Climate change is a universal problem that impacts both environmental and human health. In response, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Andrea MacNeill and Dr. Karina Spoyalo are looking at how sustainable health care can contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the harms associated with climate change.

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is proud to recognize the outstanding contributions of long-term research staff with the 2024 Research Excellence Staff Award (RESA). This competition acknowledges staff members with 10 or more years of service who have demonstrated research excellence through mentorship, building a culture of research and upholding the VCHRI values of integrity, accountability, collaboration, equity and community- and patient-focus. This year’s recipient will receive $15,000 in lab funding, as well as a personal honorarium for their dedicated work.

The sudden onset and severity of de novo metastatic prostate cancer makes it one of the deadliest cancers affecting men. Characterised by additional aggressive cancer lesions in other parts of the body, the condition is found in around five to 10 per cent of prostate cancer patients at the time they are first diagnosed.

In a recent announcement, Research Infosource Inc., a leading Canadian research, consulting and publishing firm, has revealed its annual ranking of Canada’s top 40 research hospitals. Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) and Providence Health Care Research Institute), proudly occupies the fourth position, with $168.8 million in research funding for the year 2022.