2025 Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) award recipients
The Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) Program is designed to develop BC’s research talent and help decrease the gap between health research and its implementation. The awards support health professionals who are actively involved in patient care to conduct and apply research relevant to health and/or the health system.
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University of British Columbia
Host institution
Vancouver Island University
Project title
Building Community Capacity to Support Patients and Families Considering and Receiving Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
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Fraser Health Authority
Project title
Post-intensive care clinical and functional outcomes in adults with sarcopenia.
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Fraser Health Authority
Partner(s) 
Parkinson Society British Columbia 
Project title
Dynamic functional brain imaging of the motor and cognitive effects of dopaminergic medications in patients with Parkinson’s disease
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University of British Columbia
Project title
Acute intermittent hypoxia as a treatment of diabetic-induced sensory neuropathy, wound healing deficits, and motor system decline
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University of British Columbia
Project title
Tele health for Emergency-Community Continuity of Care Connectivity via Home Telemonitoring Blood Pressure (TEC4HOME-BP)-a Randomized Controlled Trial
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University of British Columbia
Project title
Integrating Genetics Care in Nephrology to Study and Empower Precision Medicine
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University of British Columbia
Project title
Interactions between nutritional status, gut microbiota, and metabolomic profiles in patients with chronic kidney disease
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University of British Columbia
Host institution
Provincial Health Services Authority
Partner(s) 
BC Schizophrenia Society Foundation 
Project title
Addressing the Crisis: Developing Evidence-Based Treatment for Individuals with Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders and Psychosis in BC
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Vancouver Coastal Health
Project title
Immune Monitoring to Predict Risk of Clinically Significant CMV Events after Solid Organ Transplantation (The Predict-CMV SOT Study)
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