More parents plan to get flu shot for kids this fall
New research suggests the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may drive more parents to immunize their children against the upcoming seasonal influenza strain.
Ramona Salvarinova Zivkovic
FCCMG, FRCPC, MD
Ramona Salvarinova Zivkovic
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Dr. Kyla Hildebrand wins 2020 Royal College AMS Donald Richards Wilson Award for CanMEDS integration
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.
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships!
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships!
DNA testing could help in COVID-19 treatment: Q&A with Dr. William Gibson
Human DNA testing could improve outcomes for patients with COVID-19.
That’s the key idea put forth in preliminary research posted this month to bioRxiv that highlights the potential benefits of testing COVID-19 patients for genetic variants of ACE2—the protein identified as the point-of-entry for the SARS-COV-2 virus into human cells.
Congratulations CIHR Project Grant Recipients!
Congratulations to the BC Children's and BC Women's investigators who were awarded funding through the highly competitive Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Fall 2019 competition.
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