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Research
Latest papers
Making Modern Maternity.
Medical humanities · 2024 · first author
"Doctors Aren't Familiar with Your Tissues": Self-Examination and Feminist Health Activism in 1970s Canada.
The Canadian historical review · 2023 · senior author
Latest funding
- $125,000
Epigenetic markers to distinguish gendered exposures from biological sex
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $75,000
The Historical Dimensions of Women's Health
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $577,575
Pelvic Health and Public Health in Twentieth Century Canada
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
2 publications.
Making Modern Maternity.
Wood W, Love HA, Sanderson J, Weingarten K
"Doctors Aren't Familiar with Your Tissues": Self-Examination and Feminist Health Activism in 1970s Canada.
Patton K, Wood W
Epigenetic markers to distinguish gendered exposures from biological sex
Principal investigators: Christians, Julian
The Historical Dimensions of Women's Health
Principal investigators: Wood, Whitney
Pelvic Health and Public Health in Twentieth Century Canada
Principal investigators: Wood, Whitney
Keywords: Embodied Knowledge; Gender; Gynecology; Health Activism; Health Inequities; History Of Medicine; Medical Education; Public Health; Shame And Stigma; Social Movements
Engendering a Healthy Indigenous Identity: Focusing on Who We Are, Not What We Are
Principal investigators: Meijer Drees, Laurie; James, Florence; Norris, Joe; Speck, Fred
Keywords: Action-Oriented Community Based Research; Culture And Health; Indigenous Gender And Wellness; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous-Led Research; Land, Body And Spirit Connections; Youth Mental Health
Changing Childbirth in Postwar Canada, 1945-2000
Principal investigators: Wood, Whitney
Keywords: natural childbirth; women's health; reproduction; health activism; medicalization; obstetrics; midwifery; pain
Land, Language, Life: Engendering an Indigenous Identity and Wellness
Principal investigators: Meijer Drees, Laurie
Keywords: Connecting Land, Language And Identity; Exploring Xwulmuxw (Coast Salish) Notions Of Gender; Indigenous Wellness
The Historical Dimensions of Women's Health
Principal investigators: Wood, Whitney L
Keywords: women's health, history of medicine, gender and health, history of the body, reproductive health, pain, childbirth, oral history, health inequities, social and cultural history
The Historical Dimensions of Women's Health
Principal investigators: Wood, Whitney
Keywords: Women's health; history of medicine; gender and health; ; history of the body; reproductive health; pain; childbirth; oral ; history; health inequities; social and cultural history
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