Sonia Butterworth

Overview: Dr. Butterworth’s current research involvement spans neonatal surgery, pediatric trauma and pediatric surgical oncology.
Research: Television tipover injuries
a retrospective database analysis of provincial data. The research proposal is complete. We are awaiting ethics approval.
MiLOVE Study (Minimization of Intralipid Omegaven Study)
A prospective randomized controlled study. The research proposal has been developed. Currently, the specifics of research protocol are being worked out.

Honours & Awards

Sutherland Award, Division of General Surgery 2003 CAGS Merck Frost Teaching Award, UBC 2003 Resident Research Achievement Award, BC Research Institute Annual Award

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Concussions are serious yet invisible brain injuries

British Columbia’s first Concussion Awareness Week runs Sept. 26 to Oct. 2, 2021.

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Research Roundup: September 16, 2021

This week's Research Roundup covers medicinal cannabis and autism, the use of CRISPR to reduce transplant rejection, gender's role in adolescent food choices and the connection between early cytomegalovirus infection and allergies.

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Young children with cancer face an especially high risk of hearing loss from chemotherapy drug

Study results highlight the need for routine hearing tests in pediatric patients receiving cisplatin.

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Research Roundup: August 26, 2021

This week's Research Roundup covers new targets for treating schizophrenia, improved models of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, game-changing concussion education for educators and a new way to identify concussions using resting state EEG data.

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Congratulations CIHR Spring 2021 Project Grant Recipients!

BC Children’s and BC Women’s investigators received more than $6 million in new research grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grants Spring 2021 competition.

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