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March 26, 2021
Action on Sepsis is awarded GCRC support as an established cluster until 2023
The Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) competition was jointly created by UBC's Office of the Vice President, Research & Innovation (VPRI) and the Provost & Vice-President, Academ
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March 8, 2021
International Women's Day: Spotlight on Dr Liisa Holsti
Dr. Liisa Holsti's research focuses on ways to optimize the neurodevelopment of infants and children. Dr. Holsti is a faculty member of the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. She trained in Rehabilitation Medicine, received her M.A.
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January 22, 2021
Une pétition en tant que citoyen auprès du Gouv. du Canada pour fournir une mise à jour concernant un Plan d’Action sur la Résistance aux Antimicrobiens est maintenant ouverte aux signatures
Nous vous demandons votre soutien avec la signature d'une pétition en tant que citoyen afin d’encourager le Gouvernement Canadien à émettre un Plan d’Action Final sur la Résistance aux Antimicrobiens.
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January 21, 2021
Now open for signatures: Petition to the Government of Canada for an update on the Pan-Canadian Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance
We are asking for your support to sign a citizen’s petition to encourage Canada’s federal government to issue a final Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance.
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December 11, 2020
Become a member of Sepsis Canada!
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November 27, 2020
Congratulations to Dr Laura Sauvé, recipient of the 2020 Pediatric Chairs of Canada COVID Leadership Award!
In October, the Pediatric Chairs of Canada (PCC) presented Dr Laura Sauvé with a 2020 PCC COVID Leadership Award. The PCC represent the Departments of Pediatrics within the seventeen Canadian medical schools.
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October 29, 2020
Looking back on a successful Sepsis Awareness Month
This World Sepsis Day, raising awareness of sepsis was more important than ever, as the global COVID-19 pandemic brought renewed attention to the global burden and long-term impacts of severe infectious illnesses.
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September 16, 2020
Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990–2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study - Publication Spotlight
In January 2020, a groundbreaking study on the global burden of sepsis was published in The Lancet. Cluster member Dr.
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July 27, 2020
Plein Feux sur la Recherche - Diagnostiquer la sévérité d’une septicémie reliée à la COVID-19
La septicémie est une maladie complexe. Précédemment, le Dr. Bob Hancock et son équipe à UBC ont découvert que les patients souffrant d’une septicémie peuvent être regroupés en 5 endotypes distincts.