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DHA and cognitive performance in kids: It’s complicated
Researchers at BC Children’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia found that blood DHA levels are associated with cognitive performance in five-year-olds. More research is required to explain the surprisingly meagre association between DHA intake and blood DHA levels.
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Meet the scuba-diving cyclist who works on the frontlines of vaccine research
As a clinician, investigator and director of the Vaccine Evaluation Center (VEC) at BC Children’s Hospital, Sauder Family Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Manish Sadarangani has become even busier since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. To help recognize National Immunization Awareness Month, he answered…
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Pandemics, vaccine trials and 36-hour shifts
One of the biggest challenges Kim Marty, senior data manager of the Vaccine Evaluation Center (VEC) at BC Children’s Hospital, has faced during the COVID-19 pandemic is ensuring the success of the CANVAS-COVID study to closely monitor side effects from COVID-19 vaccines in the face of unprecedented enrolment.
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