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Is fuel flexibility the key to making better stem cell-derived insulin secreting beta cells for type 1 diabetes therapy?
Read morePancreatic β cells produce insulin to control blood glucose. Loss of β cells results in type 1 diabetes (T1D), a chronic disease…
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Alyssa Weinrauch
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How socio-structural inequities become embodied as health inequities: Examining pathways of gender inequities, inflammation and reproductive health outcomes among adolescent girls and young women
Read moreBacterial vaginosis (BV) is highly prevalent among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in South Africa. AGYW are also at higher risk…
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Amanda Rowlands
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Neuromuscular barriers to successful functional recovery after nerve transfer surgery in spinal cord injury
Read moreSpinal cord injury (SCI) causes severe muscle paralysis, significantly affecting daily activities, work, and participation in hobbies and sports. Nerve transfer surgery…
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Mathew Debenham
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This is How We Heal: Building Capacity Through Community-Led Arts-Based Approaches to Gender-Based Violence for 2SLGBTQIA+ People
Read more2SLGBTQIA+ people are disproportionately impacted by gender-based violence (GBV) including higher risk of experiencing violence and greater barriers in accessing support. 2SLGBTQIA+…
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Mattie Walker
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Building an Evaluation Framework to Monitor Indigenous-Specific Anti-Racism in BC’s Health System
Read moreIndigenous Peoples in BC continue to experience racism in the health system, which has a negative effect health, creates unsafe care, and…
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Jorden Hendry
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Confronting White Performative Benevolence and Institutional Hegemony in Health Systems Transformation: Epistemic Justice and Accountable Allyship in Advancing Indigenous Health Nursing
Read moreRacism continues to harm Indigenous Peoples in B.C. health care, even when organizations say they support reconciliation and require cultural safety training.…
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Liquaa Wazni
Primary Applicant
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Understanding how African, Caribbean, and Black families experience and conceptualize early childhood sleep in Canada: a mixed-methods study
Read moreCanada’s Black population continues to grow, especially in terms of families with children. Early childhood is a critical period to establish healthy…
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Mary Olukotun
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Clinical stratification of de novo metastatic prostate cancer by multi-region aggregate molecular features.
Read moreProstate cancer is the most common cancer in men in Canada, with over 4000 new cases per year. Eight percent of patients…