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Province-Wide Cervical Cancer Self-Screening Program Launches in BC
British Columbia has made massive strides in improving access to cervical cancer screening through the ...Read More
GCI Knowledge Mobilization at the BC Cancer Summit 2023: Advancing Gynecologic Cancer
On November 16th, the Gynecologic Cancer Initiative (GCI) hosted a session on "Knowledge Mobilization to Extend ...Read More
GCI Trainee Spotlight: Signe MacLennan, PhD Student
Signe MacLennan is a PhD candidate in the Marra lab studying the role of extrachromosomal ...Read More
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month 2023: Enhancing Knowledge Translation of Gynecologic Cancer Research
September is annually recognized as Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month. Gynecologic cancers include ovarian, vaginal, vulvar, ...Read More
GCI Trainee Spotlight: Geneviève Allaire-Stacey, Master’s Student
Geneviève is completing her graduate studies in the Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences (WACH) under ...Read More
GCI Trainee Spotlight: Dr. Bengul Gokbayrak, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Bengul Gokbayrak is a postdoctoral fellow supervised by Dr. Yemin Wang. She earned her ...Read More
GCI Researcher Leads Terry Fox Research Institute- Funded Program on Tumor-Driven Immunosuppression
The Gynecologic Cancer Initiative is delighted to share that GCI Researcher, Dr. Julian J. Lum, ...Read More
2023 Gynecologic Cancer Research Award Recipients
Congratulations to Dr. Amal El-Naggar, Dr. Farhia Kabeer, and Dr. Bengul Gokbayrak on receiving the ...Read More
Season 3 Recap: GOSH Podcast’s Empowering Journey through Gynecologic Oncology
Season 3 of the Gynecologic Oncology Sharing Hub (GOSH) Podcast has concluded, leaving behind a ...Read More
Machine Learning for the Classification of Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is not a single disease but consists of several distinct subtypes of the ...Read More
Another Year of Celebrating Gyne-Cancer Research: GCI Trainee Research Day 2023 Recap
On June 15, 2023, the Gynecologic Cancer Initiative was delighted to host their third annual ...Read More
Shining a Light on Early Cancers
CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING Cervical cancer continues to be a significant global health burden as the ...Read More
Dr. Yvette Drew Appointed as the New GCI Clinical Trials Group Chair
We would like to announce that Dr. Anna Tinker will be stepping down from her ...Read More
GCI Trainee Spotlight: Hallie Dau, MPH
Hallie is a Canadian Doctoral Scholar at the at the School of Population and Public ...Read More
GCI Trainee Spotlight: Yuchen Ding, BSc
As a current Master's student in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Yuchen is committed to advancing ...Read More
Understanding the Social and Economic Impact of Cervical Cancer in Uganda
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of female cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) ...Read More
Marching for Endometriosis Awareness
Endo-what? Endometriosis affects about 10% of biologically assigned females. In this condition, the tissue similar ...Read More
International Women’s Day 2023
Happy International Women’s Day! March 8th is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, ...Read More
Removing Fallopian Tubes at Time of C-Section or After Vaginal Birth to Prevent Ovarian Cancer
Recent scientific discoveries have led to a cancer prevention opportunity for women and people with ...Read More
Launching Beyond the Stories: Molecular Classification/ProMisE
The GCI recently released Beyond the Stories: Molecular Classification/ProMisE. In this video, clinician-researchers Dr. Jessica ...Read More