{"id":1429,"date":"2020-07-28T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navyblue.bcmultistaging.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2026-05-12T21:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:46:44","slug":"congratulations-recipients-2020-bcchr-studentships-fellowships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/levingslab\/2020\/07\/28\/congratulations-recipients-2020-bcchr-studentships-fellowships\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships!"},"content":{"rendered":"

BC Children\u2019s Hospital is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2020 BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships.<\/p>\n\n

These awards give exceptional trainees the opportunity to pursue leading-edge child health research projects under the supervision of BC Children’s Hospital Investigators. BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships are made possible through the support of BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.<\/p>\n\n

Congratulations to:<\/h2>\n\n
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Mining for Miracles Postdoctoral Fellowship<\/strong>
Dr. Abdelilah Majdoubi,\u00a0Lavoie Research Team<\/a>
Project: \u201cDDIT4L\/mTOR axis metabolic regulation of immune cells response to infections in newborns\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Bertram Hoffmeister Postdoctoral Fellowship<\/strong>\u00a0
Dr. Elizabeth Jean Buckler,\u00a0Masse Research Team<\/a>
Project: \u201cAdvancing behaviours change theories and techniques in the context of mHealth: Mechanisms of adherence and change in health behaviours among youth participating in a weight management intervention\u201d<\/p>\n\n

BC Children\u2019s Hospital Healthy Starts Graduate Studentship<\/strong>
Jeffrey Bone,\u00a0Lisonkova Research Team<\/a>
Project: \u201cPre-pregnancy obesity and the effect of obstetric interventions on gestational-age specific risks of stillbirth: a pathway to healthy pregnancy and childbirth\u201d<\/p>\n\n

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute Graduate Studentship<\/strong>
Christine Wardell,\u00a0Levings Research Team<\/a>
Project: \u201cThe use of CAR Treg therapy to control alloimmune transplant and autoimmune diabetic responses\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Canucks for Kids Fund Childhood Diabetes Laboratories Graduate Studentship<\/strong>
Juhee Oh,\u00a0Klein Geltink Research Team<\/a>
Project: \u201cLinking Nutrient Sensing, Carbon Metabolism, and T Cell Function\u201d<\/p>\n\n

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute Sue Carruthers Graduate Studentship<\/strong>
Constantin Popescu,\u00a0Lavoie Research Team<\/a>
Project: \u201cImproving the diagnosis of severe infections in newborns\u201d<\/p>\n\n

BC Children\u2019s Hospital Childhood Diseases Graduate Studentship<\/strong>
Tasha Wainstein,\u00a0Elliott Research Team<\/a>
Project: \u201cA mixed methods evaluation of lived experience, adaptation, and identity development in adolescents with genetic conditions\u201d<\/p>\n\n

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute Jan M. Friedman Graduate Studentship<\/strong>
Shawn Shortill,\u00a0Conibear Research Team<\/a>
Project: \u201cInvestigating the pathway-specific functions of neurodegeneration-associated VPS9-family proteins\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Canucks for Kids Fund Childhood Diabetes Laboratories Graduate Studentship<\/strong>
Raelyn Gallant,\u00a0Verchere Research Team<\/a>
Project: \u201cMacrophage Regenerative Factors for the Growth of Beta Cells in Diabetes\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BC Children\u2019s Hospital is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2020 BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","fndry_alternate_title":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"modified_by":"Andrea Sakamoto","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/levingslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/levingslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/levingslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/levingslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/levingslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1429"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/levingslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/levingslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions\/2379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/levingslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/levingslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/levingslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/levingslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}