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  • Kiran Mann joins us on this episode to discuss pelvic floor dysfunction and breaking stigmas. She explains what pelvic floor dysfunction is, how common it is and useful tips if you do have it. Kiran will also talk about the Be Pelvic Health Aware campaign – aimed to help those with this dysfunction feel comfortable talking to their healthcare providers and support systems.

    Guest: Kiran Mann
    Host(s): Chhavi Mehra & Sarah Williscraft
    Editor: Negin Nia & Chhavi Mehra
    Music: "A Way to You" by Nick Petrov licensed via Premium Beat
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  • Domperidone is a dopamine blocker that is being increasingly prescribed off-label in British Columbia and other provinces to treat low milk supply. In this episode of Women’s Health Interrupted, we are joined by Dr. Janet Currie and Dr. Suzanne Hetzel Campbell to address the effects of Domperidone on breast feeding mothers. They will also be discussing criticisms, research and areas of development around it.

    Guest: Dr. Janet Currie and Dr. Suzanne Hetzel Campbell
    Host(s): Chhavi Mehra & Sarah Williscraft
    Editor: Negin Nia & Chhavi Mehra
    Music: "A Way to You" by Nick Petrov licensed via Premium Beat
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  • In this episode of Women’s Health Interrupted, we are joined by Dr. Debra Anderson to discuss how you can improve your quality of life. Dr. Anderson delves into health behaviours like diet sleep, stress, exercise, and other lifestyle choices that can impact your quality of life, especially for women. She will specifically address how this can improve your life if you are dealing with a chronic disease like cancer, heart disease or diabetes.

    Guest: Dr. Debra Anderson
    Host(s): Chhavi Mehra & Sarah Williscraft
    Editor: Negin Nia & Chhavi Mehra
    Music: "A Way to You" by Nick Petrov licensed via Premium Beat
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  • Dr. Claudia Barth is joining us to discuss the possible link between your brain health and menopause. She addresses how changes to your estrogen levels during menopause may be causing cognitive declines. Dr. Barth will also address other issues and things you can do to keep your brain healthy when going through menopause – and how to help other women during this period in their lives.

    Guest: Dr. Claudia Barth
    Host(s): Chhavi Mehra & Sarah Williscraft
    Editor: Negin Nia & Chhavi Mehra
    Music: "A Way to You" by Nick Petrov licensed via Premium Beat
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  • In this week’s episode of Women’s Health Interrupted, we are joined by Dr. Ann-Marie De Lange, to discuss pregnancy and brain health, also referred to as “mommy brain.” Dr. De Lange will delve into how pregnancy may have long-lasting impacts on the brain and what processes go on in the brain when you give birth. She will also address what women can do to improve their brain health and address many of these issues when getting pregnant.

    Guest: Dr. Ann-Marie De Lange
    Host(s): Chhavi Mehra & Sarah Williscraft
    Editor: Negin Nia & Chhavi Mehra
    Music: "A Way to You" by Nick Petrov licensed via Premium Beat
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  • Amanda Namchuk and Tallinn Splinter will join us in this episode to discuss the exclusion of women from health research and how that has impacted us in the past, present and foreseeable future. They discuss how a lack of research on women and their bodies has led to a gap in research on sex and gender. Amanda and Tallinn will also go over how to better address this gap both on an individual and systemic level.

    Guest: Amanda Namchuk and Tallinn Splinter
    Host(s): Chhavi Mehra & Sarah Williscraft
    Editor: Negin Nia & Chhavi Mehra
    Music: "A Way to You" by Nick Petrov licensed via Premium Beat
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  • In this episode, Dr. Alex Abramovich will be highlighting the barriers that 2SLGBTQ+ youth face when accessing housing and health services. He will discuss how the issue of safety comes into place and how important it is for 2SLGBTQ+ youth to feel like they can be their full authentic selves when choosing different programs.

