Six researchers from UBC Medicine have been awarded 2022 Innovation and Translational Research Awards from the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI).
VCHRI’s Innovative and Translation Research Awards fund innovative research that will improve health care systems and the well-being of patients across Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care. This year’s recipients are putting new knowledge into practice, implementing research outcomes and turning discoveries into commercial opportunities.
The Faculty of Medicine recipients are:
Dr. Piotr Kozlowski, associate professor in the department of radiology and department of urologic sciences
Study: A novel technique for prostate cancer detection and grading (Learn more)
Funded by: VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
Dr. Andrea MacNeill, clinical associate professor in the department of surgery
Study: Food as medicine: transforming hospital food systems for improved patient care and planetary health (Learn more)
Funded by: VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
Dr. Kenneth Madden, professor and Allan M. McGavin Chair in Geriatric Medicine in the division of geriatric medicine
Study: The use of machine learning detection of lipohypertrophy to improve glycemic variability (Learn more)
Funded by: VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
Dr. Alex Scott, professor in the department of physical therapy
Study: PhysViz: validation of a new tele-rehabilitation platform (Learn more)
Funded by: VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
Dr. Mypinder Sekhon, clinical assistant professor in the division of critical care medicine
Study: Characterization of injury to the neurovascular unit in aneurysmal sub-arachnoid hemorrhage using brain biomarkers (Learn more)
Funded by: VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
Dr. John Boyd, associate professor in the division of critical care medicine
Study: Aerobic exercise training as a therapeutic intervention to improve outcomes in sepsis survivors (Learn more)
Funded by: VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation and Providence Research