Michael Smith Health Research BC (MSHRBC) has announced the recipients of the 2023 Convening & Collaborating (C2) and Reach competitions to create pathways from research evidence to impact and help ensure that cutting-edge health research can directly improve the health of British Columbians and BC’s health system.
GRSJ Alumni A.J. Lowik is a co-lead on one of 21 teams led by UBC researchers that were funded.
CGSHE’s Gender & Sex in Methods and Measurement: An educational symposium focused on building equity in research
Recipient: Kate Shannon (Department of Medicine)
Co-lead: A.J. Lowik (Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice)
Research location: Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity
This award will support a 1-day educational symposium to be held in Vancouver, BC in summer 2024. The symposium’s aim is to expand attendees’ knowledge of and capacity to ensure accuracy, precision, and inclusion when it comes to gender, sex, and sexuality in health research. Funded by CIHR Sex and Gender Science Chair to help advance the centre’s strategic priority to increase inclusivity in research, CGSHE Research Equity Toolkit on Gender & Sex in Methods and Measurement (GSMM) was launched in 2022. Attendees will learn about the toolkit and participate in workshops focused on different facets of research design, data collection, analysis, and dissemination, organized around each GSMM tool. Attendees will be able to meet with toolkit coauthors/advisory members, who are 2S/LGBTQ research and methods experts, to get advice on their specific project and data needs. The symposium will culminate in a roundtable focused on identifying a gap in the toolkit. A final tool will be developed following the event, based on the input and insights shared by attendees. The symposium will welcome academic and clinical researchers, healthcare providers, government employees, and others who collect, manage and/or use health data in their work.