    Guest: Dr. Alex Abramovich
    Host(s): Chhavi Mehra & Sarah Williscraft
    Editor: Negin Nia & Chhavi Mehra
    Music: "A Way to You" by Nick Petrov licensed via Premium Beat
    Special Thanks: UBC Medicine Learning Network, the UBC Work Learn program & WHRC donors

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  • In this episode of Women’s Health Interrupted we are joined by Dr. Lindsay Larios to discuss reproductive care in Canada when you have a precarious immigration status. Dr. Larios addresses our questions related to how abortion and reproductive care rights work in a healthcare system that often discriminates against marginalized groups.

    SUBJECT/HOST CREDITS:

    Guest: Dr. Lindsay Larios
    Host(s): Chhavi Mehra & Sarah Williscraft
    Editor: Negin Nia & Chhavi Mehra

    MUSIC CREDITS:

    A Way to You by Nick Petrov

    SPECIAL THANKS: UBC Medicine Learning Network, the UBC Work Learn program & WHRC donors

    ANY ADDITIONAL CREDITS/NOTES:

    New episodes of Women’s Health Interrupted will be available the second Wednesday of each month. Please rate, review, and subscribe to our podcast and explore the entire UBC Medicine Learning Network roster of podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and where you find your podcasts. Learn more about the Women's Health Research Cluster on their website: https://womenshealthresearch.ubc.ca/

  • In this episode, we are joined by Nicole Keay and Stephanie Lam from The Gynecologic Cancer Initiative. Nicole and Stephanie co-host the Gynecologic Oncology Sharing Hub (GOSH) podcast. They joined us to discuss all things gynecological cancer from what it is, to treatments, and how to support patients or survivors. You will also hear about new initiatives based in B.C. that the Gynecological Cancer Initiative and the GOSH Podcast are working.

    Guests: Nicole Keay & Stephanie Lam

    Host(s): Chhavi Mehra & Sarah Williscraft

    Editor: Negin Nia & Chhavi Mehra

    Music: "A Way to You" by Nick Petrov licensed via Premium Beat

    SPECIAL THANKS: UBC Medicine Learning Network, the UBC Work Learn program & WHRC donors

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  • In this episode, we spoke to Dr. Najah Adreak, who brought her expertise to discuss the knowledge gaps in women’s heart health. In this episode, she will go over the risk factor, diagnosis and treatment for women’s cardiovascular concerns. Dr. Adreak will also address the long-standing knowledge gaps in women’s cardiovascular health. She delves into how health research is often solely based on male bodies and how this impacts female patients today.

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    SUBJECT/HOST CREDITS:

    Guest: Dr. Najah Adreak

    Host(s): Chhavi Mehra & Sarah Williscraft 

    Editor: Negin Nia & Sarah Williscraft

    MUSIC CREDITS:

    A Way to You by Nick Petrov

    Licensed via Premium Beat

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  • Dr. Lori Brotto joins us in the first episode of Season 2 to discuss cultivating female sexual health and empowerment. She addresses myths, sex research and other historical issues that may impact why many women may experience sexual concerns today. Dr. Brotto will go over how one can cultivate sexual desire through interventions, mindfulness and female empowerment.

    Dr. Lori Brotto is a professor in the UBC Department of Gynecology, a registered psychologist in Vancouver, and executive director of the Women’s Health Research Institute of BC. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of British Columbia (UBC). Then, she trained at the University of Washington where she completed her one-year internship in the Department of Psychiatry followed by a two-year Postdoctoral Fellow in Reproductive and Sexual Medicine. Dr. Brotto is a member of the International Academy of Sex Research, the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, the Canadian Sex Research Forum, and the Canadian Psychological Association.

    She researches women's sexual health and develops psychoeducational interventions for women with sexual desire and arousal complaints. She studies culture and sexuality, hormones and sexual desire, cancer and sexuality, concerns about HPV and sexuality, asexuality, and more. Dr. Brotto’s latest book, Better Sex Through Mindfulness, demonstrates the benefits of mindfulness to aid with women’s sexual concerns. Through her work, she aims to be a strong advocate for empowering women to feel comfortable in their bodies.

