2006
National Research Project to Improve Drug Safety In Children Receives $500,000 Grant from Pfizer Canada Inc.
November 28, 2006
(Vancouver) A major national research project, co-led by Drs. Bruce Carleton and Michael Hayden, to improve drug safety for children, today received a major contribution of $500,000 from Pfizer Canada Inc. The project, named “Genotype-Specific Approaches to Therapy in Childhood (GATC)”, receives major funding from a Ge…
Dr. Robert Hancock to be named Canada's Health Researcher of the Year
November 22, 2006
OTTAWA, ON – Canada’s top health researchers will be recognized tonight at the 5th annual Canadian Health Research Awards. These awards are among the Canadian research community's highest honours. This year's Health Researcher of the Year will be Dr. Robert Hancock of the University of British Columbia. Dr. Hancock…
Brain Gain: UVIC Attracts Scientific Star from the U.S.
October 25, 2006
Victoria, BC – The University of Victoria has attracted one of the world’s leading protein chemists to head the UVic-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre. Dr. Christoph Borchers, formerly director of the UNC-Duke Proteomics Facility at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a pioneer in the burgeo…
Dr. Bruce McManus to Lead Scientific Programs for the iCAPTURE Centre and the Heart Centre at St. Paul’s Hospital
October 23, 2006
Vancouver, BC – Dr. Bruce McManus has been appointed Director of the James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research and Scientific Director of the Heart Centre at Providence Health Care, effective September 1, 2006. Dr. McManus, who recently received the BC Innovation Council’s Lieutenant Gover…
Genome BC project receives substantial co-funding from Eli Lilly Canada Inc.
September 21, 2006
Donation of $500,000 to help prevent adverse drug reactions among children (Ottawa, ON) The Centre for Healthcare Innovation & Improvement at the Child & Family Research Institute, and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia, are pleased to announce a major contribution of $500,000…
