The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation has awarded funding to six of the province's brightest minds in cancer research. CFRI researcher Dr. Christopher Maxwell was one of the six medical grant recipients.

Congratulations to Dr. Jan Friedman and Dr. David Speert on receiving the 2012 Distinguished Medical Research Lecturer Awards, in clinical sciences and in basic sciences, from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC).

CFRI researcher Dr. David Speert gives expert advice to Today's Parent on hand washing practices for preschoolers and the use of hand sanitizer.

The Diabetes Research Program recently ran its third internal grant competition for the “Canucks for Kids Fund” Diabetes Catalyst Awards.

Men can differ greatly from women in how they parent, especially during playtime. Lead investigator Dr. Mariana Brussoni and her team are compiling data about father’s attitudes towards safety and injury prevention during play in an effort to provide recommendations for community and parenting programs.

Three CFRI cluster directors or co-directors have recently taken on more senior administrative positions at the University (Dr. Geoff Hammond), hospital (Dr. Erik Skarsgard) or CFRI (Dr. Stuart Turvey).

Vancouver Sun story describes Dr. Mark Ansermino's research to develop a phone oximeter, which uses a cell phone to measure blood oxygen levels.

Preterm babies who've had more skin-breaking medical procedures have slower brain development as they grow to their due dates, shows new research published this week in the Annals of Neurology.

Canada’s ranking in international child health indexes would dramatically improve if measurements were standardized, according to a new study by researchers from the University of British Columbia, Dalhousie University, McGill University, the University of Calgary, and the Public Health Agency of Canada, working with the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System and funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

While Dr. Hammond’s departure is a loss for CFRI, I am pleased to announce we will continue to benefit from strong scientific leadership through the appointment of Dr. Catherine Pallen as Acting Deputy Director starting February 1, 2012.

Scientists have found a gene that causes Weaver syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that typically causes large size at birth, tall stature, developmental delay during childhood, and intellectual disability.

An international team led by CFRI member Dr. Christopher Maxwell and his colleague Dr. Miguel Àngel Pujana of the Catalan Institute of Oncology describes a fundamental molecular mechanism in the development of breast cell epithelium that is altered in some breast cancer patients.

The Globe and Mail Editorial quotes Dr. Michael Hayden about the possibilities of innovation that result from basic research.

Experts from the Vancouver-led international initiative to prevent one of the world’s leading causes of maternal and infant death during pregnancy and child birth.

CFRI scientist awarded Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation grant Dr. Megan Levings, CFRI Scientist and Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of British Columbia, is one of two scientists who received a seed grant from the prestigious Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation for her innovative research on Crohn’s disease.

For 30 years, researchers led by Dr. David Speert at the Child & Family Research Institute at BC Children’s Hospital have collected and stored bacteria that cause devastating infections in children and adults with cystic fibrosis (CF). Dr. Speert founded the CF Repository in 1981 and today it contains over 14,000 samples of two types of frozen bacteria.

An innovative proposal from Dr. Mark Ansermino and Dr. Peter von Dadelszen to transform a simple cell phone into a portable blood-oxygen tester secured a $250,000 seed grant from "Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development," an international competition to improve maternal health.

Dr. Tim Oberlander comments to CNN about a new study that examined the relationship between antidepressants and the risk of autism.

Child safety campaigns should reach out to fathers in addition to mothers, says a new study led by Dr. Mariana Brussoni that was published online in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.

Led by Dr. Naznin Virji-Babul, new neuroscience research is overturning assumptions about how the brain controls movement in people with Down syndrome.