    SUBJECT/HOST CREDITS:

    Guest: Dr. Lori Brotto

    Hosts: Chhavi Mehra & Sarah Williscraft

    Editors: Negin Nia & Chhavi Mehra

    MUSIC CREDITS:

    A Way to You by Nick Petrov

    SPECIAL THANKS:

    N/A

    ANY ADDITIONAL CREDITS/NOTES:

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  • In this episode, Dr. Siwan Anderson talks about how women’s socio-economic status strongly correlates with their health outcomes, especially Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). Dr. Anderson discusses some interesting findings in her research on how women are less likely to suffer abuse if they have access to a share of the household. Her current research looks at the women’s relationships with power in the household and how religious and cultural norms come into play in this context.

    Links to resources mentioned in this episode/further reading material:

    "Intimate Partner Violence and Female Property Rights" Nature Human Behaviour, 2021, 5: 1021-1026.

    “Missing Unmarried Women” (with Debraj Ray) Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17(5): 1585-1616.

    “Unbundling Female Empowerment”

    “How Economics can Contribute to Evolutionary Perspectives on the Family” (with Chris Bidner)

    “Property Rights over Marital Transfers”(with Chris Bidner) Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 130(3): 1421-1484.

    Guest bio:

    Dr. Siwan Anderson is a professor in the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia. Her research area is applied development economics and much of her work centers on women in developing countries. She has worked on determinants of female autonomy, missing women, and marriage markets in various contexts. Dr. Anderson is a Research Fellow at the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and a Faculty Associate at the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also a member of the Institutions, Organizations, and Growth research group of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Dr. Anderson is the first woman to receive the John Rae Prize, awarded by the Canadian Economic Association.

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  • In the fourth episode of our mini series, we talk to Dr. Kiffer Card about social and behavioural determinants of health and how healthcare researchers can improve the study of these determinants. Dr. Card discusses the historical failures of governments and researchers to provide adequate care for marginalized communities and how his work aims to begin filling those gaps.

    Links to resources mentioned in this episode/further reading material:

    What public health interventions do people in Canada prefer to fund? A discrete choice experiment

    DBSS S2E10: Stay Social, Stay Healthy - Kiffer Card

    The Canadian Social Connection Survey Results Webinar

    Guest bios:

    Dr. Kiffer Card is the Scientific Director of the Institute for Social Connection and a Professor with the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. His research focuses on socio-ecological responses to complex co-occurring health inequities with an emphasis on public health crises driven by social and behavioural determinants.

    Twitter: @kiffercard, https://twitter.com/kiffercard

  • In this episode of our mini-series, we talk to Dr. Elif Sari about how the notion of “becoming sick” is related to people’s migration experiences, especially those who are part of the 2S/LGBTQIA+ community. Dr. Sari discusses how this notion is rooted in the idea of harsh working environments and discriminatory practices of healthcare. She also addressed how both of these factors contribute to the emotional and physical wellbeing of these people.

    Guest bio:

    Dr. Elif Sari is a queer feminist anthropologist, a new faculty member in the UBC Department of Anthropology, and an uninvited immigrant settler on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the xÊ·məξkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation. She completed her Ph.D. (2021) in anthropology at Cornell University with a concentration in feminist, gender, and sexuality studies. After graduate school, Dr. Sari spent one year at the University of Toronto, where she had a chance to work in the Queer and Trans Research Lab as the Martha LA McCain postdoctoral fellow. Currently, she is working on her first book manuscript, which is an engaged ethnography of queer and trans asylum from the Middle East to North America. She is also excited to start two new research projects, one focusing on private refugee sponsorship in Canada and one exploring the connections between migration, sexuality, and art (particularly drag).

    Links to resources mentioned in this episode/further reading material:

    Additional resources on asylum in and through Turkey:

    Amnesty International. 2016. “No Safe Refuge: Asylum-Seekers and Refugees Denied Effective Protection in Turkey.” https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/EUR4438252016ENGLISH.pdf

    Biehl, Kristen. 2015. “Governing through Uncertainty: Experiences of Being a Refugee in Turkey as a Country for Temporary Asylum.” Social Analysis 59 (1): 55–75.

    On LGBTQ asylum in Turkey:

    Durmaz, Nursel, Hakan TopateƟ, and Aslıcan Kalfa TopateƟ. 2017. “Working Life Experiences of Iranian LGBTI Migrant Workers in Denizli Province in Terms of Occupational Health and Safety.” Mesleki Sağlık ve GĂŒvenlik Dergisi (The Journal of Occupational Health and Safety) 17(64): 37-43.

