On July 6th, 2020, the Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program announced the results of the 2019 Innovation Grant Competition. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Scott Tebbutt and Dr. Bruce McManus’s projects have been selected to be funded.…
PROOF Trainees Research Accepted Through Mitacs Program
Congratulations to PROOF Centre’s trainees, Jinelle Panton and Abhinav Checkervarty for the success of their research project being accepted through the Mitacs Accelerate Program.
Jinelle’s research aims include using transcriptomics datasets to develop a biomarker panel for diagnosing western red-cedar …
PROOF Centre Stands in Solidarity with the Black Community
Over the past week, we at the PROOF Centre have been moved by #blacklivesmatter. As a first step toward recognizing our own role in creating society, we will now require all management, staff and trainees to participate in awareness activities …
Antiviral Drug Used to Treat Hep-C Could Help COVID Patients – The Daily Scan
The latest issue of the Daily Scan by Providence Health Care features PROOF Centre’s recent study on the use of an antiviral drug that could help COVID-19 patients.
Read the full article here. …
UBC Announces 2020 Three-Minute Thesis Finalist – Daniel He
UBC’s 2020 Three-Minute Thesis Finalist, Daniel He, uses machine learning, similar to the mathematical models Netflix uses to predict a show you will enjoy, to inform his research on Interstitial Lung Disease. He conducts blood tests on patients who have …