March 4 is World Obesity Day.Today we wish to shine a spotlight on Obesity Canada.Obesity Canada is the country’s leading obesity registered charity association for:Health professionals Researchers, trainees and...
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#Heart Month is important to people living with and at risk for diabetes.BC Children's Hospital researchers and BC Diabetes Research Network steering committee members Dr Angela Devlin and Dr Dina...
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The School of Kinesiology in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Exercise, Nutrition and Metabolism. The successful Postdoctoral...
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Canada's first national paediatric diabetes registry is being developed at the BC Children's Hospital with the aim of improving clinical care for children and youth living with diabetes across Canada. The...
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Congratulations to Rachel Dickens and Donna Kurtz who were successful at the LOI stage of the CIHR Team Grant competition: Diabetes Prevention and Treatment in Indigenous Communities: Resilience and Wellness....
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The BCDRN wants to highlight the great work being done by the BC Children's Hospital Live 5-2-1-0 team.The Live 5-2-1-0 team are excited to announce the launch of the Live...
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Please join the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion on January 18, 2022 for an important conversation presented by the Indigenous Initiatives Speakers Series. We are honored to...
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“The JDRF Centre of Excellence at UBC will transform Type 1 diabetes research in Canada, sparking new collaborations, removing barriers and accelerating progress toward a cure.” Dr. Bruce VerchereThe UBC Faculty...
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Congratulations to the following BC Children’s Hospital investigators who received team grants through the 100 Years of Insulin: Accelerating Canadian Discoveries to Defeat Diabetes initiative from the Canadian Institutes of Health...
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This quarter we shine a spotlight on BCDRN trainee Dr Emily Wilts. Emily is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the Kieffer Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences...
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Congratulations Dr Francis Lynn on receiving the national award from Diabetes Canada Early Career Partnership Prize 2021.Dr. Lynn is a University of British Columbia investigator with the Childhood Diseases Research...
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Canada is home to amazing and collaborative diabetes scientists. We congratulate all recipients of the Government of Canada's Team Grants: Diabetes Mechanisms and Translational Solutions.Follow this link to read more...
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Type 2 Diabetes and Indigenous Peoples - Supporting a Culturally-Safe and Self-Determined JourneyNovember 3013:00-14:00 PSTJoin the BCDRN for a special presentation on diabetes and Indigenous Peoples. A panel of experts...
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VDRD 2021 Best Poster PresentationsDaniel Gamu, PhD, Gibson Lab, Medical Genetics, UBCEnrichment of global histone 3 lysine 27 trimethylation within oxidative skeletal musclesHoward Cen, PhD, Johnson Lab, Cellular and Physiological...
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2021 marks the 100th year anniversary of the discovery of insulin. Without this innovation, neither my sister nor my daughter would be alive today. I am so very grateful to...
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