Post-doctoral fellow Dr. Jocelyn Wessels awarded the 2016-2017 Ontario Women’s Health Fellowship
Exciting news coming from the Kaushic Lab, where post-doctoral fellow Dr. Jocelyn Wessels was recently awarded the prestigious Ontario Women’s Health Fellowship [...]
Exciting news coming from the Kaushic Lab, where post-doctoral fellow Dr. Jocelyn Wessels was recently awarded the prestigious Ontario Women’s Health Fellowship. The award, funded in 2001 by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, recognizes a distinguished group of Ontario scholars who are working to improve women’s health through research focusing on issues such as contraception, breast cancer, and health during pregnancy. The award hopes to support scholars in their efforts to create new knowledge about women’s health, and to help develop more effective health services and products for women. MIRC member Dr. Wessels was one of only two post-doctoral fellows to receive the award, which includes a $50,000 fellowship and an additional $5000 for research. Her research focuses on how female sex hormones found in contraceptives affect vaginal health and susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections, such as HIV. Specially, Dr. Wessels’ research will investigate how Depo-Provera, a progestin-based contraceptive, affects healthy bacteria within the vaginal tract which protect against infections, and whether these changes make women more susceptible to HIV. Read more about the award here, and congratulations to Dr. Wessels!
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