We’re seeking someone who can work closely with our executive team to support market research and due diligence in the fields of cell and gene therapy. Specific tasks will include conducting secondary and primary source research and producing reports to support decision making. The research will be directed at identification of potential business opportunities, industry […]

The Woolwerx Wool Pellet Project is a collaborative project between the Elizabeth Fry Society (EFry) of Greater Vancouver and Prof. Sue Grayston, a soil scientist in the Faculties of Land & Food Systems and Forestry at UBC, to evaluate the potential of using waste wool as a method to enhance soil structure, retain moisture and […]

Les enzymes dihydrofolate réductases de type B (DfrB), identifiées pour la première fois dans les années 1970, confèrent une forte résistance à l’antibiotique triméthoprime. Depuis, ces enzymes ont été étudiées en détail de manière enzymatique et biophysique. Alors que ces enzymes sont connues depuis cinquante ans, leur origine évolutive demeure un mystère. Ainsi, cette recherche […]

Older adults with frailty are at high-risk of declines in their health and do not bounce back as well as their non-frail counterparts. These patients are among the highest users of health care because they end up in crises and go to emergency, are hospitalized, or die. But, if frailty is detected and managed earlier, […]

This research study will allow PhD candidate Charlotte Smith, mentored by Dr. Malenfant and Dr. Spencer, to engage a team of at-risk and homeless youth in a collaborative study by working closely with the community partner, Operation Come Home. Charlotte and Malenfant will provide 5 youth with research training including methods, ethics and more. The […]

Sara Riel wants to improve organizational support to newcomers to Manitoba with their mental health needs. “Past studies suggest that immigrants, generally, arrive in Canada with better self-perceived mental health than Canadians, but it declines after a period of time (Salami, 2017).” This has deteriorated further during the Pandemic. (Stats Can). There are linguistic and […]

Globally, obesity continues to be a growing public health challenge and has been associated with cardiometabolic diseases including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Current strategies aimed at reducing these cardiometabolic diseases include treatments aimed at controlling hypertension, insulin resistance and dyslipidemia. In more severe cases, bariatric surgery is used to decrease […]

Knee osteoarthritis is a disabling disease affecting millions of people worldwide. Knee braces have been adopted as a treatment strategy to help manage osteoarthritis pain. These braces apply a force to the knee, which, in theory, reduces the joint loads in the knee. They also however change the way people walk, which can also reduce […]

“Social and Community Economic Development Planning” is a BSI project is comprised of four internships associated with four non-profit partner organizations engaged in organizing, advocacy and planning for affordable housing and community supports in low-income, racialized and marginalized neighborhoods. The shared context for this work is the ongoing gentrification in downtown Toronto , coupled with […]

Online wellness programming offers a promising avenue to positively influence the mental well-being of older adults with chronic conditions in a manner that is accessible and acceptable. This project aims to build on our collaborative relationship with the Canadian PBC Society to iteratively refine an online wellness program to the unique needs of individuals with […]

This project aims to propose a decision support tool for Nucleus Independent Living that optimizes the scheduling of clients visits, the assignment of PSWs to clients, and the routing of the daily visits of each PSW while trying to minimize the traveling distances for the PSWs, the number of different PSWs visiting a client, and […]

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