Lavoie Lab News
Cord blood bank for premature babies makes life-saving research gains in first year
B.C. Women's Hospital's Preemie Biobank is the first of its kind in Canada. Read more in this CBC article.
New Hope for Premature Babies
The BC Women’s Hospital has established a “Preemie Biobank,” the first of its kind in Canada. To hear more about the Preemie biobank, watch Dr. Lavoie’s interview by Breakfast Television.
BCCHR Website News
Study finds schools are not at higher risk for COVID-19
Researchers from BC Children’s Hospital, the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health have found the risk of school staff acquiring SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in schools is no greater than for those who don’t work in schools.
Isa's story
It’s not every day that you get a visit from a patient that you worried might not make it. Last month, eight-year-old Isa Guerrero and his family paid a visit to Dr. Pascal Lavoie and his research team at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Dr. Lavoie is a BC Children’s Hospital investigator and neonatologist at BC Children's and BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre.