A new digital self-assessment tool for youth was found to be 93 per cent accurate in identifying mental health concerns in a study published today in The Journal of Pediatrics.
Childhood Diseases | Lab, Project & Program Websites
Canadian Autoimmunity Standardization Core (CAN-ASC)
CAN-ASC is a Canada-wide consortium of researchers and clinician scientists. We collaborate with international networks from academia and industry to develop consensus-driven, standardized and validated operating procedures (SOPs) for human immunology research.
Canucks for Kids Fund Childhood Diabetes Laboratories
The Canucks for Kids Fund Childhood Diabetes Laboratories aim to improve the lives of children with diabetes by advancing knowledge of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, through innovative and multi-disciplinary basic and clinical diabetes research.
GenCOUNSEL Project
For patients with rare, unexplained disorders and their families, genome-wide sequencing (GWS; exome and whole genome) can provide much-needed answers but it can also raise a lot of questions.
Levings Lab
Research from the Levings Lab focuses on immune cells called T regulatory cells (Tregs) that are central to immune tolerance and are a very promising new therapeutic tool.
Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program (MCCCRP)
Researchers with the Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program embrace one goal: to save children’s lives, while improving their health and quality of life through every phase of treatment and recovery.
Silent Genomes Project
Reducing health care disparities and improving diagnostic success for children with genetic diseases from Indigenous populations
Trainee Omics Group
The BCCHR Trainee Omics Group is a team of enthusiastic trainees from across research themes at the BC Children's Research Institute who are eager to make bioinformatics accessible and fun for everyone!
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Congratulations CIHR Project Grant Recipients!
Congratulations to 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 2019 competition.
BCIRPU’s Physical Literacy video awarded in CIHR IHDCYH Talks Video Competition
Congratulations to the BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit at BC Children’s Hospital, whose video on physical literacy received an award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research 2019 IHDCYH Talks Video Competition.
New research shows sepsis to be biggest global killer
New research published in The Lancet shows that twice as many people are dying of sepsis than previously estimated.
Specialized immune cells could help repair damage from inflammatory bowel disease in children
A new study suggests that specialized immune cells that dampen inflammation and help repair the gut could be used as a potential therapy for children dealing with the painful symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease.
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