{"id":2454,"date":"2025-11-13T00:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T00:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/?page_id=2454"},"modified":"2025-12-09T00:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T00:38:25","slug":"current-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/researchers\/current-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"fndry-container fndry-responsive-bg fndry-container--full fndry-pt--md-3 fndry-pr--md-3 fndry-pl--md-3 fndry-pb--md-6 fndry-pr--sm-2 fndry-pl--sm-2 fndry-pb--sm-3\" style=\"--fndry-bg:var(--fndry-color-tertiaryLight)\">\n\t<div  class=\"fndry-container fndry-responsive-bg\">\n\t<div class=\"fndry-row fndry-align--center fndry-justify--sm-center fndry-justify--between\">\n\t<div  class=\"fndry-col fndry-responsive-bg fndry-col--6 fndry-col--md-10 fndry-col--sm-12 fndry-pl--2 fndry-pb--5 fndry-pt--5 fndry-pt--md-2 fndry-pb--md-2 fndry-pr--md-0 fndry-pl--md-0\">\n\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs align fndry-pb--2 wp-block-bcn-breadcrumb-trail has-text-color has-background \" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\">\n\t<span><\/span>\n\t<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to BC Children&#039;s Hospital BioBank.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\" class=\"home\" ><span property=\"name\">BC Children&#039;s Hospital BioBank<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to News &amp; Events.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/?page_id=1229\" class=\"post-root post post-post\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">News &amp; Events<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"fndry-heading\">Current Research Projects<\/h1><p class=\"fndry-paragraph fndry-text-bannerIntro20\">The BCCH BioBank supports a number of research projects both on and off campus.<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"fndry-col fndry-responsive-bg fndry-col--5 fndry-col--md-12\">\n\t<figure  class=\"fndry-image fndry-mb--0\" style=\"--imageWidth:100%;--img-height-all:100%\" aria-labelledby=\"img-2616\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/files\/2025\/11\/biobank-current-research.jpg\" class=\"fndry-image__img\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"--borderRadius:0px;--objectFit:cover;--imagePosX:50%;--imagePosY:50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/files\/2025\/11\/biobank-current-research.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/files\/2025\/11\/biobank-current-research-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/files\/2025\/11\/biobank-current-research-768x651.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"fndry-container fndry-responsive-bg fndry-pt--5 fndry-pb--5 fndry-pr--md-1 fndry-pl--md-1 fndry-pt--md-3 fndry-pb--md-3 fndry-pt--sm-0 fndry-pb--sm-0 fndry-mt--sm-3 fndry-mb--sm-3\">\n\t<div class=\"fndry-row fndry-justify--center\">\n\t<div  class=\"fndry-col fndry-responsive-bg fndry-col--10 fndry-col--sm-12 fndry-col--md-12 fndry-pr--sm-2 fndry-pl--sm-2 fndry-pt--md-4 fndry-pb--md-4 fndry-pr--md-3 fndry-pl--md-3 fndry-d--flex fndry-flex--col fndry-align--start fndry-justify--center\">\n\t<p class=\"fndry-paragraph\">The BCCH BioBank supports a number of research projects on campus at BC Children\u2019s Hospital and BC Women\u2019s Hospital + Health Centre, as well as off campus and with industry partners. Below are some current research projects we are involved with.<\/p><h3 class=\"fndry-heading\">General Biobank<\/h3><ul  class=\"fndry-list fndry-d--flex fndry-flex--col\"><li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/tom-blydt-hansen\/\">Dr. Tom Blydt-Hansen<\/a>; Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) General Biobank<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/edmond-chan\/\">Dr. Edmond Chan<\/a>; Food and Allergy Immunotherapy (FAIT) General Biobank<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/s-evelyn-stewart\/\">Dr. Evelyn Stewart<\/a>; Mental Health-OCD General Biobank<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/michelle-demos\/\">Dr. Michelle Demos<\/a>; Neurology General Biobank<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/pascal-lavoie\/\">Dr. Pascal Lavoie<\/a>; BC Women&#8217;s Hospital Preemie BioBank<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/mohamed-ali-bedaiwy\/\">Dr. Mohamed Bedaiwy<\/a>; Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL) BioBank<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"fndry-heading\">General Biobank applications: Sample requests received between 2024-2025<\/h3><ul  class=\"fndry-list fndry-d--flex fndry-flex--col\"><li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\tDr. David Harriman (UBC); Examining Urinary Microbiome Changes in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients.<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/crystal-karakochuk\/\">Dr. Crystal Karakochuk<\/a>; Examining the Association Between Maternal and Infant Iron Status from a Cohort of Births in Vancouver, BC.<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\tDrs. Anastasia Drobysheva and Dave Grynspan (UBC, UBCO); A Feasibility Study: Placental Research Collaboration between BC<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\tWomen\u2019s Hospital Pathology Department, UBC Okanogan Department of Chemistry, and BC Children\u2019s Hospital BioBank.<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\tDr. Robbie Majzner (Harvard); Immunotherapy for Pediatric Sarcomas.