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Understanding the health and social harms of drug re-criminalization within the context of homelessness
Drug criminalization is associated with a range of poor health outcomes, such as overdose. Without access to…
View details2024Competition
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Understanding the influence of early childhood sexual trauma and resiliency on health outcomes among young Aboriginal people who use drugs in British Columbia
Recent research has determined that young Aboriginal people who have been sexually abused and who use drugs…
View details2009Competition
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Understanding the link between lung genomics, transcriptomics, and sex differences in COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammatory lung disease that causes respiratory symptoms such as shortness…
View details2021Competition
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Understanding the role of information in vaccine hesitant parents’ decision-making
Vaccination has been proven to be an effective tool to combat the spread of many communicable diseases.…
View details2015Competition
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Understanding the social processes of cancer self-management amongst South Asian older adults with chronic health conditions
Canada is undergoing a socio-demographic shift –as a result, older South Asians (SA) are the largest ethnocultural…
View details2025Competition
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Understanding the spatial and contextual inequities of health access and use by people living with or vulnerable to HIV in British Columbia
Access to health care services is critical to improving the health and well-being of people living with…
View details2015Competition
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Unique contributors to caregiver well-being across neurodegenerative diseases that present with dementia
Five million new cases of dementia are diagnosed every year worldwide. These diagnoses disrupt home environment patterns…
View details2013Competition
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Unleashing the research potential of a population-based data system: integrating community-centred, life-course, linked-data, and longitudinal approaches to monitoring child health and development
Early Child Development (ECD) – the development of physical, social-emotional, and language-cognitive capacities in the early years…
View details2008Competition
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Unraveling Apolipoprotein E’s Role in Alzheimer’s Disease: Insights into miRNA & Glial Regulation and Amyloid Pathology.
• Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a brain disorder that some people develop as they age. It affects…
View details2025Competition
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Unraveling client selectivity and pattern recognition of J-Protein chaperones involved in preventing intracellular aggregation of polyglutamine peptides
Many neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by the accumulation of proteins forming toxic aggregates inside neurons. Certain proteins…
View details2020Competition
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Unraveling the genetics of severe reactions to chemotherapy: Moving towards maximum benefit with minimal harm
Drug treatments are essential for the survival of cancer patients. Unfortunately, medications needed for treatment can also…
View details2017Competition
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Unraveling the immunotherapy obesity paradox in triple-negative breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is particularly difficult to…
View details2025Competition
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