Evidence to Innovation
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Meet the scuba-diving cyclist who works on the frontlines of vaccine research
As a clinician, investigator and director of the Vaccine Evaluation Center (VEC) at BC Children’s Hospital, Sauder Family Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Manish Sadarangani has become even busier since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. To help recognize National Immunization Awareness Month, he answered…
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Commonly prescribed antihistamine is linked with elevated rates of tic, anxiety, and conduct disorders in children
Hydroxyzine is a first-generation antihistamine commonly prescribed in syrup form to infants and young children with itch-inducing skin conditions, such as atopic dermatitis and eczema. New research shows that the more hydroxyzine a child is prescribed, the higher their risk for developing a tic, anxiety, or conduct disorder.
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Congratulations CIHR Spring 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 funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2022 Project Grant competition. Our research community received around $15 million in new research grants as principal investigators or co-investigators.
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