Childhood Diseases
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Women in Science: Dr. Annalijn I. Conklin, in their words
Dr. Annalijn I. Conklin is a scientist at the Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences (CHÉOS) and an associate professor at the University of British Columbia in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. They are a former CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center following the completion of their PhD from the University…
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The importance of diet with antipsychotic medication: Q&A with new investigator Dr. David Wright
For people suffering from severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia, antipsychotic drugs can help reduce a number of psychotic symptoms, such as paranoia, delusions and hallucinations. Increasingly, these medications are being used off-label to treat bipolar disorder, anxiety or severe irritability, even amongst children and adolescents. Unfortunately, these drugs can have harmful metabolic side effects…
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New project hopes to uncover the origins of type 1 diabetes
With a mom who is a cancer researcher, Ramya Hosak has grown up with a love of and interest in science. But it was her diagnosis of type 1 diabetes 15 years ago that really changed the entire trajectory of her life, once she got over the shock of facing a lifelong health condition. Hosak…
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