Sandesh Shivananda
MD, MBBS, MSc
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Physicians’ Services Incorporated (PSI) Foundation Grant. Care Bundle to Improve Oxygenation and Minimize desaturation Events (CBIOME) in Newborns. Knowledge Translation Project. 2013-2015.
Canadian Medical Protective Association. Patient at risk trigger huddles to improve neonatal outcomes (PARTINeO). 2015.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), MOHLTC Ontario, McMaster University, Collaborative Health Research Project. Canadian Neonatal Network, Seminal Canadian Recommendations for Evidence-Based Examinations of Neonates for Retinopathy of Prematurity (SCREEN-ROP) - Population based prospective national study. 2011-2015.
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BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2025 Outstanding Achievement Awards. This program, generously funded by the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, plays a pivotal role in acknowledging and nurturing excellence within our research community.
Congratulations to the BC Children's and BC Women's investigators who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Spring 2020 competition. Our research community received over $4 million in new research grants.
We are pleased to congratulate the BC Children's and BC Women's investigators who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Spring 2019 competition. Our research community received nine new research and bridge grants totaling more than $5.8 million.
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