News & Events
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Health Care Hero Linda Warner
Nurse turned clinical research coordinator Linda Warner has been named Gold Apple Health Care Hero by the 2020 BC Health…
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Future eating disorder prevention programs to target ‘body-checking’ behaviours
New research by Dr. Shannon Zaitsoff, Dr. Jennifer Coelho and their team suggests that body-checking behaviours — like frequent weighing…
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Poison Prevention Week campaign focuses on children and cannabis
This week, the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit (BCIRPU) is promoting safe storage of cannabis products to prevent children…
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Congratulations CIHR Grant Recipients!
Congratulations to the BC Children’s and BC Women’s investigators who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research…
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Empowering kids with DCD helps ensure occupational therapy success
There are approximately 1-2 kids with developmental coordination disorder in every Canadian classroom. A new study finds that when these…
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New study to track COVID-19 transmission in Vancouver schools
Researchers at BC Children’s Hospital, the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) are teaming up with the…
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National vaccine safety network launches survey to monitor the safety of COVID-19 vaccines
The Canadian National Vaccine Safety (CANVAS) Network is seeking hundreds of thousands of participants, both vaccinated and unvaccinated, in a…
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COVID-19 vaccinations: what you need to know about the second dose
In Canada, currently approved COVID-19 vaccines — from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech — have demonstrated remarkable efficacy based on two doses…
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New online course will help university athletes better manage concussions and safely return to sports
University student-athletes will be able to return to sports they love more safely with the launch of a new training…
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Survey seeks to learn about mental health impacts of COVID-19 on children, youth and adults
A new online survey by researchers at BC Children’s Hospital, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Simon Fraser University…
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