Amanda Li

Overview: Dr. Amanda Li graduated from Dalhousie University medical school in 2010, and completed her Pediatrics residency and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology fellowship at the University of British Columbia. Following this, she trained at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the field of Cancer Immunotherapy and Bone Marrow Transplant, with a clinical and research focus on using genetically engineered cell therapies in the treatment of hematologic malignancies.

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National Physicians’ Day: Q&A with Dr. Amanda Li and Cherry Mammen

For National Physicians’ Day we spoke to two of our researchers, Dr. Amanda Li and Dr. Cherry Mammen, who are also physicians at BC Children’s Hospital about their work and what motivates them.

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Marijuana as medicine for kids with cancer: An emerging field of desperately needed research

There are currently no evidence-based guidelines for medical marijuana use in pediatric patients. Dr. Rod Rassekh is focused on research that will provide better understanding on the risks and potential benefits of therapeutic cannabis.

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Digestive ‘treasure chest’ shows promise for targeted drug treatment in the gut

BCCHR and UBC researchers have designed a new approach to drug delivery called ‘GlycoCaging’ that transports medicine for inflammatory bowel disease directly to the gut.

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BCCHR researchers develop new way to match young cancer patients with the right drugs

A pan-Canadian team has developed a new way to quickly find personalized treatments for young cancer patients, by growing their tumours in chicken eggs and analyzing their proteins.

The team, led by researchers from BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the University of British Columbia, is the first in Canada to combine these two techniques to identify and test a drug for a young patient's tumour in time for their treatment.

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Congratulations CIHR Fall 2024 Project Grant recipients

Congratulations to the investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fall 2024 Project Grant competition!

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BCCHR research could help set new international standard for young children receiving bone marrow transplants

The findings from a BCCHR study played a part in integrating the multiple breath washout test into recent recommendations to screen children for pulmonary chronic graft-versus-host disease, a lung complication that can affect children who undergo a bone marrow transplant.

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Videos

CAR T Cell Therapy: Engineering the Immune System to Fight Pediatric Cancer

Take a closer look at the role of T cells in cancer therapy and the development of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. Explore the early successes and challenges in the development of CAR T cell therapy in pediatric leukemia. Presented by Dr. Amanda Li, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UBC; Attending Physician, BC Children's Hospital. (2019)

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