Dr. Jim Christenson featured in UBC Today’s ‘Research in Focus’
‘Research in focus’ is a new regular UBC Today feature about UBC’s talented researchers and their incredible work. UBC Emergency Medicine Department Head, Dr. Jim Christenson, was part of the first ever ‘Research in focus’ piece! Go on a short journey of exploration with Dr. Jim Christenson, who focuses on improving survival from sudden unexpected […]
Research Leadership Update
Dear colleagues, The UBC Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) is pleased to announce that Associate Research Director, Dr. Frank Scheuermeyer, has accepted the role of Interim Research Director effective September 1, 2020. Dr. Scheuermeyer will also be taking on the role of Innovation Program Lead for the BC Emergency Medicine Network (BC EM Network). As Dr. […]
Rural Emergency Services Research Symposium Proceedings
The Rural Health Services Research Network of British Columbia (RHSRNbc) hosted a research symposium focused on rural emergency services in partnership with the Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc), and the EM Medicine Network on June 7th, 2018. 30 participants consisting of academics, health administrators and leaders, physicians, key people from the Ministry of Health and health authorities in […]
Jessica Moe Receives CAEP-SREMI Grants for buprenorphine/naloxone dosing Dosing Study
Congratulations to Jessica Moe for winning a 2019/20 CAEP-SREMI Grants! This $5,000 Junior Investigator award will further her work on Buprenorphine/naloxone standard dosing and microdosing feasibility in the ED. More 2-19/20 CAEP Grant winners.
BC Emergency Medicine Network Awarded 1.17M to Improve Emergency Care for Remote Indigenous Communities
The Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), through the Institute for Indigenous People’s Health (IIPH), announced funding to design an evaluation of emergency care solutions for four Nuu-chah-nulth Indigenous communities in BC. Emergency care is not adequate for many Indigenous communities in Canada. Many communities are far from hospital care. Many have only spotty nurse […]
Jim Christenson Receives Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) Funding
Congratulations to Dr. Jim Christenson, who recently received funding through the 2019 UBC Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) competition. Dr. Christenson leads the Resuscitating More Patients from Sudden Unexpected Death: Transformative Research cluster. The cluster will receive $197,000 in GCRC funds and $30,000 in Trainee Stipend funds for two years. Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters […]
Drs. Stenstrom, Sweet, and Tallon Receive $1,140,000 for Sepsis Research
Congratulations to Drs. John Tallon, Rob Stenstrom, and David Sweet, part of a team receiving $1,140,000 in CIHR funding for the Canadian Sepsis Research Network project “Improving Care Before, During and After Sepsis”. The project is led by PI Dr. Dr Alison Fox-Robichaud of McMaster University. The overall goal is to reduce sepsis-associated illness and […]
EQUIP Study: Emergency Departments Have the Potential to Mitigate Health Inequities
Emergency Departments (EDs) have the potential to mitigate health inequities people with complex health conditions, according to a new study protocol published in the BMC Health Services Research Journal. The EQUIP study will examine the impacts of an organizational-level health equity intervention in emergency departments. This project will help ED care providers improve the […]
Groundbreaking Sepsis Study by Dr. Sweet & Dr. Stenstrom Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine
Clinical Associate Professors Dr. David Sweet and Dr. Rob Stenstrom show for the first time evidence that early sampling of blood for microorganisms in sepsis is critical to treating the common and potentially fatal condition. The five-year study (2013-2018) published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine involved 325 patients in seven hospitals (including Vancouver General, St. Paul’s, […]
A successful CIHR’s inaugural Rewarding Success competition for Dr. Corinne Hohl and her team.
Congratulations to Corinne Hohl and her research team!!! Corinne and her team were successful in CIHR’s inaugural Rewarding Success competition which funded teams of researchers collaborating with health payer organizations to bring about health systems changes. Corinne and her team have been collaborating with the Ministry of Health, Vancouver Coastal, the Lower Mainland Consolidated Pharmacy […]