Dr. Elizabeth M. Simpson leads one of six research teams awarded almost $8.5M

CFRI Scientist Dr. Elizabeth M. Simpson leads one of the six research teams awarded almost $8.5M from CQDM and Brain Canada to address unmet needs in neuroscience. Dr. Simpson is also a researcher at the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia.

To learn more about Dr. Simpson’s research project, “DNA in the service of eye diseases,” and to read about the funding announcement, click here.

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World Sepsis Day in the heart of downtown Vancouver

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Stressed out? New research could explain why prenatal stress exposure increases vulnerability to stress later in life

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Dr. Edmond S. Chan receives 2019 Robyn Allen Leadership Award

Dr. Edmond S. Chan, UBC Clinical Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Allergy & Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics at UBC, is the winner of the 2019 Robyn Allen Leadership Award.

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“Gold standard” food allergy test faces implementation barriers but solutions possible

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