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Get an inside look at the latest pediatric research from BC Children's Hospital Research Institute — told by the researchers themselves. Each episode is under 30 minutes and designed to be clear, engaging, and inspiring — whether you're a parent, health care professional, or just curious about child health.

New child safety report card puts BC at the head of the class

Jun 13, 2018
British Columbia got the highest marks on the first-ever report card comparing child injury rates and prevention policies across nine Canadian provinces. The province’s success may be thanks in part to the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit (BCIRPU) at BC Children’s Hospital, an innovative province-wide partnership dedicated to reducing the burden of injuries through research and public education.

BC Children’s Hospital joins international collaborative to further the development of innovative immunotherapy treatments for kids with hard-to-treat cancer

Jun 12, 2018
BC Children’s Hospital has joined CureWorks, an international collaborative of leading academic children’s hospitals focused on improving care for children with hard-to-treat cancers by expanding clinical trials and accelerating the development of leading-edge immunotherapy treatments.

Vancouver goes orange for World Preeclampsia Day

May 22, 2018
Tonight, iconic buildings around Vancouver will light up in orange for World Preeclampsia Day. BC Place, Vancouver City Hall, North Vancouver City Hall, Vancouver Convention Centre and Science World will all have orange lights to raise awareness for preeclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy complication that can lead to serious health problems or death for both mother and baby.

Clinical research that transforms care: Q&A with Dr. Soren Gantt

May 18, 2018
Clinical research - research focused on improving patient care - is a central part of the BC Children’s Hospital mission. It allows researchers to learn about health conditions by directly studying patients and to move to medications, diagnostic tools, and treatments out of the laboratory and into the hospital where they can save and improve the lives of children. 

Understanding our patients’ experiences to provide meaningful care: Q&A with Dr. Julie Robillard

May 17, 2018
For Dr. Julie Robillard, “patient experience” encompasses everything from the treatments a patient receives, to how they access specialists and health information, to how they are engaged in their own care. It’s an area of research that examines how people interact with the health care system, with the goal of improving how hospitals deliver care in partnership with patients and families.

New website helps keep active kids safe from common sport injuries

May 10, 2018

An average of 900 BC children and teens are hospitalized each year due to sports-related injuries. A new website is working to change this by giving parents, kids, coaches and teachers easy access to injury prevention information for over 50 popular sports and recreational activities, including soccer, volleyball, gymnastics, ice hockey, kayaking, hiking and snowboarding.

Isa's story

Apr 11, 2018

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.

One patient’s rare disease leads to new insights into diabetes: Q&A with Chi Kin Wong

Feb 28, 2018

In a study recently published in Diabetes by Dr. Bill Gibson and UBC PhD student Chi Kin Wong, one patient’s rare mutation has led to the discovery of two proteins that help prevent diabetes from developing. Wong talks about how this research could lead to new treatments for diabetes and what rare diseases can teach us about how the human body works. 

Exploring the lifelong impacts of our earliest experiences: Q&A with Dr. Sarah Moore

Feb 26, 2018

A recent study in Development and Psychopathology co-led by Dr. Sarah Moore and Dr. Michael Kobor shows that the amount of physical contact babies receive early in life correlates with changes in marks upon the genome that might affect whether or not genes are expressed, potentially impacting health and development.  

Making Complex Data Easy to See: Q&A with Dr. Mohamed Elgendi

Jan 26, 2018
Despite facing steep odds after being orphaned at a young age, Dr. Elgendi earned a PhD in biomedical engineering and now pursues innovative research projects as a UBC postdoctoral fellow supervised by Dr. Kenneth Lim and Dr. Rabab K. Ward. His research is supported by a BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute Mining for Miracles Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Care4Rare Canada: Harnessing multi-omics to deliver innovative diagnostic care for rare genetic diseases in Canada (C4R-SOLVE)

Jan 23, 2018
For many patients with a rare disease, diagnosis is a years-long odyssey involving visits to multiple specialists, invasive testing and fruitless or missed treatments. The C4R-Solve Project will increase access to state-of-the-art genomic and other innovative ‘omics’ testing, giving patients and families with rare diseases long-awaited answers and helping doctors provide the best possible care.

Childhood asthma and the microbiome – precision health for life: The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) study

Jan 23, 2018
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood, affecting one in seven Canadian children and costing the health care system more than $2-billion per year. Current treatments can manage the symptoms of asthma, but there is no effective way to prevent or cure this dangerous, chronic condition.