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 […]
Andrew Kestler Receives VCHRI Innovation & Translational Research Award Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Kestler for his recent VCHRI Innovation and Translational Research Award for his study, “Buprenorphine/naloxone to-go and intensive outreach team follow-up for emergency department patients with opioid use disorder”. Dr. Kestler has received $75,000 to be used over 2 years. St. Paul’s Hospital ED launched a pilot program in December 2018 to […]
Jeff Brubacher: Low THC levels not linked to increased risk of car crashes
Canadian drug-impaired driving laws penalize drivers found to have blood THC levels of between two to five nanograms per millilitre. However, new research led by the University of British Columbia suggests that THC levels less than five nanograms/ml of blood do not lead to an increased risk of causing car crashes in most drivers. […]
Jessica Moe Receives 2019 VCHRI Mentored Clinician Scientist Award
Congratulations to DEM Faculty Member Dr. Jessica Moe who recently received the 2019 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) Mentored Clinician Scientist Award! The VCHRI Mentored Clinician Scientist Award is a salary award that supports new clinician investigators who are building an early research career. Under the excellent mentorship of Dr. Corinne Hohl, Dr. Jess Moe was granted a 2019 MCS […]
Gary Andolfatto Finds Ketamine Alleviates Acute Pain During Ambulance Rides
In his recent study, published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Andolfatto and his colleagues found when ketamine is added to nitrous oxide and administered intranasally, it provides clinically significant pain reduction and improved comfort for patients. “We now have the science to show us that it can be used effectively and safely […]