Prevention Is for Everyone: Ensuring No One Is Left Behind

Discover how Canadians can partner together to address key global health prevention questions. Presented by Dr. Gina Ogilvie, Investigator, BC Children's Hospital; Physician, BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre; Assistant Director, Women's Health Research Institute; Senior Public Health Scientist, BC Centre for Disease Control; Professor, School of Population & Public Health, UBC. (2018)

Researcher Gina Ogilvie

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Global Health

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New study makes key findings in potential advancement of diabetes cure

New research published in Nature Communications, identifies a key molecule that might be critical for the development of stem cell-based therapies for treating type 1 diabetes.

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Pneumonia and malaria: Innovations tackle leading threats to children under five

Globally, pneumonia and malaria are among the leading causes of death for children under five, due in part to health-care resource gaps in low- and middle-income countries. New BCCHR investigator and pediatric infectious diseases expert Dr. Michael T. Hawkes is developing diagnostic and treatment tools to address these shortages.

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Dr. Kirk Schultz awarded the 2024 Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship

Dr. Kirk Schultz, an investigator at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, has been awarded the 2024 Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship in recognition of his leadership and significant contributions to improving the health and well-being of children in British Columbia and around the world.

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Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 Outstanding Achievement Awards

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2024 Outstanding Achievement Awards.

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Pediatric Sepsis Data Challenge invites researchers to help develop a model to save lives

To help prevent more children from dying of sepsis, the Institute for Global Health is inviting researchers to help design an open-source algorithm that predicts in-hospital mortality in low- and middle-income countries.

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Prevention Is for Everyone: Ensuring No One Is Left Behind

Prevention Is for Everyone: Ensuring No One Is Left Behind

Recent News See all

New study makes key findings in potential advancement of diabetes cure

Pneumonia and malaria: Innovations tackle leading threats to children under five

Dr. Kirk Schultz awarded the 2024 Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 Outstanding Achievement Awards

Pediatric Sepsis Data Challenge invites researchers to help develop a model to save lives

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