    HYD and ORAM. 2009. “Unsafe Haven: The Security Challenges Facing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Turkey.”https://hyd.org.tr/attachments/article/166/unsafe_haven_2011.pdf

    KAOS GL. 2016. “Waiting to be ‘Safe and Sound’: Turkey as LGBTI Refugees’ Way Station.” https://kaosgldernegi.org/images/library/2016multeci-raporu2016.pdf.

    Sarı, Elif. 2020. “Unsafe Present, Uncertain Future: LGBTI Asylum in Turkey.” In Queer and Trans Migrations: Dynamics of Illegalization, Detention, and Deportation. Eithne LuibhĂ©id and Karma ChĂĄvez, eds. Pp. 90-105. University of Illinois Press.

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  • In the second episode of our mini series, we talk to Dr. Veena Sriram about the role of power structures, such as gender, in global healthcare systems and policies. She highlights the importance of interdisciplinary study between public health and social sciences to better critically analyze healthcare systems.

    Resources Discussed:

    Veena’s papers that questions were based on:

    Introduction to “Recontextualizing Physician Associations: Revisiting Context, Scope, Methodology”Heroes on Strike: Trends in Global Health Worker Protests During COVID-1910 best resources on power in health policy and systems in low- and middle-income countries

    Resource Veena gave for context

    DELIVERED BY WOMEN, LED BY MEN:

    A GENDER AND EQUITY ANALYSIS OF THE GLOBAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORKFORCE

    https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20200630.939347/

    Guest Biography:

    Dr. Veena Sriram is an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) and the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) at the University of British Columbia. Her research sits at the intersection of global health, social science and public policy, and her interests are in understanding power and politics in health policy processes in low- and middle-income countries. She draws upon theory and methodologies from the social sciences in conducting her research, and has a particular focus on qualitative approaches. Dr. Sriram has conducted extensive research at the national and state level in India, exploring a range of health policy and system questions, including medical specialization, health workforce policy development, the functioning of national health authorities and emergency care systems. She has also contributed to expanding the application of theory and concepts to study power in health policy and systems research.

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  • In the first episode of our mini-series, we talk to Dr. Ketty Anyeko about how economic barriers prevent many women from seeking justice and reparations in their lives. She discusses storytelling as a powerful tool for many women who have experienced sexual violence in Northern Uganda and the importance of listening to the community.

    Resources Discussed:

    Storytelling and Peacebuilding: Lessons from Northern Uganda‘The Cooling of Hearts’: Community Truth-Telling in Northern UgandaChild tracing: locating the paternal homes of “children born of war”Improving Accountability for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Africa

    Important Organizations:

    Water Ki GenWomen’s Advocacy NetworkGulu Women’s Economic Development and Globalization (GWEDG)

    Guest Biography:

    Dr. Ketty Anyeko is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Research Network on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia (UBC), and the School for International Studies, at Simon Fraser University. She holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies from UBC and an MA in Peace Studies from Notre Dame University (USA). Dr. Anyeko’s research is centered on women’s senses of justice and reparations after wartime sexual violence in Northern Uganda. With nearly two decades’ experience in women, peace, and justice, and gender programme planning and implementation, Dr. Anyeko applies her expertise to her scholarly work around the lack of understanding of justice and reparations for the women she has worked with.

  • We’re taking a field trip away from our regular Women’s Health Interrupted content to bring you a special mini series!

    Hosted by Dr. Marina Adshade and Damara Featherstone, this mini-series aims to find out what every women’s health researcher should know about socioeconomic status. Socioeconomic status is a combination of economic factors—like income, education and occupation—and social factors including gender, race, country of origin, and much more. By talking with experts in the arts and humanities, we will get to the bottom of this question, and show how important it is that we all work together, to improve women’s health.

    Join us every second Wednesday of the month starting September 14th for 5 information packed episodes!

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  • In this week’s episode, we sit down with Dr. Emily Jacobs and Dr. Cailtin Taylor to discuss how oral contraceptives (OC) impact women’s brain health. We break down the science behind oral contraceptives, discover gaps in research, and discuss the need for safer birth control options for women.

