Kevan Jacobson
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Air pollution and agricultural pesticides associated with high incidence of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in B.C.
Agricultural pesticides and fine particulate matter air pollution were associated with geographical hotspots for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the province, according to a study by BC Children’s Hospital researchers recently published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology.
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We are what we eat — following a passion for food and nutrition to research on IBD
Dr. Genelle Lunken started running at age three. She leapt into track and field, kickball, as well as rugby — even though it was considered a “boy’s sport” in her native New Zealand — tennis, volleyball, cricket, golf — even lawn bowling. She also rolled into gymnastics, “But I was terrible at that. I was…
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BC Children’s receives CIHR funding to train next generation of digestive health experts
Dr. Bruce Vallance, a researcher at BC Children’s Hospital, is a joint principal investigator on a new national research training program that will support the next generation of trainees and early-career researchers specializing in digestive health. The team, led by Dr. Nicola Jones from SickKids Hospital, as well as Dr. Vallance and Dr. Derek McKay…
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