Matthew Wiens
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Collaboration led by BCCHR researchers awarded European funding to improve community-based care in Uganda and Kenya
Dr. Matthew Wiens and colleagues at the Institute for Global Health at BC Children’s & Women’s Hospital, BC Children’s Research Institute, and the University of British Columbia, are the first Canadian Team to lead a Horizon Europe Pillar 2 project. The consortium was recently awarded €5 million under the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking for a project that…
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Pediatric Sepsis Data Challenge invites researchers to help develop a model to save lives
When the body’s immune system has an extreme response to an infection, it can cause organ dysfunction that leads to shock, multiple organ failure, and death. This life-threatening condition is known as sepsis, and is the leading cause of death among kids in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as Uganda. To help prevent more…
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Congratulations CIHR Fall 2022 Project Grant recipients
Congratulations to the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) investigators and their teams who were awarded $8 million in funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fall 2022 Project Grant competition.
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