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    In this week’s episode, Rebecca sits down with researcher, Dr. Paula Gordon, and breast cancer survivor and Executive Director of Dense Breasts Canada, Jennie Dale, to break into the science behind breast cancer screening and the importance of early detection practices. We talk about why women with dense breasts are at higher risk for developing more severe forms of breast cancer and what can be done to keep them safe.

    Links to resources mentioned in this episode:

    Densebreastscanada.ca

    MyBreastScreening.ca

    Densebreast-info.org

    Your comprehensive guide to breast screening in Canada

    https://mybreastscreening.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Guide-to-Screening-in-Canada.pdf

    Failing Canadian Women: The impacts of outdated and inconsistent breast screening practices

    https://densebreastscanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Failing-Canadian-Women.pdf

    Petition link

    https://chng.it/MCYFS7tR8z

    Biographies:

    Dr. Paula Gordon is a breast radiologist and professor at the University of British Columbia. She is also a tireless advocate for screening and ultrasound for women with dense breasts starting at age 40 -- options that are not available in most provinces. Dr. Gordon believes that too many women are denied mammograms at 40 because family doctors have not received accurate information. The work she has done in partnership with the organization Dense Breasts Canada (DBC) has been in service of getting accurate information into the hands of patients and their doctors so that women can have the best chance of catching and treating cancers early.

    Jennie Dale is the Executive Director of Dense Breasts Canada (DBC). She lives in Ontario. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2014. Mammogram and tomosynthesis did not detect her cancer-it was detected by ultrasound. Inspired by the successful advocacy efforts of American organizations, "areyoudense.org" and "densebreast-info.org," Jennie co-founded DBC with Michelle DiTomaso in 2017 and has teamed up with breast cancer survivors nationwide to raise awareness of the risks of dense breasts. Together, over the past four years, they have successfully advocated for changes in policy in many Canadian provinces.

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    In this episode, Rebecca sits down with Lan Randhawa (they/them) and Kate Wahl (she/her) to talk about all things endometriosis. Lan is a member of the Patient Research Advisory Board for the Endometriosis Pelvic Pain Lab at UBC. Kate is a graduate researcher focused on advancing sexual and reproductive health and has co-led a study on menstrual health and endometriosis education in schools. We dive into what can be done to address some of the gaps in the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis, despite its debilitating and widespread impacts.

    Links to resources mentioned in this episode:

    Endo Act: https://endoact.ca/
    Pelvic Pain Clinic at BC Women’s: http://www.bcwomens.ca/our-services/gynecology/pelvic-pain-endometriosis
    Patient Research Advisory Board at BC Women’s (if you can’t find this then thats ok): https://yonglab.med.ubc.ca/endometriosis-patient-research-advisory-board/
    Endo Knows no Gendo (facebook group): https://m.facebook.com/groups/117791448846494
    https://endopain.endometriosis.org

    Biography:

    Lan Randhawa is an Emergency Medical Call Taker and Dispatcher for BC Ambulance and a member of the Patient Research Advisory Board for the Endometriosis Pelvic Pain Laboratory at UBC. They are passionate about using their personal experience with Endometriosis, Adenomyosis and Pelvic Pain to further research and innovations in order to help others suffering from these diseases. Since April, they have been a part of ENDO Act Canada, where they are a part of the Advocacy and Communications team, helping them with their mission to drive policy action on Endometriosis in Canada. Since their partial hysterectomy in 2019, they have been able to enjoy living a relatively pain free life with their husband and two beautiful dogs while they anxiously await their adopted children to join their family.

    Kate Wahl is a graduate student researcher interested in new strategies for moving evidence into health policy and practice. She uses qualitative methods to develop and evaluate approaches for sharing research findings with stakeholders including the public, healthcare providers, and policy makers. Kate's focus is on advancing sexual and reproductive health, and she is currently investigating patient decision aids, education programs, and storytelling in this context. Recently, Kate has co-led a study of menstrual health and endometriosis education in schools and she is involved with endometriosis advocacy through the Pan-Canadian organization EndoAct.

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