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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.

We can provide species identification for members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex of bacteria. We also can provide strain typing information, as well as identifications for other species which grow on Burkholderia cepacia selective agar and for which the preliminary identification might be equivocal: such as B. gladioli, Ralstonia species, Pandoraea species and others. Most of our work is for cystic fibrosis clinics, however we are very happy to provide assistance to anyone else requiring identification of these bacteria.

The Centre for International Child Health was established in 2004 with the support of the BC Children's Hospital Foundation. The centre serves as a leadership and coordinating body for international initiatives for global child health.

Supporting women to plan and space their pregnancies provides a wide range of benefits to society, to children and to their families. In Canada, nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended, and 31% of women have at least one abortion in their lifetime.

The Division of Nephrology promotes the health of children living with kidney disease through excellence in evidence-based clinical care, clinical and basic research, and education and advocacy.

Our lab is passionate about a variety of topics relating to human nutrition.

The 2022 Global Health Conference is an event for global health researchers, students, and organizations to come together and explore the reimagining the postpartum and postnatal period.

We employ various approaches to determine how DNA methylation and chromatin protein modifications are regulated, how they interact with the underlying genetic sequence to affect which genes are expressed in which cells, and how changes to these epigenetic marks can affect human development and lifelong health trajectories. Together, the research in our lab bridges the molecular mechanisms of epigenetic regulation and the social and environmental determinants of human health to develop a comprehensive understanding of early life.

We are systematically dissecting the molecular mechanisms of the neonatal and infant response to infection or vaccination. Based on that knowledge, we are identifying immune modulators that help protect newborns and infants.

The Lavoie Lab studies the development of the human immune system and its impacts on the health of babies. Dr. Pascal Lavoie is a neonatologist with dual training in medicine and research (MD/PhD).

MOSAIC aims to engage children and families across British Columbia to facilitate the collection of biological samples and data that will lead to an integrative and comprehensive assessment of child development, health and well-being.

Nutrition and metabolism research at BC Children's spans the full spectrum from explanation of biological action, to pre-clinical and clinical studies, to population health.

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. 

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.

The Vaccine Evaluation Center (VEC) is an academic center of excellence involved in vaccine and immunization research.

We are interested in teeth because they hold clues to our past. Browse through our website to learn what we can understand by studying teeth and how you can get involved.

The Turvey Lab uses precision health to determine the cellular, molecular and genetic abnormalities responsible for immunological disease.