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BC NEIHR forum showcases Indigenous-led, community-based health research
Learn moreProjects explored repatriating relatives’ remains and belongings, healing through ceremony, culturally safe end-of-life care, and more.
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BC takes action to strengthen the clinical trials ecosystem
Learn moreBritish Columbia is launching a new strategy that positions the province as a leading destination for clinical trials and investment.
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Empowering families in motion
Learn moreDr. Sam Liu and his team at the UVic Digital Health Lab are redefining how we use everyday technology to prevent chronic disease in children.
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Bringing research closer to home
Read moreDr. Robert Olson is transforming clinical trial access in northern BC, ensuring rural patients can participate in cutting-edge cancer research.
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Fighting colonialism through art
Read moreResearchers and Indigenous community members and organizations are working together to shape more inclusive, culturally safe healthcare environments in the north.
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Focusing on the wellbeing of long-term care residents
Read moreThe Long-Term Care Quality Initiative uses research evidence to improve the wellbeing of residents, families and staff across BC.
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$2.3 million investment in BC glycomics research catalyzes solutions for unmet health needs
Read moreMichael Smith Health Research BC has joined forces with GlycoNet, a global leader in glycomics research and innovation, to tackle critical health challenges through the study of biological sugars.
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2024: Our year in review
Read moreAs 2024 comes to a close, Michael Smith Health Research BC is grateful for another year of learning, partnership, and collaboration with the health research community.
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New funding opportunity enhances seniors’ home and community care
Read moreMichael Smith Health Research BC is launching a new funding opportunity to improve home and community care for seniors in British Columbia.
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Research Approvals Processes Project update: 2024 in review
Read moreThe Research Approvals Processes Project (RAPP) is a provincially-led initiative that supports research within the health system in British Columbia. Health Research BC shares these updates on behalf of the…
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‘We’re real people with real lives’: Patient partner in northern BC shares the power of telling your own story
Read moreWhat is the value of sharing your own story? Christina LaBerge explains how patient perspectives can change minds and make health care safer.
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BC researchers funded to respond to bird flu outbreaks
Read moreMichael Smith Health Research BC is partnering with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to support BC-based researchers to find ways to prevent, prepare for and respond to outbreaks…
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Partnership enhances clinical research expertise
Read moreMichael Smith Health Research BC is co-funding 23 BC-based graduate and postdoctoral trainees through the 2024 clinical trials training awards.
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Turning health research into action and impact
Read moreMichael Smith Health Research BC is funding 91 diverse teams across British Columbia to bridge the gap between evidence and impact.
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Addressing health system priorities to improve care
Read moreThrough the CIHR Health System Impact Fellowship, Michael Smith Health Research BC is co-funding eight BC researchers to address high-priority challenges facing the health system.
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2025 Research Trainee competition: call for applications
Read moreThe program supports health researchers in the training phase of their careers to contribute to the success of BC’s health research landscape.
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Research Approvals Processes Project update: Advancing our initial deliverables
Read moreThe Research Approvals Processes Project (RAPP) is a provincially-led initiative that supports research within the health system in British Columbia. Health Research BC shares these updates on behalf of the…
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Research Trainee awards fuel health innovation
Read moreMichael Smith Health Research BC is funding 44 emerging researchers from across BC through the 2024 Research Trainee competition.
