
BC Children’s Hospital cancer researchers are part of a team that has been awarded the 2021 Team Science Award by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

When Dr. Tim Oberlander was first hired at Sunny Hill Health Centre more than 25 years ago, he treated developmental problems in infants and children with prenatal exposure to cocaine and methadone and noticed something he didn’t expect.

Girls age 10 to 19 living in rural BC communities with poor access to local mental health services are at the highest risk of intentionally poisoning themselves.This is a key finding in a study led by researchers from the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit (BCIRPU), recently published in the British Columbia Medical Journal. The…