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Division of Rheumatology: BC Children’s Hospital and Research Institute

Our team leads and collaborates on research focused on studying the impact of childhood rheumatic disease, improving treatments and understanding the causes of these diseases.

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BC Children's Hospital BioBank

The aim of the BC Children’s Hospital BioBank is to provide researchers with high quality samples obtained from patients in an ethical manner. Patients give their consent for their samples to be used in research projects.

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Biochemical Genetics Clinic

The Biochemical Genetics Clinic actively participates in the Canadian Inherited Metabolic Diseases Research Network (CIMDRN). CIMDRN provides the evidence needed to improve outcomes and health care services for children with inborn errors of metabolism (IEM).

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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.

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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.

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Children’s Heart Centre Research

The Children’s Heart Centre is a passionate team of clinicians, researchers, medical trainees and technical and clerical staff. We are committed to producing high-quality research to improve care for children with cardiovascular conditions.

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GenCOUNSEL Project

For patients and families with unexplained health conditions, genome-wide sequencing can provide much-needed answers, but it can also raise a lot of questions. We are trying to figure out the best ways to provide genetic counselling for genome-wide sequencing in Canada so that we can best support these families. We will be looking into different clinical, ethical, and economic methods to make sure there is equitable access to genetic counselling and testing for all Canadians.

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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.

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Maxwell Lab

The Maxwell Lab focuses our studies on discovering and targeting molecular pathways that underlie hereditary cancers, understanding how cells grow and move in tissues and tumors, and collaborating and developing prospective personalized medicine in childhood cancers.

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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. 

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Sanatani Lab

We are a research group directed by Dr. Shubhayan Sanatani at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, B.C. Our research focuses on inherited arrhythmias in children.

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Silent Genomes Project

Reducing health care disparities and improving diagnostic success for children with genetic diseases from Indigenous populations

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Solid Organ Transplant Research

Transplantation is a life-saving treatment for children with organ failure – but unfortunately it is not yet a cure. Research is critical in our effort to further improve the health and wellness of transplant recipients and their families.

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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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Vallance Lab

We are a dynamic gut microbiome research group in Vancouver, BC. Directed by Dr. Bruce Vallance, our research focuses on microbe-host interactions within the intestine, including defining the role that gut microbes play in causing chronic intestinal inflammation.

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The importance of a low-sodium diet for kids

Aug 15, 2022
Most Canadian children consume too much salt in their diets, which can lead to serious long-term health consequences. Read on to learn what parents and caregivers can do to ensure optimal health when it comes to sodium intake.
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New study further demonstrates COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are safe during pregnancy

Aug 11, 2022
A new study BC Children’s Hospital investigators found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are safe to use in pregnancy, and that pregnant people experienced lower rates of health events post-vaccination than similarly aged, non-pregnant vaccinated people.
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Commonly prescribed antihistamine is linked with elevated rates of tic, anxiety, and conduct disorders in children

Jul 28, 2022
Hydroxyzine is a first-generation antihistamine commonly prescribed in syrup form to infants and young children with itch-inducing skin conditions, such as atopic dermatitis and eczema. New research shows that the more hydroxyzine a child is prescribed, the higher their risk for developing a tic, anxiety, or conduct disorder.
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BC Children's Hospital researchers part of international collaboration to develop treatments for osteosarcoma

Jul 27, 2022
BC Children's Hospital researchers are part of a new international collaboration aimed at developing innovative treatments for osteosarcoma — a highly malignant bone cancer that commonly affects children and adolescents. 
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Congratulations CIHR Spring 2022 Project Grant recipients

Jul 26, 2022
Congratulations to the BCCHR and WHRI investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2022 Project Grant competition. Our research community received around $15 million in new research grants as principal investigators or co-investigators.
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BC Children's Hospital Research Institute operates on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples — xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Further, this acknowledgement, gratitude, and respect extends to all the First Nations communities on whose traditional territories the Research Institute builds relationships and operates in BC.

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