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Dr. Maria Aristizabal attended BCCHR's Summer Student Research Program in 2005 and then decided to stick around…for 15 years! While she spent much of that time working in the Kobor Lab at BCCHR and mentoring students, Dr. Aristizabal is now an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
A new study, published this week in Science Translational Medicine, further refines a potential new treatment that can prevent transplant rejection in kids and adults without leaving them vulnerable to infection.
To better support kids and teens during a time of physical distancing, BC Children’s researchers have launched a new study to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s mental health.
BC Children’s Hospital investigator Dr. Kyla Hildebrand not only conducts research in the area of allergy and clinical immunology, but this clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia is also well known for her leadership in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.
Dr. Christine Tipper of BC Children's Hospital is improving brain imaging technology and conducting research to advance our understanding of what is going on in the brain that leads to particular symptoms in neurodevelopmental conditions like autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and developmental coordination disorder (DCD).
Consumption of DHA supplements, an omega-3 fatty acid, by breastfeeding mothers is ineffective in preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants born before the 29th week of pregnancy. This is the main conclusion of a Canada-wide study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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