<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\tAmgen; Development of a human multi-cellular engineered living culture system.<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\tBRAvE; Personalize Molecular Characterization.<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/tom-blydt-hansen\/\">Dr. Tom Blydt-Hansen<\/a>; Enhanced immune monitoring in pediatric kidney transplant recipients (EnMo I).<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/gregor-reid\/\">Dr. Gregor Reid<\/a>; Overcoming the barriers to successful immune therapy for acute leukemia.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"fndry-heading\">Investigator-driven research: Studies started between 2024-2025<\/h3><ul  class=\"fndry-list fndry-d--flex fndry-flex--col\"><li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/wendy-robinson\/\">Dr. Wendy Robinson<\/a>; The contribution of genetic variation in the placenta to congenital heart defects (EPIC-HEART)<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\tDr. Jay Kizhakkedathu (UBC); Blood antigen regeneration kinetics after enzymatic cleavage: kidney vascular system in-vitro model (IVARM)<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/kirk-schultz\/\">Dr. Kirk Schultz<\/a>; A randomized, double-blind, multicenter, Phase 3 study to evaluate efficacy and safety of belumosudil in combination with corticosteroids versus placebo in combination with corticosteroids in participants at least 12 years of age with newly diagnosed chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) (RocknRol)<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/audi-setiadi\/\">Dr. Audi Setiadi<\/a>, Evaluation of Automated Plasma Cytokine Analysis for Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS)<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/david-dix\/\">Dr. David Dix<\/a>; A Phase 1\/2 Trial of Selinexor (KPT-330) and Radiation Therapy in Newly-Diagnosed Pediatric Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) and High-Grade Glioma (HGG) (ACNS1821)<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/mary-b-connolly\/\">Dr. Mary Connolly<\/a>; A Phase 3b\/4, Interventional, Multicenter, Open-Label, Single-Arm Study to Assess Behavioral and Other Co-occurring Outcomes Following Treatment With EPID(I\/Y)OLEX (EpiCom)<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/ted-steiner\/\">Dr. Ted Steiner<\/a>; A study to measure food sensitivities in children and adolescents with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) and Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis (FPIES)<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/dina-panagiotopoulos\/\">Dr. Dina Panagiotopoulos<\/a>, Precision Diabetes Study (PDS)<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\tDr. William Honer (UBC), Honer Lab Anti-synaptic Antibodies (WGH Cell Lines)<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/rod-rassekh\/\">Dr. Rod Rassekh<\/a>; A Randomized, Double-Blind Tolerability Trial of Cannabinoids for Symptom Management in Children with Cancer (CAN-PONC)<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/research\/find-a-researcher\/edmond-chan\/\">Dr. Edmond Chan<\/a>; A phase I\/II trial in 3 parts assessing the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of a once-daily peanut sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) tablet in adults, adolescents, and children with peanut allergy (ALK)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"fndry-container fndry-responsive-bg fndry-container--full fndry-pt--md-3 fndry-pr--md-3 fndry-pl--md-3 fndry-pb--md-6 fndry-pr--sm-2 fndry-pl--sm-2\" style=\"--fndry-bg:var(--fndry-color-light)\">\n\t<div  class=\"fndry-container fndry-responsive-bg\">\n\t<div class=\"fndry-row fndry-align--center fndry-justify--sm-center fndry-justify--between\">\n\t<div  class=\"fndry-col fndry-responsive-bg fndry-col--6 fndry-col--md-10 fndry-col--sm-12 fndry-pl--2 fndry-pb--5 fndry-pt--5 fndry-pt--md-2 fndry-pb--md-2\">\n\t<h2 class=\"fndry-heading\" style=\"color:var(--fndry-color-secondary)\">Contact Us<\/h2><p class=\"fndry-paragraph fndry-text-intro18\">For any inquiries about the BioBank, please contact us.<\/p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/contact\/\" rel=\"\" id=\"fndry-block-64b567d42514c\" class=\"fndry-btn fndry-btn-secondaryButtonWArrow\">Contact<\/a><\/div>\n<div  class=\"fndry-col fndry-responsive-bg fndry-col--5 fndry-d--md-none\">\n\t<figure  class=\"fndry-image fndry-mb--0\" style=\"--imageWidth:100%;--img-height-all:100%\" aria-labelledby=\"img-2637\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/files\/2025\/11\/biobank-contact.jpg\" class=\"fndry-image__img\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"--borderRadius:0px;--objectFit:cover;--imagePosX:50%;--imagePosY:50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/files\/2025\/11\/biobank-contact.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/files\/2025\/11\/biobank-contact-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/files\/2025\/11\/biobank-contact-768x651.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":320,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","fndry_alternate_title":"Alternate Title!"},"class_list":["post-2454","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2684,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2454\/revisions\/2684"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/biobank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}