🧵1/2 🔥Hot off the press! 🔥What does the Canadian public think about changing the deceased donor #kidney allocation criteria? Read this: rdcu.be/debs3 Great work Stirling Bryan Colene Bentley Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze, BSc, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPC Genome Canada Transplant Consortium and others! Supported by GenomeBC CIHR

🧵2/2 NEW article! Canadian public deliberates on changing #kidney allocation criteria. What values and principles drive their recommendations? Read this: tinyurl.com/mphbwt92 Fabulous analysis Caitlin Slomp Stirling Bryan MichaelBurgess Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze, BSc, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPC 🙏GenomeBC CIHR

What is evidence? An article Scientific American compares engineering and public health. scientificamerican.com/article/masks-… It argues that the EBM pyramid is meaningless for designing protective devices. Different questions are being asked. A slide from C2E2 journal club 👇🏻 Alfredo Morabia

Are children being protected well enough against sun exposure and damage? A BC based study says no. According to the Skin Care Centre at VGH, 80% of sun exposure happens during childhood + adolescence. How to protect your child: shorturl.at/sAJM5 globalnews.ca/news/9750343/s…

We are delighted to welcome Stirling Bryan as the President of your association. Take a few minutes to read about his vision for CAHSPR and about the opportunities he sees for us to come together as a vibrant community. His blog is at cahspr.ca/building-stron…

#DYK Dr. Brubacher & our team found that drivers who tested positive for both alcohol & cannabis were ~7X more likely to cause a crash than drivers not using either. Learn more about #cannabis-#impaireddriving research from a recent @TIRFCANDA report tirf.ca/download-page/…

“This evidence could be used to establish workplace commuting recommendations for medical staff who work shifts or long hours to better ensure that they get home safe.” Read about our lab’s Sleepy driving simulator study! vchri.ca/stories/2023/0… VCH Research Institute C2E2 UBC Department of Emergency Medicine

#C2E2EdSeries Course registration for Causal Inference from Observational Data: Causal Diagrams led by Boris Sobolev is now open. Limited spots available - register today! Click for more info: c2e2.ca/educationalser…

The registration is open! Lisa and I are thrilled to welcome you to the fascinating world of causal inference! It's big; and we're simply cracking the door open. We're starting with causal diagrams, primarily because they are central to causal inference from observational data.

Meet Amarildo – A graduate research assistant at C2E2 with a passion for health policy: vchri.ca/stories/2023/1…

The Planetary Healthcare Lab at UBC – the only academic entity of its kind in the world – is reimagining healthcare systems to make them better for both the patient and the environment. Discover more in the latest issue of Pathways. bit.ly/3MDulm4

Genetic testing could greatly benefit patients with depression, save health system millions, according to new research from UBC Medicine. Read more: bit.ly/462p6Du #PharmacogenomicTesting #AntiDepressant #Healthcare @UBCSPPH VCH Research Institute

A recent study from Dr. Beirness & our lab’s Dr. Jeff Brubacher recommends including Finger-To-Nose test and observations of HMJ with the SFST to increase detection of #cannabis impairment. Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… VCH Research Institute C2E2 UBC Department of Emergency Medicine

Meet the 2023 #CIHR_ImpactFellows! Dr. Zeina Waheed University of British Columbia is assessing BC's readiness to implement pharmacogenomic and companion diagnostic testing – a tool that guides doctors in choosing the right medications for us based on our genes! cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53687.html?f…

Happy #EarthDay! Read how recent research led by Dr. Andrea MacNeill shows that sustainable health care can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions & mitigate impacts of climate change 🌎 vchri.ca/stories/2024/0… Andrea MacNeill Vancouver Coastal Health UBC Medicine

Curious about our lab’s #ActiveTransportation & Injury project? Read more on our protocol for an inception cohort study among 4 BC hospitals bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/10/… VCH Research Institute C2E2 UBC Department of Emergency Medicine

Everyone loves a great Dragons' Den Competition, and we've got one for you! Join the CAHSPR Student Working Group and their experts at #CAHSPR24 to hear the ideas our HSPR trainees have for trainee led projects - it will definitely be an exciting session!

Congrats Amarildo!!

Introducing Dr. Boris Sobolev as the new Program Director for the Master of Health Science (MHSc), who began his role on July 1, 2024! ➡l8r.it/GNOo

Finding the right depression medication can be a difficult journey of trial and error. UBC researchers are exploring how #pharmacogenomic testing could better match patients with effective treatments and improve depression care across B.C. bit.ly/3XSYLY2