women with Eating Disorders

2006

Sandra Dong Huang

MSc student (Community Health Sciences)

Research Title: Case of Three HIV Prevention Programs in Karnataka, India Undertaken by Three NGOs and a Sex Workers Collective

2005

Susy Santos

PhD student (French, Spanish, & Italian – Individual Interdisciplinary Program, IIP)

Research Title: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Mental Health Among Older Adults and Aging Women

2004

Hannah Neufeld

PhD student (Community Health Sciences)

Research Title: Understanding Aboriginal Women’s Experiences with Gestational Diabetes in the Urban Context of Winnipeg, Manitoba

2003

Meta Kreiner

MSc student (Community Health Sciences)

Research Title: Stakeholder Perceptions of Midwifery Integration into the Manitoba Healthcare System

2002

Virginia Spencer

PhD student (Biochemistry)

Research Title: Histone Acetylation and Nuclear Structure in Gene Expression

2001

Sarah Bowen

PhD student (Community Health Sciences)

Research Title: Assessing the Responsiveness of Healthcare Organizations to Culturally Diverse Groups

2000

Lisa Norquay

PhD student (Physiology)

Research Title: Regulatory P Sequences which Direct Expression of Human Growth Hormone Chorionic Somatommotropia Gene Family

1999

Margaret Kozlowski

with Glaxo Wellcome, MSc student (Nursing)

Research Title: Variables that Affect Contraceptive Use in Postpartum Adolescent Females

1999

Maureen Heaman

PhD student (Individual Interdisciplinary Program, IIP)

Research Title: Nursing Research Factors for Preterm Birth

1999

Karen Paroschy

partnership with Pfizer Canada, PhD student (Physiology)

Research Title: Gender Differences in Psychological Distress (Male vs. Female)

1998

Theresa Mayer

MSc student (Community Health Sciences)

Research Title: Gender Differences in Psychological Distress (Male vs. Female)

1998

Farah Sheikh

PhD student (Physiology)

Research Title: Differences in Regenerative Recovery Rate Between Male and Female Myocytes Induced to Divide

1997

Jo-Ann Sawatzky

PhD student (Community Health Sciences)

Research Title: Health Benefits of Exercise in Relation to Cardiovascular Health

1996

Lanette Friesen

PhD student (Chemistry and Physics, NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics)

Research Title: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Procedure for the Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer

1995

Amanda Coutts

PhD student (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology)

Research Title: Molecular Biological Approaches Toward Understanding Breast Cancer

1994

Lynda Balneaves

MSc student (Nursing)

Research Title: Use of Alternative Treatments of Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer

See the following links for an update on Dr. Lynda Balneaves:
1)http://www.incamresearch.ca/content/cam-newsflash-congratulations-dr-lynda-balneaves
2)http://www.facmed.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/recent-appointments

1993

Gail Marchessault

PhD student (Community Health Sciences)

Research Title: Attitudes Toward Weight Issues of Middle-Aged Women, Their Teenage Daughters and Health Professionals

1992

Deborah Handziuk

MSc student (Educational Psychology)

Research Title: Reporting of Sexual Abuse in Rural Communities

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WHRFC Board of Directors

Executive Members

  • Sheri Fandrey, BSP, PhD – President
  • Danessa Peters, CPA – Vice President
  • Cathy G. Cordileone – Treasurer
  • Katelin McDermott, MSc – Secretary

Members-at-large

  • Gaynor Williams, DPhil, MD
  • Lynn Scruby, RN, BN, MS, PhD
  • F. Carleen MacKay, BA, FCMA, FCPA
  • Donna Chow, PhD
  • Tessa Gauthier
  • Matea Tuhtar – Communications Officer
  • Stephanie Hunt, IPMA-ACP