Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is proud to play a role in bringing the benefits of health research to patients with the 2015 Innovation and Translational Research Awards. This year’s six recipients are putting new knowledge into practice, implementing research outcomes, and turning discoveries into commercial opportunities.
Congratulations to the 2015 Innovation and Translational Research Awards recipients:
A small qualitative study undertaken by Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) dietetic interns is doing its part to support a global initiative aimed at increasing rates and duration of breastfeeding, as well as promoting mothers’ rights to breastfeed anywhere and at any time.
Pairing a donated organ with a potential recipient is a critical task requiring a near-perfect match. The necessity for such perfection is highly limiting, and for the thousands of Canadians waiting on transplant lists it can understandably diminish any hope of getting better or even surviving. However, a study co-authored by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute scientist Dr.
Two new chair appointments for scientists at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute will provide opportunities to develop innovative approaches to men’s health issues and for spinal cord injury, helping to bring medical discoveries from bench to bedside.
Congratulations to Dr. Larry Goldenberg, CM, OBC, Vancouver Prostate Centre Director of Development and Supportive Care, who has been appointed to the inaugural Mohammad Mohseni Chair in Men’s Health VGH (Vancouver General Hospital).
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) in partnership with the UBC Department of Medicine Research office and the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation (C2E2) is offering a workshop series for investigators interested in developing research questions and research methodology skills.
Block 1 Mondays (8:00am-10:00am)
September 19, October 17, November 21, December 19, January 16
The rollout of public health campaigns about sun protection is a sure-fire sign that summer is just around the corner. However, reminders to seek shade and slather on the sunscreen may actually be more effective during the winter, particularly for Canadians most likely to repeatedly develop deadly skin cancers such as melanoma, according to research by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) scientist and dermatologist Dr. Sunil Kalia and University of British Columbia (UBC) dermatology resident Dr. Danny Guo. Working with Dr.
Decreased sleep quality is commonly considered a “normal” course of aging. For many seniors, sleep duration shortens and sleep becomes increasingly fragmented. More than half of adults over 65 have at least one chronic sleep complaint, the most common being an inability to stay asleep at night. Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute scientist Dr. Glenn Landry acknowledges that while age-related changes in sleep quality are common, poor sleep quality should not be accepted as an inevitable part of aging.
