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Congratulations to the 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 2023 Project Grant competition. Our research community received around $8 million in new research grants as principal investigators or co-investigators.

Dr. Megan Levings has been a pioneer in the world of immunology. Now, her research on the thymus, often discarded during pediatric heart surgery, as a source of very specialized immune system could transform the field of organ transplantation. A world-first clinical trial is underway in Spain.

Congratulations to the BCCHR and WHRI investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2022 Project Grant competition. Our research community received around $15 million in new research grants as principal investigators or co-investigators.

A team of researchers at BC Children's is doing a deep dive into why the immune system attacks islet cells — the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin — and how metabolic pathways are involved. This could lead to new treatments for type 1 diabetes.

The Summer Student Research Program enables university students to participate in child and family health research under the supervision of BC Children’s Hospital investigators. Two students from the current 2022 program share their experiences so far.

This month's Research Roundup covers medicinal cannabis and autism, the use of CRISPR to reduce transplant rejection, gender's role in adolescent food choices and the connection between early cytomegalovirus infection and allergies.

Congratulations to Dr. Megan Levings, Dr. Kirk Schultz and co-investigators — recipients of 2021 CIHR Team Grants.

Dr. Megan Levings and Dr. Jill Zwicker have been newly appointed and Dr. Lange and Dr. Rauscher have been renewed as Canada Research Chairs.

BC Children’s Hospital’s Dr. Francis Lynn is leading one of two groups awarded a total of $6 million in funding from the Government of Canada and JDRF Canada to accelerate the development of stem cell based therapies for type 1 diabetes (T1D)

We are pleased to congratulate the BC Children’s Hospital investigators recognized in the 2020 UBC Faculty of Medicine Awards. 

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships!

A new study suggests that specialized immune cells that dampen inflammation and help repair the gut could be used as a potential therapy for children dealing with the painful symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease.

BC Children's Hospital Research Institute is pleased to congratulate the 2019 recipient of the Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship: Dr. Megan Levings.