Women's Health & Research Institute of Australia

19/11/2025

What an amazing day in the anatomy lab on Saturday! We wish we could show you inside the lab but no photos allowed.

HUGE thanks to Prof Vancaillie for his generosity sharing his time, knowledge and experience for the good of practitioners and patients. It was greatly appreciated by everyone 🙏🙏🙏

Final courses for 2025 are Luisa Miraglia's paeds days. 1 final spot for Neurodiversity on Nov 30 and a few for Plagiocephaly on Dec 6
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11/11/2025

The Whria team recently attended the 2025 Evoca Women's Health Conference in Sydney.
Drs Amanda Beech, James Brown and Thierry Vancaillie presented Nausea In Pregnancy, Menopause Treatments and The MiGel Study. Amy Corcoran and Liz Howard attended to network and help recruit for the MiGel Study.
We also caught up with Dr Yasmin Tan and Dr Jason Chow!

17/09/2025

Help get equitable care for women via medications on the PBS -

Australia has reached a milestone in the quest to have essential medications listed on the PBS. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) is now seeking public input by 24 September for their November meeting. Please take action by sharing this newsletter and submitting an application f...

07/08/2025

The Women's Health and Research Institute of Australia is currently recruiting participants for a new study relating to vulval pain.
The MiGel study is a clinical trial to investigate the potential effect of a topical medication for the treatment of vulval/vaginal pain with s*xual activity. Participants in the study need to be living in Australia, women aged 30 and over who also;
🟣 have experienced pain in or around the vulva/vagina during s*x for at least 3 months,
🟣 are currently s*xually active (including with self) or would like to be but can’t because of pain,
🟣 have given birth at least once with no severe morning sickness, and
🟣 are NOT currently pregnant or breastfeeding, and willing to avoid pregnancy during the study.
If you’re interested in participating in this study click the link to find out more.
👩‍⚕️ MiGelStudy.com

MiGel Study The MiGel study is a clinical trial to investigate the potential effect of a topical medication for the treatment of vulval/vaginal pain with s*xual activity. Participants in the study need to be living in Australia, women aged 30 and over who also; have experienced pain in or around the...