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Congratulations to BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2025 Project Grant competition.

Researchers at BC Children’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia found that blood DHA levels are associated with cognitive performance in five-year-olds. More research is required to explain the surprisingly meagre association between DHA intake and blood DHA levels.

Congratulations to the BC Children’s, BC Women’s and University of British Columbia doctoral students who were awarded a prestigious 2020 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

Parents want to feed their kids the right foods and the correct balance of key nutrients. But it’s not always easy to tell the difference between helpful advice and harmful trends. Dr. Rajavel Elango of BC Children’s Hospital is here to help. 

We are pleased to congratulate the BC Children’s and BC Women’s investigators who were awarded funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Spring 2018 competition, as well as the BC Children’s investigators who received funding from the recent CIHR Foundation and Team Grant competitions.