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Early-Life Brain Injury, Pathways Magazine Feature Story | ISSUE 8Dec 20, 2024Did you know that in Canada, 30% of preterm infants show signs of brain injury? Early-life brain injury affects thousands of newborns every year in Canada, often with serious consequences. In the latest issue of Pathways, discover how Drs. Thiviya Selvanathan, Steven Miller and Ruth Grunau are changing how we understand and treat these injuries […] Read More >
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Congratulations Dr. Genelle Lunken!Earlier this year, the Government of Canada announced nearly $86 million through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to support 316 research infrastructure projects at 47 institutions across the country. In the 2024 competition, Dr. Genelle Lunken’s project was awarded a John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. JELF […] Read More >
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Congratulations to Drs. Catrina Loucks, Souvik Mitra and Fiona Muttalib!Congratulations all! Dr. Loucks was the recipient of a Scholar Award and Drs. Souvik Mitra and Fiona Muttalib both received a Health Professional-Investigator Program Award. They are amongst fifteen UBC faculty of medicine researchers that were awarded new funding to advance transformational health research. Original post: https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/ubc-medicine-researchers-fostering-better-health-outcomes-through-2024-health-research-bc-awards/ More about the projects that got funded! Dr. […] Read More >
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Asking difficult questions about fetal alcohol spectrum disorder | Drs. Anton Miller, Gurpreet (Preety) Salh and Nancy LanphearIn September’s issue of The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, Drs. Anton Miller, Gurpreet (Preety) Salh and Nancy Lanphear’s article “Asking difficult questions about fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in the context of the child, the mother, and the systems in which they live” argue that the term fetal alcohol spectrum disorder has contributed to a […] Read More >