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- Centre for Research in Women's Health
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History
In 1995, Women's College Hospital partnered with the University of Toronto to establish the Centre for Research in Women's Health. The primary purpose of the Centre for Research in Women's Health was to conduct and promote research on topics relevant to women’s health. The Centre also sought to foster connections with the broader community and encourage interdisciplinary research, studying the interaction between biological, psychological, economic, social, cultural, and legal factors.
The Centre for Research in Women's Health recruited additional research faculty to the Hospital and established funding for a number of academic chairs. In 2003, the Centre for Research in Women's Health became an extra-departmental unit at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, taking on a larger role in student education. The Centre established scholarships to foster new researchers and has hosted multidisciplinary events in women’s health such as the Graduate Student Research Day.
The Centre for Research in Women’s Health helped build many of the research programs that remain part of the Women’s College Research Institute today.