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BC Children\u2019s Hospital<\/h2>\n\nProject Grants<\/h2>\n\n
Dr. Rajavel Elango<\/a> \u2013 Healthy Starts \u2013 \u201cIndispensable Amino Acid Requirements in Pregnancy and Lactation<\/a>.\u201d BC Children\u2019s co-investigator: Dr. Kenneth Lim<\/a>. $726,750 \/ 5 years.<\/p>\n\n Dr. Catherine Lebel, Dr. Emma Duerden (University of Calgary) and Dr. Tim Oberlander<\/a> \u2013 Brain, Behaviour & Development \u2013 \u201cAssociations between prenatal maternal psychological distress, brain growth, and behaviour in young children<\/a>.\u201d BC Children\u2019s co-investigator: Dr. Ruth Grunau<\/a>. $1,296,676 \/ 5 years.<\/p>\n\n Dr. Tim Oberlander<\/a> \u2013 Brain, Behaviour & Development \u2013 \u201c\u2018Real-time\u2019 measures of anxiety and physical activity in 15-18-year-olds with prenatal antidepressant exposure.\u201d $730,576 \/ 4 years.<\/p>\n\n Dr. Stuart Turvey<\/a> and Dr. Catherine Biggs<\/a> \u2013 Healthy Starts \u2013 \u201cUnderstanding Human Primary Atopic Disorders<\/a>.\u201d BC Children\u2019s co-investigator: Dr. Anna Lehman<\/a> \u2013 Childhood Diseases. $765,000 \/ 5 years.<\/p>\n\n Dr. Bruce Vallance<\/a> \u2013 Childhood Diseases \u2013 \u201cColonic Goblet Cells and Mucus: Defining Their Roles in Host Defense and Mucosal Protection<\/a>.\u201d $918,000 \/ 5 years.<\/p>\n\n Dr. Matthew Wiens<\/a> \u2013 Healthy Starts \u2013 \u201cSmart Discharges for Mom+Baby: Saving mother-newborn dyads by developing a predictive risk model to identify vulnerable dyads and guide delivery of evidence-based, locally-informed interventions for targeted post-discharge care<\/a>.\u201d BC Children\u2019s co-investigators: Dr. Mark Ansermino<\/a>, Dr. Tex Kissoon<\/a>, Dr. Pascal Lavoie<\/a>, Dr. Astrid Christoffersen-Deb<\/a>, Dr. Marianne Vidler<\/a> \u2013 Healthy Starts \u2013 Jeffrey Bone and Dr. Beth Payne<\/a>. $566,100 \/ 3 years.<\/p>\n\n Dr. Kristy Wittmeier (University of Manitoba) and Dr. Stephanie Glegg<\/a> \u2013 Evidence to Innovation \u2013 \u201cA Mixed Methods Social Network Analysis Approach to Understand Knowledge Translation in Child Development and Rehabilitation<\/a>.\u201d $240,976 \/ 2 years.<\/p>\n\n Dr. Jessica Liauw<\/a>, Dr. Jennifer Hutcheon<\/a> \u2013 Healthy Starts \u2013 and others, \u201cReducing health disparities among women experiencing imprisonment: an evaluation of the impact of transferring responsibility for prison healthcare to the Ministry of Health<\/a>.\u201d BC Children\u2019s co-investigator: Dr. Gina Ogilvie<\/a>. $100,000 \/ 1 year.<\/p>\n\n Dr. Alexander Beristain<\/a> and Dr. Wendy Robinson<\/a> \u2013 Healthy Starts \u2013 \u201cPlacental sex as a biological determinant in trophoblast function and trophoblast-directed immune activity.\u201d $100,000 \/ 1 year.<\/p>\n\n Dr. Jan Dutz<\/a> \u2013 Childhood Diseases \u2013 \u201cCutaneous adjuvant conditioning to enhance vaccine responses<\/a>.\u201d BC Children\u2019s co-investigator: Dr. Manish Sadarangani<\/a> \u2013 Healthy Starts \u2013 and Dr. Doug Carlow. $450,000 \/ 3 years.<\/p>\n\n Dr. Elizabeth Conibear<\/a> \u2013 Childhood Diseases \u2013 \u201cTargeting the VPS13 family of lipid transport proteins to membrane contact sites<\/a>.\u201d $100,000 \/ 1 year.<\/p>\n\n Dr. Angela Kaida<\/a> and Dr. Mark Brockman, \u201cDefining the Impact of Socio-Structural Determinants of Health on Immune Activation and Inflammation in Adolescents and Youth Adults in a Vulnerable Environment<\/a>.\u201d BC Children\u2019s co-investigator: Dr. Pablo Nepomnaschy<\/a> and Dr. Nadine Provencal<\/a> \u2013 Healthy Starts. BC Women\u2019s co-investigator: Dr. Arianne Albert. $734,400 \/ 4 years.<\/p>\n\n Dr. Sarah Munro<\/a> and others, \u201cImproving access to family planning services for Indigenous peoples through storytelling<\/a>.\u201d BC Children\u2019s co-investigator: Dr. Wendy V. Norman<\/a> \u2013 Healthy Starts. $715,275 \/ 4 years.<\/p>\n\n Dr. Deborah Money<\/a>, \u201cA Study of Reduced Dosing of the Nonavalent HPV Vaccine in Women Living with HIV<\/a>.\u201d BC Children\u2019s co-investigators: Dr. Gina Ogilvie and Dr. Manish Sadarangani \u2013 Healthy Starts. BC Women\u2019s co-investigators: Dr. Arianne Albert, Dr. Chelsea Elwood<\/a> and Dr. Elisabeth K. McClymont. $100,00 \/ 1 year.<\/p>\n\nProject Grants \u2013 PA: Equity in Cancer Prevention and Control<\/h2>\n\n
Project Grants \u2013 PA: Human Development, Child and Youth Health<\/h2>\n\n
Project Grants \u2013 PA: Pandemic and Health Emergencies Research<\/h2>\n\n
Operating Grant \u2013 PA: Genetics (Bridge Funding)<\/h2>\n\n
BC Women\u2019s Hospital<\/h2>\n\n
Project Grants<\/h2>\n\n
Project Grant \u2013 PA: HIV\/AIDS and STBBI<\/h2>\n\n