Congratulations to Dr. Steven Miller, Fellow and Member with the Royal Society of Canada (RSC)
Dr. Miller was just recently nominated to the Royal Society of Canada | Class of 2022. Membership in the RSC is Canada’s highest academic honour that an individual can achieve in the Arts, Social Sciences and Sciences. On Friday, November 25, 2022, the RSC will welcome the Class of 2022 new RSC Fellows and new […]
Farewell Dr. Linda Casey!
Dr. Casey was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, and spent much of her career at Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton. After completing her pediatric training and postgraduate training in Nutrition and Metabolism, she founded the Children’s Intestinal Rehabilitation (CHIRP) Program as a collaborative venture between Edmonton and Calgary. In addition, she was the Director […]
Congratulations BC Children’s Hospital Youth Advisory Committee!
The BC Children’s Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) were honored and appreciative to receive the news that they are the recipients of the 2022 Team PHSA + Award. The YAC has been representing the voice of youth at BCCH for over a decade, including during challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic they continued to come […]
Tracking COVID-19 for Safer Schools After the First Omicron Wave in BC
PRESENTATION: “Tracking COVID-19 for Safer Schools After the First Omicron Wave in BC” When: Wednesday September 14th from 12:00 – 1:00 PM PDT Where: BCCHR Room 2108, and virtual (Zoom link below). Join via Zoom: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62010932882?pwd=dEdDcU1qbHpsM2pkZXhCYkZRaStJZz09 Meeting ID: 620 1093 2882 Passcode: 487702 Please Note: All in-person attendees must be fully vaccinated (two doses […]
Congratulations CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grant Recipients!
Congratulations to the investigators and their teams whose projects received funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Planning and Dissemination Grant – Institute Community Support program! Read more about the recipients and their projects: https://bcchr.info/3w5UfGZ Cross-posted from BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute.
Join us in congratulating Kendrew Wong and Leora Pearl-Dowler!
Congratulations to all the winners from the 2022 BCCHR Summer Student Research Program! For over 34 years, the Summer Student Research Program has enabled university students to participate in child and family health research under the supervision of BC Children’s Hospital investigators. The Summer Student Research Program is a collaboration between UBC, BC Children’s Hospital […]
People of Colour Mentorship Program
Congratulations to Dr. Tatiana Sotjindo and Ms. Sabrina Gill for their anti-racism and inclusion work at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre (C&W). The People of Colour Mentorship Program was developed to address diversity in leadership, and with seed funding from the HPIF, they began the process of creating a formalized […]
Staying healthy and connected this summer
Meet the 2022 UBC Dept of Pediatrics Pick Your Peak Team! DID YOU KNOW? – Stair climbing requires 8-9 times more energy expenditure than sitting. – It counts as ‘vigorous’ physical activity and burns more calories per minute than jogging. – You burn roughly 1.5 calories for every 10 steps. The UBC Pick Your Peak […]
Congratulations Dr. Alexander Rauscher!
Dr. Rauscher was just awarded a CIHR Program Grant. This project will use deep learning to recover image information so the images can be used for quantitative MRI. Abstract: Susceptibility weighted imaging is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan widely used in routine brain exams. The scan combines magnitude (which corresponds to the brightness of […]
Dr. Mariana Brussoni awarded an additional $1.3 million to continue research on ways to maximize outdoor play time for early learning and child care centres
COVID-19 put a spotlight on the importance of outdoor play. “We already know from many other studies that more outdoor play is better. What we are doing with PRO-ECO is focusing on how we can change the behaviours and practices of early childhood educators and families, to support more outdoor play in their centres, especially […]