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News Award Type: COVID-19 Research Response Fund

Making a real difference: People who are incarcerated help peers get immunized for COVID-19

Making a real difference: People who are incarcerated help peers get immunized for COVID-19

During the pandemic, only 60 percent of people in custody wanted to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Researchers Sofia Bartlett and Pam Young worked with people who are incarcerated to change that.

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COVID-19 research journeys: Outcomes and impacts one year later

COVID-19 research journeys: Outcomes and impacts one year later

We caught up with five of the COVID-19 Research Response Fund award recipients to gain insight on where their research programs are at, one year later.

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A 20-year journey of health research in BC: Tackling emerging disease threats through rapid response research

A 20-year journey of health research in BC: Tackling emerging disease threats through rapid response research

Dr. Danuta Skowronski’s research, funded by MSFHR, directly informed the COVID-19 vaccine dosage recommendation that likely prevented thousands of hospitalizations across Canada during the third wave.

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Precarious housing, prisons, and our COVID-19 vulnerabilities

Precarious housing, prisons, and our COVID-19 vulnerabilities

With an MSFHR COVID-19 Research Response Fund award, Dr. Julian Somers is investigating practices to support some of BC’s most vulnerable citizens during the pandemic.

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Mapping the Social Epidemiology of front-line health-care workers

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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Partnering with COVID-19 patients to track future health

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

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

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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MSFHR and Victoria Hospitals Foundation partner on funding research to detect future COVID-19 outbreaks on Vancouver Island

MSFHR and Victoria Hospitals Foundation partner on funding research to detect future COVID-19 outbreaks on Vancouver Island

Dr. Laura Cowen at the University of Victoria, is leading a team in developing a model that estimates rates of unreported COVID-19 cases.

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MSFHR funds COVID-19 research to mitigate effects on BC’s vulnerable populations

MSFHR funds COVID-19 research to mitigate effects on BC’s vulnerable populations

Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on newcomers to BC, urban Indigenous people, frontline health-care workers, and those in prisons or precarious housing is the focus of many of the funded researchers from the COVID-19 Research Response Fund.

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