Senior Management

Our senior management team works tirelessly to create an environment where excellent research thrives. They lead our administration and corporate services, facilities, IT and research services teams and provide our researchers with the specialized support that enables innovative research.

Executive Director, BC Children's Research Institute
Dr. Wyeth Wasserman
Executive Assistant: 604-875-2404

Director, Clinical Research
Dr. Soren Gantt
604 875-2151
Assistant: Monica Ho, 604-875-2000 ext. 3130

Acting Senior Director, Administration and Operations
Virginia Lew
604-875-2000 ext. 6771
Executive Assistant: 604-875-2404
On leave: Vicki Chiu, Senior Director, Administration and Operations

Director, Research IT
Gurm Dhugga
604-875-2000 ext. 7911

Director, Facilities, Research Institute
Todd Jacques
604-875-2409

Director, Research Services
Dr. Phoebe Lu
604-875-2108

Manager, Research Communications
Stephanie Dunn
604-875-2401

Director, Research & Technology Development Office
Dr. Dawn McArthur
604-875-3105

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New grants boost research into nutrition and the epigenome

Dr. Michael Kobor and Dr. Yvonne Lamers, are leading two new international projects investigating the relationship between diet, the epigenome and health thanks to funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

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Robot an effective pain management tool for premature babies

Researchers have designed a therapeutic robot that simulates human skin-to-skin contact, helping reduce pain for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at BC Women’s.

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BC Children’s Hospital hosts CIHR for announcement of funding to future research leaders in maternal, reproductive, child and youth health

On March 11, 2019, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute hosted the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the announcement of $1.7-million in funding for early career investigators conducting high impact research in maternal, reproductive, child and youth health.

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Congratulations CIHR Project Grant Recipients!

We are pleased to congratulate the BC Children's and BC Women's investigators who were awarded funding through the highly competitive Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Fall 2018 competition.

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New tumour test could guide personalized treatment for children with cancer

Scientists at the University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital are the first in Canada to use a new test for pediatric tumour analysis that may one day guide personalized treatments for children with cancer.

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