Eleven members of the Faculty have received the inaugural Michael Smith Foundation Health Research (MSFHR) Health Professional-Investigator Awards. The award recipients ranged from emergency physicians to midwives and psychologists. The MSFHR Health Professional-Investigator Program is designed to develop BC’s research talent and help decrease the gap between health research and its implementation. The awards support health professionals who are actively involved in patient care to conduct and apply research relevant to health and/or the health system.
Award recipients and their research projects:
- Jeff Brubacher, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Research: Health related quality of life following road trauma: An emergency department inception cohort study - Kendall Ho, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Research: TEC4Home: Telehealth for emergency-community continuity of care connectivity via home monitoring - Zachary Laksman, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Research: Developing personalized anti-arrhythmic drug therapy for atrial fibrillation - Christine Lee, Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology
Research: BCaLM research program: A safe and effective lyophilized fecal microbiota transplantation program for chronic gut disorders - Janice Leung, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Research: Understanding the aging HIV lung from dysbiosis to cell injury - Seonaid Nolan, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Research: Addressing morbidity, mortality and health care costs among patients evaluated for addiction care in acute care settings - Robert Olson, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Research: Canada-wide comparison of patient reported outcomes by complexity of radiotherapy technique for bone metastases - Daniel Renouf, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Research: Towards individualized treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) - Noah Silverberg, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Research: Implementing concussion return to activity guidelines in primary care - Andrew Thamboo, Postgraduate Residency Program Graduate, Department of Surgery
Research: Understanding a potentially common upper airway disorder: Empty nose syndrome - Saraswathi Vedam, Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice
Research: Women taking charge of changing childbirth in BC