Strategic Initiatives
Strategies to Transform Care
The goal of our strategic initiatives is to create innovative solutions to some of the biggest health challenges facing children in British Columbia and beyond. Each initiative brings together emerging areas of research, innovative projects, and world-class researchers to transform care and advance child health. They provide unique opportunities to establish BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute as a national and international leader in these fields.
These initiatives are part of our research structure and encompass basic research, clinical care, and community health. We continue to develop our strategic initiatives along with new facilities, new expertise, and novel partnerships.
Digital Health Research
The Digital Health Research strategic initiative is building an active innovation pathway from research to clinical care and aims to increase equitable access to high-quality care in line with the institute’s goal of improving the physical and mental health of children and families in BC.
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Healthy at Home
The Healthy at Home strategic initiative aims to keep children and families out of the hospital and happy and healthy in their home communities. This initiative is a patient and family-focused effort to develop new solutions to promote health and well-being for children and youth across BC.
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Precision Health Initiative
The Precision Health Initiative investigates how the latest technologies and each child’s unique set of characteristics — including their genomic, cellular, environmental, and lifestyle factors — can be used to provide the right treatment for the right child at the right time.
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Recent News
Learn more about the innovative solutions that are improving the health and well-being of children and families in BC and beyond.
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Collaboration led by BCCHR researchers awarded European funding to improve community-based care in Uganda and Kenya
Read moreDr. Matthew Wiens and colleagues at the Institute for Global Health at BC Children’s & Women’s Hospital, BC Children’s Research Institute, and the University of British Columbia, are the first Canadian Team to lead a Horizon Europe Pillar 2 project. The consortium was recently awarded €5 million under the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking for a project that…
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Mini Med School Prince George
Read moreMini Med School will be on the road for years to come! We want to give as many communities as possible the opportunity to interact with BC Children’s Hospital’s world-class researchers and clinicians. For 2025, Mini Med School BC will be in Whitehorse, Yukon for the first time!
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Women in Science
Read moreJoin us as we celebrate the 2026 International Day of Women and Girls in Science. At BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre, we are proud to support the next generation of health scientists. At this unique event, designed specifically for grade 11-12 students, you will have the opportunity to connect with inspiring…
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