Wendy Robinson
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New research tools can shed light on an understudied organ essential to our lives
The placenta is essential to a healthy start in life, carrying out the work of several organs while they’re still being formed. If underdeveloped, it can cause complications that impact the fetus and lead to long-term health issues, including fetal growth restriction — a condition associated with brain and heart diseases — preterm births, and…
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Dr. Wendy Robinson awarded the 2023 Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship
Dr. Wendy Robinson has been awarded the 2023 Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship in recognition of her leadership and significant contributions to our understanding of genetic and epigenetic variation in prenatal development, as well as her passion for and dedication to teaching and mentorship.
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Congratulations CIHR Fall 2021 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 funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fall 2021 Project Grant competition. Our research community received around $6 million in new research grants as principal investigators or co-investigators.
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