Extreme weather events are becoming more common due to climate change and causing significant impacts to the health and well-being of British Columbians. In 2021, an unprecedented heat dome led to 526 heat-related deaths, with 96 per cent occurring in residential settings. With the changing climate comes a crucial need for people to prepare for severe weather conditions and know where to access support.
In July 2024, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Brian Kwon was appointed the new director of the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD). Kwon first began studying as a PhD student at what was originally known as “CORD” in 2000.
Using artificial intelligence (AI) to spot patterns across thousands of cancer cell images, researchers at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have pinpointed a distinct subset of endometrial cancer that puts patients at much greater risk of recurrence and death, but would otherwise go unrecognized by traditional pathology and molecular diagnostics.
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is proud to support research through Team Grant projects, which enable VCH staff and clinicians to collaborate with experienced investigators to share knowledge and build connections. By supporting practice-based research projects, these grants contribute to the improvement of health care delivery addressing the pressing challenges in health care.
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) researchers are at the forefront of a ground breaking Canadian initiative in precision medicine to enable kidney transplant matching on a new genetic level.
High blood pressure is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality around the world, and affects one in five Canadians. With rates of hypertension on the rise in B.C., research led by experts at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) has identified the benefits of a novel home blood pressure telemonitoring (HBPT) intervention to prevent hypertension from worsening and help people with the condition take control of their health.
The 2023 wildfire season was the most destructive on record in British Columbia, resulting in over 2.8 million hectares of land and forest burned and tens of thousands of evacuations. In preparation for an early wildfire season this year, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher and Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) respirologist Dr. Emily Brigham shares crucial advice on how best to prepare for the smoky season ahead.
