February 2024
Youth Self Care and Wellness Night, Community Partner: Cory Kaban, Covenant House Vancouver, UBC Partner | Faculty: Tristan Lai, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC Vancouver, UBC Partnership Recognition and Exploration (PRE) Fund
"How far is too far?" Creating an evidence base to support safe provision of medication abortion for people living far from emergency services
Principal Investigator: Norman, Wendy V (Obstetrics and Gynaecology); Henry, Bonnie J (School of Population and Public Health); Munro, Sarah B (Obstetrics and Gynaecology); Schummers, Laura (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
A systems glycobiology platform for revealing new immunotherapy targets in acute myeloid leukemia
Principal Investigator: Wisnovsky, Simon (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Perinatal Opioid Exposures, Trajectories, Insights and Concentrations: The POETIC Network
Principal Investigator(s): Patricelli, Charissa (UBC Family Practice); Alcorn, Mary-Jane (University of Saskatchewan); Colantonio, David (University of Ottawa); Drogemoller, Britt I (University of Manitoba); Gartner, Kali (University of Saskatchewan); Kelly, Lauren (University of Manitoba); Kerpan, Serene T (Vancouver Island University); Knight, Erin (University of Manitoba); Leong, Christine (University of Manitoba); Lyons, Laura M (Western University); Oberlander, Timothy F (UBC Pediatrics); Turner, Suzanne (McMaster University)
UBC Co-Applicants: Vilte Barakauskas (UBC Pathology & Laboratory Medicine) Katelynn Boerner (UBC Pediatrics); Nicole Carter (BC Women’s); Matthew Carwana (UBC Pediatrics); Vanessa Paquette (UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences);
Project Grant - PA: Research in First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis Health
Effect of an educational radio campaign on contraception use in Nigeria
Principal Investigators: Schummers Laura (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences); Law, Michael R (School of Population and Public Health)
Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Global Health Research
Characterizing diacetylspermine as a biomarker of drug response and precision treatment in triple-negative breast cancer
Principal Investigator: Velenosi, Thomas J (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Project Grant - PA: Breast Cancer Research
CORE PI Jacquelyn Cragg received a small TLEF grant ($38,716) entitled "Statistics Bakers: a Recipe Box for Biostatistics and Critical Appraisal Courses at The University of British Columbia". Co-applicants: Larry Lynd, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Mike Marin (Faculty of Medicine), Caitlin Gaynor (Faculty of Science), Jason Pither (UBC-O), Analisa Jia (Trainee), and Lydia Feng (trainee).
Gabriella Wong, Asal Taheri, Janice Yeung. "Remediation Program for Students Experiencing Academic Challenges during Practicum in the Entry-to-Practice PharmD Program". $13,306. UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund. 2024-2025.
Larry Leung, Amy Tran, Bailey Martin, Keiran Tuck, Marilyn Werseen-Lenzen, Katrina Prescott, Peter Soja, Jocelyn Micallef, Brie Weir, Andrea Busse, Olivia Lee, Elizabeth Chan, Nicoline Bihelek. Building Resources and Accessibility in Neurology for Practical Learning. Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund, UBC. $30,000 (Year 1).
Drs. Nick Dragojlovic and Larry Lynd co-authored a study aimed at understanding the effectiveness and cost of using exome sequencing (ES) and genome sequencing (GS) for diagnosing developmental and seizure disorders in children in B.C. The results indicated that providing earlier access to genetic testing could lead to quicker diagnoses and cost savings in the Canadian health care system. A quicker diagnosis is valuable to patients, their families, and health care systems by reducing health care interactions, mis-diagnoses, and unnecessary clinical interventions.
Dean A. Regier, Rosalie Loewen, Brandon Chan, Morgan Ehman, Samantha Pollard, Jan M. Friedman, Sylvia Stockler-Ipsiroglu, Clara van Karnebeek, Simone Race, Alison M. Elliott, Nick Dragojlovic, Larry D. Lynd, Deirdre Weymann, Real-world diagnostic outcomes and cost-effectiveness of genome-wide sequencing for developmental and seizure disorders: Evidence from Canada, Genetics in Medicine, Volume 26, Issue 4, 2024,101069, ISSN 1098-3600, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gim.2024.101069