Better Aging in BC: Mapping Menopause Research Priorities
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Year 2024
- Principal investigator Lori Brotto
- Co-lead(s) Stephanie Rhone, BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre
- Host institution Provincial Health Services Authority
- Research location Women's Health Research Institute
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Team members
- Stephanie Rhone, BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre
- Nicole Prestley, Women's Health Research Institute
- Cynthia Lin Hsieh, Women's Health Research Institute
- Julia Santana Parrilla, Women's Health Research Institute
- Shirley Weir, MenopauseChicks
- Deborah Money, University of British Columbia
- Rachel Ollivier, BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre
- Melanie Altas, Vancouver General Hospital
- Caroline Sanders, University of Northern British Columbia
- Heather Cooke, Alzheimer’s Society of BC
- Alka Tandan, Person with Lived Experience
- Marina Adshade, University of British Columbia
- Silke Appel-Cresswell, University of British Columbia
- Mohamed Bedaiwy, University of British Columbia
- Katrina Bouchard, BC Centre for Vulvar Health
- Roxana Geoffrion, University of British Columbia
- Kelsey Mills, University of British Columbia
- Tim Rowe, University of British Columbia
- Aline Talhouk, University of British Columbia
- Nicole Todd, University of British Columbia
- Darren Lazare, University of British Columbia
- Tim Rowe, University of British Columbia
- Unjali Malhotra, First Nations Health Authority
- Michelle Jacobson, Women's College Hospital
- Gwen Haworth, Trans Care BC
- Sabrina Gill, Metabolic Bone Clinic
- Ruth Vilayil, University of British Columbia
- Ali Zentner, Revolution Medical Clinic
- Lesa Dawson, Gynecologic Cancer Initiative
- Silke Appel-Cresswell, University of British Columbia
- Brittany Bingham, University of British Columbia
- Chui Kin Yuen, Canadian Menopause Society
We will bring together people who research, provide, and receive menopause care. They will create a complete list of research ideas to support healthy aging in British Columbia. The process will include healthcare providers from nursing, medicine, and psychology. It will also include researchers from basic, health, and social sciences. Individuals with lived experience of midlife and menopause will also take part. Power dynamics within and throughout groups will be accounted for with trauma-informed and patient-centered approaches. Together, we will create a “Research Agenda for Menopause and Midlife Women’s Health.” It will show ways to improve care for menopause and midlife women’s health. The project activities will lead to new and stronger partnerships among researchers, clinicians, and people with lived experience. The Agenda will be hosted by the Women’s Health Research Institute and will set up the new Menopause and Midlife Health Program at BC Women’s Hospital to be a Centre of Excellence in both research and clinical care.