Janet Mah
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Partnering with Chinese Canadian families to create tailored mental health resources
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been a rise in mental health awareness and acceptance in Canada. The increased knowledge, however, still lags behind among visible minority groups, including Chinese Canadians. Many families struggle in silence to support their children’s mental health, and most resources are only available in English and don’t adequately recognize cultural barriers. To mark…
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Congratulations CIHR Fall 2023 Project Grant recipients
Congratulations to BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Fall 2023 Project Grant competition. Our research community received around $11 million in new research grants as principal investigators or co-investigators.
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World-class scientists will educate teens about child and adolescent mental health at Mini Med School
Dr. Bob McMahon, an investigator at BC Children’s Hospital, co-dean of the upcoming Mini Med School, the LEEF B.C. Chair for the Reduction of Youth Violence at Simon Fraser University, and a psychologist, wishes he’d had the opportunity to attend a similar health science education program when he was a teenager in Richmond, Virginia.
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