Amrit Dhariwal
Rpsych, PhD
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Staff Psychologist, Psychiatry Teaching and Consultation Clinic, BC Children’s Hospital
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Returning to school after the summer break can be a source of mixed feelings. Children and adolescents know the shift means more than getting the brand-new backpack or colourful binders they asked for. While they could be going back to the same school, they might have new teachers and classmates; be exposed to more complex…
Around one in ten teens in Canada will experience SSRD - which involves chronic, physical symptoms such as pain or fatigue. SSRD can be debilitating and isolating as the physical symptoms make it difficult to attend school or socialize with friends.
BC Children's Hospital Research Institute is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2019 Outstanding Achievement Awards and the 2019 BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships.
At BC Children’s, we are making discoveries that save lives and transform health care for children in our province and around the world. Our research portfolio includes basic, clinical, population, and public health research.
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