Congratulations to Dr. Megan Levings: Recipient of the 2019 Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship
BC Children's Hospital Research Institute is pleased to congratulate the 2019 recipient of the Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship: Dr. Megan Levings.
Ramona Salvarinova Zivkovic
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Congratulations to the recipients of the 2019 Outstanding Achievement Awards & BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships
BC Children's Hospital Research Institute is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2019 Outstanding Achievement Awards and the 2019 BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships.
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.
“Gold standard” food allergy test faces implementation barriers but solutions possible
A new study from Dr. Edmond Chan concludes that the procedure known as an oral food challenge (OFC), considered the “gold standard” of food allergy testing, faces multiple barriers preventing its widespread implementation.
Congratulations CIHR Project Grant Recipients!
We are pleased to congratulate the BC Children's and BC Women's investigators who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Spring 2019 competition. Our research community received nine new research and bridge grants totaling more than $5.8 million.
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