The Child, Youth & Family Mental Health Impact Grant launches January 12, 2021.
New Article Unit: Health Research BC
Mapping the Social Epidemiology of front-line health-care workers
With MSFHR funding, Dr. Bala Nikku and his team are mapping the experiences of health-care workers in home-care and long-term care facilities across British Columbia during the pandemic.
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Shining a (near-infrared) light on spinal cord injury treatment
Dr. Brian Kwon and his research team are using MSFHR funding to advance a novel technology to improve outcomes for patients with spinal cord injury.
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Supporting health researchers during a pandemic: A research funder’s response to COVID-19
MSFHR Senior Specialist, Strategy, Maija Tiesmaki, reflects on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected BC’s health research community, MSFHR’s response, and how we’re continuing to support BC health researchers.
KT Connects: A year in review
We are sharing some pearls of wisdom from this year’s speakers, along with their recorded sessions and recommended resources to help you in your KT journey.
Urgent funding from MSFHR supports BC health authorities’ response to COVID-19
MSFHR provided urgent funding to five BC health authorities to help them respond to the COVID-19 pandemic while stabilizing and building research capacity in each BC region.
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Partnering with COVID-19 patients to track future health
Launched by Dr. Chris Carlsten, a new patient registry will track the health of people who recovered from COVID-19.
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Charting the COVID-19 experience for young people who use drugs
Led by Dr. Patricia Spittal, her team of Indigenous and allied researchers focus on how Indigenous people have been impacted by the pandemic.
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Searching for COVID-19 antibodies in children
British Columbian researcher Dr. Manish Sadarangani hopes to provide further clues with funding from the MSFHR COVID-19 Research Response Fund.
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Mentorship, Science, and Keeping a Balance: An interview with Aubrey J. Tingle Prize Winner Dr. Poul Sorensen
In a candid interview, Dr. Sorensen reflects on his career as a clinician researcher, the mentors who helped him ask the big questions, and his advice to the next generation of health researchers.