Congratulations to the inaugural winners of WACH Child Health Awards, celebrating diversity!
This program provides research training awards to graduate students in the WACH program who are from equity-deserving groups whose research aims to improve child health.
Simran Gill
Project: Active Steps: Feasibility of a virtual intervention to promote active lifestyles in children with type 1 diabetes
Supervisor: Christine Voss
Erica McFarland
Project: Exploring Perceptions of Utilizing Smart Phone Applications to Improve Health Behaviours in Canadian Adolescents
Supervisor: Tamara Cohen
Venessa Thorsen
Project: Knowledge to action: Developing a knowledge translation strategy to improve management of familial hypercholesterolemia in BC
Supervisor: Kevin Harris
Kiran Toor
Project: Evaluating renal and pulmonary disease in pediatric-onset ANCA-associated vasculitis: disease course, outcomes, and predictors of outcome
Supervisor: Kelly Brown, Kimberly Morishita
Applications for the WACH Child Health Awards will be available in 2024. Students should stay tuned for updates from @ubcWACH.