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February 20, 2019

Scans show changes in newborn’s brain activity connected to anti-depressant exposure before birth
Approximately one in ten pregnant women experience depression. Poorly treated, this serious mental health condition affects the mother’s health and quality of life and can have lifelong consequences for the unborn baby such as behaviour problems, learning disabilities and a higher risk of diabetes and obesity later in life. Anti-depressant medications can successfully treat depression…
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February 5, 2019

Congratulations CIHR Project Grant Recipients!
We are pleased to congratulate the BC Children’s and BC Women’s investigators who were awarded funding through the highly competitive Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Fall 2018 competition. Our research community received more than $5.3 million in new grants through this competition.
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November 18, 2018

NFL gives significant funding to help youth ‘shred’ the burden of concussion
A pan-Canadian program involving University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital researchers is one step closer to improving prevention, diagnosis and treatment of concussions in youth sport, thanks to $12 million in funding from the National Football League’s scientific advisory board.

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