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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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Doan Lab Research Program

The Doan Lab Research Program consists of projects aiming to evaluate pediatric emergency department patterns of use, the quality of care provided, and efficiency of service delivery.

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Goldman's Innovative Virtual Reality Pain Lab

Our team is focused on investigating use of virtual reality technology in pediatrics and providing evidenced based answers to help clinicians and health practitioners determine how to best use this innovative technology for everyday use.

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Injury Research Program

The BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit is a leader in the production and transfer of injury prevention knowledge, supporting the integration of prevention practice into the daily lives of British Columbians.

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Mâsse Lab

Our research team, led by Dr. Louise Mâsse, aims to understand the factors in the school, social and home environments that influence children’s and teens’ health behaviours, specifically, physical activity, screen time and nutrition.

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Pediatric Anesthesia Research Team

The vision of the Department of Pediatric Anesthesia at BC Children's Hospital is to provide excellence and innovation in patient-centered care for the children and their families of British Columbia. Evaluation, improvement, and innovation are key research activities that allow us to optimize the clinical care we provide.

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Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy Innovations

For almost 30 years the POPi research unit has fostered pharmaceutical policy innovation through proactive research and knowledge translation.

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Play Outside Lab

The Play Outside Lab, led by Dr. Mariana Brussoni, is dedicated to studying children’s outdoor play – looking at the effect of outdoor play on children, and how we, as an individual, a member of a community, and society, can support and provide children with quality outdoor play environments.

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RICHER

The RICHER Program (Responsive Intersectoral Child and Community Health Education and Research) is a place-based, equity-focused, interdisciplinary team of health care providers at BC Children’s Hospital co-located in Vancouver’s inner city.

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SEARCH & PREVENT: A CIHR Team Grant of the Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network

The SEARCH team evaluates drug safety and effectiveness and identifies risks associated with commonly prescribed drugs; PREVENT uses pharmacogenomics discovery and replication (in at least three independent populations) to identify strongly-predictive pharmacogenomic biomarkers.

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Sleep Research

BC Children’s Hospital houses the only Sleep Laboratory in the province of BC, where a multidisciplinary team provides diagnostic assessment and treatment for children and youth across BC, and conducts research to advance sleep medicine. 

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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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Sunny Hill Health Centre Research

Sunny Hill Health Centre and its associated colleges and universities take a leadership role in educating the academic community about child development and rehabilitation. We evaluate and promote innovative service delivery. Sunny Hill is associated with the University of British Columbia (UBC) and other colleges and universities across Canada. 

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Treatment of Brachial Plexus Palsy

The Brachial Plexus Clinic at BC Children's Hospital is directed by Dr. Cynthia Verchere, pediatric plastic surgeon and investigator.

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Decoding kids' health through cheek swabs: What new research reveals

May 14, 2025
Cheek swabs — they’re painless, simple, and commonly used in pediatric research. But how reliable are they across different developmental periods? And what can they really tell us about children’s health?
  • Continue reading Decoding kids' health through cheek swabs: What new research reveals

Cutting-edge genomic technology to help improve medication safety for children in new BC Children’s led study

May 12, 2025
Dr. Bruce Carleton will be leading a new $17 million project to make medications safer for children across Canada. By uncovering the genetic variations in patients that can lead to adverse drug reactions, this research could help explain differing medication responses and improve disease outcomes.
  • Continue reading Cutting-edge genomic technology to help improve medication safety for children in new BC Children’s led study

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

May 2, 2025
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.
  • Continue reading Digestive ‘treasure chest’ shows promise for targeted drug treatment in the gut

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

Apr 7, 2025

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.

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

Unlocking the mystery of nephrotic syndrome in kids: Q&A with new investigator Dr. Susan Samuel

Mar 18, 2025
Pediatric nephrologist Dr. Susan Samuel, a new investigator who joined BCCHR in September 2024, has been investigating ways to improve the quality of life of children diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome. She is serving as the director for the ENRICH program, a national network of mentors and learners. We met Dr. Samuel to talk about the importance of research and mentorship.
  • Continue reading Unlocking the mystery of nephrotic syndrome in kids: Q&A with new investigator Dr. Susan Samuel

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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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