Congratulations to the WACH recipients of BCCHR studentships!
| Masters Studentships | Supervisor | Award Name | Project Title |
| Sahar Zandi Nia | Matthew Wiens | BCCHR Masters Studentship | External validation and updating of prognostic models to identify hospitalized children at highest risk of in-hospital mortality in low-resource settings |
| Simran Gill | Christine Voss | BCCHR Masters Studentship | Physical activity behaviours and determinants thereof in children with type 1 diabetes in the Interior of BC: a mixed methods feasibility study |
| Taylor Ricci | Angela Devlin | BCCHR Masters Studentship | Mechanisms of endothelial dysfunction at diabetes diagnosis |
| Courtney Ostromecki | Bruce Verchere | Canucks for Kids Fund Childhood Diabetes Laboratories Masters Studentship | Targeting pro-inflammatory effector functions in islet macrophages to prevent Type 1 diabetes |
| Doctoral Studentships | Supervisor | Award Name | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rana Jafari-Minab | Bruce Verchere | BC Children’s Hospital CFKF Diabetes Research Doctoral Studentship | Fecal microbiota transplantation in type 1 diabetes |
And a warm congratulations to the postdocs below who are part of the WACH network!
| Postdoctoral Fellowships | Supervisor | Award Name | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Meesters | Julie Bettinger | Betram Hoffeister Postdoctoral Fellowship | Trends in the epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases in Canada |
| Michelle Bauer | Ian Pike | BCCHR Postdoctoral Fellowship | Exploring emergency room doctors’ occupational experiences with patient recovery and their child safety, injury, and play perspectives |
| Paula Littlejohn | Bruce Vallance | BCCHR Postdoctoral Fellowship | Epigenetic changes in secretory epithelial cell function contribute to IBD pathophysiology through barrier defects |
BCCHR research training awards are funded by the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, and are offered to highly qualified individuals on the Oak St. campus. View details on these competitions here (BCCHR Research Hub access required).