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Mental health in later life: A stakeholder-informed approach to health and technology interventions for older adults
Feeling down or worried happens to everyone, but for some people these feelings are very strong, long-lasting,…
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Investigating women’s socio-structural risk environment of overdose
British Columbia, Canada, continues to grapple with an overdose epidemic. Substantial gaps remain in the implementation and…
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Leveraging technology to support older persons in rural and northern communities through the Centre for Technology Adoption for Aging in the North – CTAAN
Rural and northern areas in BC cover large areas and support more and more older adults. Older…
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Building bespoke artificial cells and tissues on a chip for drug discovery
Human cells are fascinating and complex: they reproduce, break down food to create energy and communicate with…
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Characterizing the Psychological and Social Predictors of Increased Preventive Service Use
In the next 20 years, the percentage of adults aged ≥65 in Canada is projected to increase…
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Healthy Children, Healthy Communities: Co-Benefits of Children’s Action on Climate Change and Mental Health
Problem: British Columbia is being increasingly impacted by climate change and therefore the health and wellbeing of…
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Health, work and society: Improving health economic evaluations
Decision makers need to decide how to best allocate limited societal and healthcare resources to fund different…
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Investigating the Biomechanical Mechanism of Concussions in Sports
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), commonly known as concussion, is a major public health concern. Around 42…
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Developing long-, short-, and near-term dynamic models of risk and resilience for intentional self-harm in BC youth
My research aims to answer two questions: when and under what circumstances do some young people intentionally…
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Microbial control of gut environment in IBD
Gut health is closely connected to our microbiota, a unique, constantly evolving, group of trillions of bacteria…
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Transcriptional memory and plasticity in embryonic stem cells
Regenerative medicine such as stem cell based therapy holds great promise towards addressing many diseases that afflict…
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Precision medicine to drive prevention and management strategies for women with endometrial cancer
Endometrial cancer (EC), or cancer of the uterus, is the most common gynecological cancer in Canada, with…
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