Patients, researchers and health care providers gathered for the second annual BC SUPPORT Unit conference.
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Patients, researchers and health care providers gathered for the second annual BC SUPPORT Unit conference.
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UVic neuroscientist Dr. Leigh Anne Swayne studies how the cells in our brains grow and divide, and form connections to communicate with one another.
Twenty five years ago Michael Smith became BC’s first Nobel Laureate. A game changer for the province, he put BC on the map as a place for world-class research.
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Ten teams have been awarded a Development Grant as part of MSFHR’s inaugural Implementation Science Team Program.
Reach awards provide funding for teams of health researchers and research users to support the transfer, exchange and uptake of research evidence.
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34 Research Trainees to receive salary support as they establish their careers and train alongside more senior members of BCâs health research community.
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Iva Cheung outlines the importance of plain-language summaries and how they are key to effective knowledge translation.
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In partnership with St. Paul’s Foundation, we have co-funded four researchers studying HIV transmission, substance use among vulnerable populations, and ways to combat the opioid overdose crisis.
2003 Scholar and 2017 I2C award recipient Dr. David Granville has identified an enzyme potentially responsible for skin blistering, and is developing an inhibitor to prevent and treat the condition.
Eight BC health researchers have been funded in MSFHRâs second Innovation to Commercialization competition.