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Mini Med School 2017: Surgery — Past, Present, and Future

Take a closer look at how surgeons are helping lead the integration of clinical care, education, and research to improve outcomes for patients across a range of surgical specialties.

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Mini Med School 2016: Genetic Counselling — Leading the Integration of Genetics into Clinical Care

Expand your knowledge on the foundations of genetic counselling while exploring the latest in biomedical research, clinical applications and the social/ethical implications related to the field.

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Mini Med School 2015: Towards a Healthy Global Village

Get insight into the innovative research and progress that is improving health in low and middle income countries. Discover how new tools, technologies and programs promote health and well-being across the life course: in adolescence, women, pregnancy, infancy and childhood.

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Mini Med School 2014: The Dynamic and Developing Brain

Do you know how music and dance impact brain activity? How electrons can treat psychiatric and neurological conditions? What about the role neuroscience research has in understanding addiction? Or the impact of virtual reality and gaming in rehabilitation? Find out more about the dynamic and developing brain!

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Mini Med School 2013: Diabetes — Mythology and Modern Research

Explore the aspects of the environment and of your own genetics that influence your chances of getting diabetes. Learn about the important research discoveries in genetics, metabolism, stem cell reprogramming and immunology that are making it easier to diagnose and treat diabetes while we work towards a cure.

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Mini Med School 2012: Transplantation — Can We Fix Broken Parts

Study the past, present and future of transplantation! Check out why certain cells and organs can be transplanted to help fight various diseases and how important research discoveries are changing the practice of transplantation.

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Mini Med School 2011: Immunity in Health and Disease

Investigate the importance of the immune system. Uncover what happens when someone’s immune system is missing parts, explore why immunity sometimes goes awry, and understand how we can manipulate our knowledge of immunity to keep people healthier.

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Mini Med School 2010: Conception, Birth and Beyond — The Challenges of Life's Beginnings

Submerse yourself in reproductive health and technologies topics.

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Mini Med School 2010: Clinical Genomics

Expand your knowledge on topics such as genomics and medicine, metagenomics, genetic testing and the impact this has on health care.

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Improving care for kids with the most common childhood cancers: Q&A with new investigator Dr. Sarah Alexander

Feb 17, 2026
For International Childhood Cancer Day we spoke with Dr. Sarah Alexander, a new BCCHR investigator and pediatric oncologist at BC Children’s Hospital who specializes in some of the most common childhood cancers, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
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Partnering with Chinese Canadian families to create tailored mental health resources

Feb 4, 2026
BCCHR researchers are working with Chinese Canadian communities to co-design culturally meaningful, engaging, and effective mental health resources for parents to support children under the age of 12.
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First-of-its-kind pan-Canadian trial to treat baby brain cancers without radiation

Feb 3, 2026
The DECRYPT-BABYBRAIN clinical trial brings together leading paediatric centres coast-to-coast to pioneer a radiation-free approach to treat rare and aggressive brain cancers in babies. Dr. Sylvia Cheng is the lead for BC Children's Hospital.
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Collaboration led by BCCHR researchers awarded European funding to improve community-based care in Uganda and Kenya

Jan 29, 2026
Dr. Matthew Wiens and colleagues at the Institute for Global Health are the first Canadian Team to lead a Horizon Europe Pillar 2 project that aims to reduce childhood deaths from severe infection (sepsis) after hospital discharge.   
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Stem cell engineering breakthrough paves way for next-generation living drugs

Jan 8, 2026
BCCHR and UBC researchers discover how to grow specialized immune cells for more accessible off-the-shelf cell therapies to treat cancer, autoimmune disorders and more. 
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BC Children's Hospital Research Institute operates on the 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 territories the Research Institute builds relationships and operates in B.C.

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          • Mini Med School 2016: Genetic Counselling — Leading the Integration of Genetics into Clinical Care
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          • Mini Med School 2014: The Dynamic and Developing Brain
          • Mini Med School 2013: Diabetes — Mythology and Modern Research
          • Mini Med School 2012: Transplantation — Can We Fix Broken Parts
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