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BC Children's Hospital Research Institute COVID-19 Studies

Current and completed COVID-19 research led by researchers at BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital.

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Canadian Burkholderia cepacia complex Research and Referral Repository

We can provide species identification for members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex of bacteria. We also can provide strain typing information, as well as identifications for other species which grow on Burkholderia cepacia selective agar and for which the preliminary identification might be equivocal: such as B. gladioli, Ralstonia species, Pandoraea species and others. Most of our work is for cystic fibrosis clinics, however we are very happy to provide assistance to anyone else requiring identification of these bacteria.

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Centre for International Child Health

The Centre for International Child Health was established in 2004 with the support of the BC Children's Hospital Foundation. The centre serves as a leadership and coordinating body for international initiatives for global child health.

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Contraception and Abortion Research Team-Groupe de recherche sur l’avortement et la contraception

Supporting women to plan and space their pregnancies provides a wide range of benefits to society, to children and to their families. In Canada, nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended, and 31% of women have at least one abortion in their lifetime.

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Elango Lab

Our lab is passionate about a variety of topics relating to human nutrition.

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Kobor Lab

We employ various approaches to determine how DNA methylation and chromatin protein modifications are regulated, how they interact with the underlying genetic sequence to affect which genes are expressed in which cells, and how changes to these epigenetic marks can affect human development and lifelong health trajectories. Together, the research in our lab bridges the molecular mechanisms of epigenetic regulation and the social and environmental determinants of human health to develop a comprehensive understanding of early life.

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Kollmann Lab

We are systematically dissecting the molecular mechanisms of the neonatal and infant response to infection or vaccination. Based on that knowledge, we are identifying immune modulators that help protect newborns and infants.

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Lavoie Lab

The Lavoie Lab studies the development of the human immune system and its impacts on the health of babies. Dr. Pascal Lavoie is a neonatologist with dual training in medicine and research (MD/PhD).

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Nutrition & Metabolism Research

Nutrition and metabolism research at BC Children's spans the full spectrum from explanation of biological action, to pre-clinical and clinical studies, to population health.

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The Rare Disease Discovery Hub

A research investigation into understanding rare disease.

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Sleep Research

BC Children’s Hospital houses the only Sleep Laboratory in the province of BC, where a multidisciplinary team provides diagnostic assessment and treatment for children and youth across BC, and conducts research to advance sleep medicine. 

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Turvey Lab

The Turvey Lab uses precision health to determine the cellular, molecular and genetic abnormalities responsible for immunological disease.

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The Vaccine Evaluation Center

The Vaccine Evaluation Center (VEC) is an academic center of excellence involved in vaccine and immunization research.

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New study finds girls in rural B.C. at highest risk of self-poisoning

Apr 9, 2021
A new study led by researchers from the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit found girls in rural B.C. communities with poor access to local mental health services are at the highest risk of intentionally poisoning themselves. The most common substance used was non-opioid painkillers and the second most common substance used was medication for anxiety and depression.
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Most Vancouver adults had antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 by first wave, infant immune system research confirms

Mar 31, 2021
Dr. Pascal Lavoie and his team compared the immune responses of babies to those of COVID-19-negative adults from Metro Vancouver. The antibody reactivity to SARS-CoV-2 in almost all of these adults was up to 100-fold higher compared to the infants at second blood sera collection. The researchers estimate that between 90-99 per cent of adults have positive antibody reactivity to SARS-CoV-2 antigens.
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Health Care Hero Linda Warner

Mar 25, 2021
Linda Warner has been named Gold Apple Health Care Hero by the 2020 BC Health Care Awards.
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Future eating disorder prevention programs to target ‘body-checking’ behaviours

Mar 24, 2021
New research suggests that body-checking behaviours — like frequent weighing or scrutinizing one's body in the mirror — could be key targets for eating disorder prevention programs. 
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Poison Prevention Week campaign focuses on children and cannabis

Mar 22, 2021
The BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit is promoting safe storage of cannabis products during Poison Prevention Week, March 21 to 27.
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BC Children's Hospital Research Institute operates on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples — xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Further, this acknowledgement, gratitude, and respect extends to all the First Nations communities on whose traditional territories the Research Institute builds relationships and operates in BC.

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