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Brain, Behaviour & Development

We bring together neuroscience, mental health and child development researchers through basic, clinical, population and public health research. We care for children with complex medical, physical, developmental and mental health needs, and lead national initiatives such as Networks of Centres of Excellence.

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Childhood Diseases

Childhood Diseases includes Groups that are focused on studying childhood diseases and disorders. There is a specific focus on understanding mechanisms of health versus disease, as well as identifying and testing new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.

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Evidence to Innovation

We are health care innovators. Our team of clinicians and scientists are developing new health care technologies, improving patient care, advancing the safe and effective use of drugs, developing new methods of health data analytics, and shifting health system attitudes and behaviours to improve the health care and well-being of children and families. Together with the patients we serve, we are leading initiatives to inform health care policy and practice.

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Healthy Starts

Our overarching goal is to keep children and families healthy and out of the hospital by preventing lifelong health challenges and chronic diseases that are rooted in early childhood. We are passionate about furthering research into how a child’s family life and environment impact their health, shedding light on healthy childhood development before and after birth, and improving child health worldwide through innovation, advocacy, education, and capacity building.

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Partnering with Chinese Canadian families to create tailored mental health resources

BCCHR researchers are working with Chinese Canadian communities to co-design culturally meaningful, engaging, and effective mental health resources for parents to support children under the age of 12.

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First-of-its-kind pan-Canadian trial to treat baby brain cancers without radiation

The DECRYPT-BABYBRAIN clinical trial brings together leading paediatric centres coast-to-coast to pioneer a radiation-free approach to treat rare and aggressive brain cancers in babies. Dr. Sylvia Cheng is the lead for BC Children's Hospital.

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Collaboration led by BCCHR researchers awarded European funding to improve community-based care in Uganda and Kenya

Dr. Matthew Wiens and colleagues at the Institute for Global Health are the first Canadian Team to lead a Horizon Europe Pillar 2 project that aims to reduce childhood deaths from severe infection (sepsis) after hospital discharge.

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Stem cell engineering breakthrough paves way for next-generation living drugs

BCCHR and UBC researchers discover how to grow specialized immune cells for more accessible off-the-shelf cell therapies to treat cancer, autoimmune disorders and more.

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Is prenatal antidepressant exposure safe for the developing child?

Long-term studies reveal that prenatal antidepressant exposure alone does not determine a child’s development. Instead, ongoing maternal mental health and supportive environments play the biggest role in shaping outcomes across childhood and adolescence.

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