Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) supports innovation and improvements in health care through its Knowledge Translation (KT) Challenge, a program run in collaboration with Providence Health Care and BC Cancer. This competition encourages health care practitioners to improve patient care by translating evidence and research findings into practice. The KT Challenge facilitates innovative research projects that advance patient care by partnering practitioners with researchers who provide knowledge translation mentorship and resources.

Staying fit can lead to good feelings, and may also help support the long-term care and recovery of women with breast cancer, according to the results of a pilot study led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Kristin Campbell.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, respiratory therapists (RTs) are using innovative new technology to remotely monitor people living with chronic respiratory conditions so they can exercise safely — and breathe more easily — at home. 

Living with a respiratory illness is challenging at the best of times, and particularly fraught as the highly contagious COVID-19 respiratory infection continues to spread in waves around the globe. To better understand patients’ needs, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) researcher Dr.

The negative effects of high cholesterol on the heart are widely known, but a recent study led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Charlotte Waugh, revealed that fat deposits that build up in tendons can impede mobility.

Researchers at the Vancouver Prostate Centre and BC Cancer have developed a new blood test that provides unprecedented insight into a patient’s cancer make-up, potentially allowing doctors to better select treatment options that will improve patient outcomes. 

The technology was outlined in a study published today in Nature.