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Outstanding Achievement Award by an Undergraduate or Medical Student: Isabella Parrotta
Isabella Parrotta hasn’t quite decided yet where her life will go after she finishes her kinesiology undergraduate degree at the University of British Columbia later this year. She’s mulling over medical school or physiotherapy, but right now, the 22-year-old wants to keep her options open.
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Outstanding Achievement Award by a Master’s Student: Dr. Kristen Favel
With a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical and Biological Engineering (BASc) degree and a Doctor of Medicine (MD), Dr. Favel has recently completed a Master of Public Health (MPH) and the highly competitive Clinician Investigator program at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Her supervisors at BC Children’s are Childhood Diseases investigator Dr. Dina…
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Video games can trigger deadly heart rhythms in at-risk kids
Video games can cause life-threatening irregular heart rhythms in susceptible children, according to a new study published last week in the journal Heart Rhythm, believed to be the first research into this subject. Dr. Shubhayan Sanatani, head of cardiology and researcher at BC Children’s Hospital, says the findings uncovered an uncommon, but distinct pattern among…
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