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VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation

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VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation is Vancouver Coastal Health’s primary philanthropic partner, raising funds for specialized adult health services and research for all British Columbians. The Foundation partners with donors to drive innovation and sustainable health care at VGH & UBC Hospital, GF Strong Rehab Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and Vancouver Community Health Services. Health Research BC and VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation collaborate to fund researchers whose work contributes to advancing specialized adult health services and research in British Columbia. Research location/affiliation: Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute

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2024

Research Trainee Award

Cerebrovascular physiology of circulatory death in patients undergoing medical assistance in dying (MAiD)
Patients undergoing medical assistance in dying (MAiD) can qualify as organ donors. Donation commences after death, which is declared when blood pressure…
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Daljeet Chahal
Primary Investigator
2023

Scholar Award

Transforming health services following traumatic brain injury through peer-support
Traumatic brain injury affects approximately 450 people every day in Canada and is a leading cause of disability nationally and globally. These…
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Julia Schmidt
Primary Investigator
2022

Health Professional-Investigator Award

Evaluation of a manualized telehealth-based psychoeducation group for individuals at high risk for bipolar disorder
Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a psychiatric condition that affects about 2 percent of people in BC. Individuals with BD experience extreme changes…
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Kamyar Keramatian
Primary Investigator
2021

Research Trainee Award

Portable MRI for multiple sclerosis: Feasibility establishment and technical development for clinical and research applications
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an important tool for diagnosing and monitoring multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease which affects millions of people.…
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Hanwen Liu
Primary Investigator
2020

Research Trainee Award

Artificial intelligence based discovery of estrogen receptor activation function 2 (AF2) inhibitors as the first-in-class therapies for drug resistant breast cancers
Breast cancer (BCa) is the most common cancer and the second cause of death from cancer among Canadian women. While antiestrogens are…
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Francesco Gentile
Primary Investigator
2018

Health Professional-Investigator Award

Unraveling disparate roles of Notch-1 and Notch-2 signaling in bladder cancer
Bladder cancer is the fifth most common cancer, yet it remains understudied and we are only now making strides in understanding it’s…
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Peter Black
Primary Investigator

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Overview

Awards

Cerebrovascular physiology of circulatory death in patients undergoing medical assistance in dying (MAiD)

Daljeet Chahal

Transforming health services following traumatic brain injury through peer-support

Julia Schmidt

Evaluation of a manualized telehealth-based psychoeducation group for individuals at high risk for bipolar disorder

Kamyar Keramatian

Portable MRI for multiple sclerosis: Feasibility establishment and technical development for clinical and research applications

Hanwen Liu

Artificial intelligence based discovery of estrogen receptor activation function 2 (AF2) inhibitors as the first-in-class therapies for drug resistant breast cancers

Francesco Gentile

Unraveling disparate roles of Notch-1 and Notch-2 signaling in bladder cancer

Peter Black

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