Metagenomics: The Microbes in You

Microbiome variation & human disease, clinical metagenomics, and the hygiene hypothesis + asthma. Presented by Dr. Robert Holt, Faculty, Dept. of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, SFU; Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, UBC; Advisor, Human Microbiome Project, NIH; Senior Scientist, Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency. | Dr. Patrick Tang, Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC; Medical Microbiologist & Head, Tuberculosis Laboratory & Molecular Services, BC Centre for Disease Control. | Dr. Stuart Turvey, Clinician Scientist & Co-Director, Immunity in Health & Disease, CFRI; Associate Professor, Division of Infectious & Immunological Diseases, Dept. of Pediatrics, UBC. (2010)

Researcher Stuart Turvey

Research Areas

Digestive System

Genetic Research

Genetic Testing

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Crafting beating heart cells to deliver personalized treatments for kids with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Researchers at BC Children's Hospital Research Institute are working with human-induced pluripotent stem cells to develop safer and more effective treatments for kids with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

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Congratulations CIHR Spring 2024 Project Grant recipients

Congratulations to the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) investigators and their teams who were awarded $5 million in funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2024 Project Grant competition.

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Torin Halvorson and Hebah Hussaina awarded Vanier scholarships for immunotherapy and mental health research

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) is proud to announce that two of its outstanding research trainees, Torin Halvorson, an MD/PhD student working with the Levings research team, and Hebah Hussaina, a graduate research assistant in the Brussoni Lab, have been awarded the prestigious 2024 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

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Studies highlight the impact of the pandemic on children and youth’s mental health

The Pediatric Outcome ImProvement through COordination of Research Networks — which involves BCCHR — has published their latest research findings on mental health hospitalizations of children and youth throughout the pandemic. These findings led the team to a second study where they evaluated the relationship between hospital admissions for eating disorders and public health restrictions.

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Collaboration was key to discovery about newborn immunity

Investigators at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute have made a finding that could eventually lead to therapeutic interventions for sepsis, lung disease, and other complications in premature newborns.

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Metagenomics: The Microbes in You

Metagenomics: The Microbes in You

Recent News See all

Crafting beating heart cells to deliver personalized treatments for kids with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Congratulations CIHR Spring 2024 Project Grant recipients

Torin Halvorson and Hebah Hussaina awarded Vanier scholarships for immunotherapy and mental health research

Studies highlight the impact of the pandemic on children and youth’s mental health

Collaboration was key to discovery about newborn immunity

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