UBC faculty of medicine health professionals are among the recipients of Michael Smith Health Research BC funding for 2021.
Fifteen projects were funded through the Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) Program. The program helps close the gap between health research and its implementation. HP-I awards are dedicated to support health professionals who are actively involved in patient care to conduct and apply research relevant to health and/or the health system to ultimately improve health outcomes in B.C. and beyond.
The 2021 award competition invited a broad range of health professionals, and this year recipients included psychologists, psychiatric nurses, physicians and dieticians.
Thirteen researchers at UBC and affiliated health research institutions received funding through the program.
“Congratulations to our award recipients. The variety of research areas covered by this year’s HP-I awards is truly exciting, and we hope this funding will help B.C. health professionals bridge the gap between research and care,” said Dr. Chonnettia Jones, vice president, research at Michael Smith Health Research BC in a release. “We remain committed to strategic investments that ultimately generate and use research for better health and healthcare in B.C. and beyond.”
Faculty of medicine recipients and projects:
- Paxton Bach, Department of Medicine
Evaluating the use of prescription psychostimulants for the treatment of methamphetamine use disorder - Nichole Fairbrother, Department of Family Practice
Perinatal Anxiety Screening Study - Ryan Flannigan, Department of Urologic Sciences
Leveraging Computational Modelling and 3-D Bioprinting in Pursuit of a Regenerative Therapeutic Approach for Male Infertility - Alana Flexman, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Perioperative Stroke Screening and Outcomes in High-Risk Surgical Patients - Jonathan Troy Grennan, Department of Medicine
The DISCO Study: Rethinking STI Prevention - Maria Hubinette, Department of Family Practice
Exploring the experiences of racialized learners to understand and dismantle racist structures in our healthcare system - Matthew Kadatz, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine
Economic evaluation of the use of expanded criteria donor kidneys pre-emptively to improve the critical organ shortage - Florian Kuchenbauer, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine
Exploring oxidative phosphorylation as therapeutic vulnerability in high risk acute myeloid leukemia - Jessica Liauw, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Improving clinical practice guidelines for antenatal corticosteroids: Incorporating a decision support tool to impact clinical counselling - Nitasha Puri, Department of Family Practice
Design and pilot of a culturally resonant intervention to treat substance use disorder among South Asian men - Jonathan Rayment, Department of Pediatrics
Advanced pulmonary diagnostics in paediatric respiratory medicine: from technical development to clinical implementation - Tricia Tang, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine
Evaluating a virtual care platform (REACHOUT) that delivers peer-led mental health support to adults with type 1 diabetes in rural and remote communities in British Columbia. - Ivan Torres, Department of Psychiatry
Neuropsychological Functioning in Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia