Brain, Behaviour & Development
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How volunteer power helps fuel research
During National Volunteer Week, we celebrate the contributions of Canada’s millions of volunteers: their actions, understanding and genuine concern for the world around them. BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute hosts undergraduate student volunteers as part of the INSPIRE program.
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Family Integrated Care: A new paradigm in care for preterm babies
Family Integrated Care or FICare (pronounced “fie-care”) is a neonatal care program developed to increase interactions between parents and their preterm babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). FICare reduces maternal stress and improves babies’ motor and behavioural outcomes.
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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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Every day, our researchers are working towards breakthroughs to transform the lives of kids in British Columbia and around the world. Learn about the latest innovations and advancements in child health.
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