Providence Health Care Research Institute, together with BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute present this free public lecture.

Join us for informative talks and a Q&A session to learn about cutting-edge research on the prevention, treatment and management of chronic illnesses.

Our speakers:

Dr. Kelly Brown

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and Cassie & Friends Scholar; Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Associate Member, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science, UBC; Investigator, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute

Presentation title: “Chronic Pediatric Vasculitis: Using gaps in clinical care to guide translational research and improve outcomes for complex rheumatic diseases of childhood.”

Dr. Silke Cresswell

Marg Meikle Professorship for Parkinson’s disease, Associate Professor, MD, FRCPC; Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, clinician scientist and active staff at VGH

Presentation title: “From microbes to movement, a systems approach to brain health.”

Dr. Kelly McNagny

Professor of Medical Genetics & Biomedical Engineering, the Biomedical Research Centre, UBC Point Grey Campus, and the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul’s Hospital

Presentation title: Early life exposures that influence adult chronic disease

Our host:

Dr. Darryl Knight

President, Providence Health Care Research Institute; VP, Research & Academic Affairs, Providence Health Care; Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine, UBC