Jill Zwicker
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BCCHR laboratories hosting Indigenous students for seed2STEM program
seed2STEM is a research summer program that aims to increase participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) among Indigenous youth. The program, developed at UBC by the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), introduces students to careers in STEM through paid placements in research labs across Metro Vancouver and Kelowna. To reduce barriers to participation,…
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Brain changes observed in children with DCD after 10-week-long intervention
New research shows that an occupational therapy program called CO-OP leads to changes in brain regions associated with movement, balance, and motor learning in children with developmental coordination disorder.
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Training the child health researchers of the future
BC Children’s Hospital is part of a new national training platform for child health researchers. ENRICH, or Empowering Next-generation Researchers In perinatal and Child Health, is an inter-jurisdictional, interdisciplinary, intersectoral and bilingual team of 193 experienced collaborators working together to provide new training opportunities for early career researchers and trainees. Dr. Quynh Doan, Dr. Pascal…
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