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.

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Type 2 diabetes remission: from evidence to awareness and care

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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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Host institution

Fraser Health Authority

Project title

Post-intensive care clinical and functional outcomes in adults with sarcopenia.

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Host institution

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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Host institution

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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Host institution

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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Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Integrating Genetics Care in Nephrology to Study and Empower Precision Medicine

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Host institution

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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Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Clinical Genomics for Enhanced Infectious Disease Diagnosis

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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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Host institution

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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