In order for you to ensure you schedule time to attend the best parts, we’re posting the full schedule now, for the events taking place October 21-25, 2019. This year’s theme is “Sparking Innovation, Now and for Future Generations”.

As an overview, the week will run like this:

• Monday, Oct 21: Noon Workshop: Quality Improvement; PLUS poster viewing begins–until Friday
• Tuesday, Oct 22: Research Week talks: 10am-1pm; 10am KEYNOTE Amy Mathers, Associate Professor, University of Virginia, “Source vs “Sink”; Examination of Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacterales in Hospital Plumbing”
• Wednesday, Oct 23: Noon Workshop: Learn to Draw (limited space–must register with Priscilla Vuong)
• Thursday, Oct 24: Research Week talks: 10am-1pm; 12:00pm KEYNOTE Linda Hoang, Associate Director, Program Head BCCDC Bacteriology & Mycology Lab, “Harnessing Genomics Methods and Partnerships across BC to Tackle the Ongoing Rise of CPO in BC”
• Friday, Oct 25: Poster Dissemination: Noon-1pm; Poster Scavenger hunt entries due at 2pm

Please note that all talks/presentations and workshops will take place at MSAC, next door. The posters will be on display all week at the BCCDC, in Lane Level and the 2nd floor hallways. Representatives from the research posters on display will be standing beside their posters between noon and 1pm on Friday to answer questions.

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The BCCDC Foundation was pleased to sponsor Research Week, as well as take an active role on the organizing committee. We believe it’s important for all the teams at the BCCDC to benefit from seeing the results of each other’s hard work, and that’s a big reason for having an annual research knowledge translation event. If you missed some of the presentations, we have them archived here.

As well, thank you to all of the 50 BCCDC volunteers who participated in the Zombie Outbreak fun event at Science World on the last day of Research Week. From all accounts, the attendees had a lot of fun, were really engaged, and learned a lot about stopping the spread of infectious disease.

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The week starts off strong on Monday, with a workshop on Naloxone Training and Emergency Preparedness. We’ll also have the posters on display, so don’t forget to participate in the Poster Scavenger Hunt all week for you chance at some great prizes. Tuesday highlights include Keynote speaker Nathan Yozwiak, Associate Director, Viral Genomics in the Infectious Disease Program of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, who will speak on “Outbreak Response in the Genomic Age”. As well, this is the first day of the research symposium, so you won’t want to miss presentations on innovation and research at the BCCDC. On Wednesday, we’re having a fun workshop on Ikebana, which now has a wait-list. Thursday, the Symposium continues (see full schedule below) and will close with our final Keynote speaker, our own Jane Buxton, who will present, “Naloxone: A Miracle Medication for the Opioid  Epidemic, but is it Enough?” The final event of Research Week is the Zombie Outbreak event on Friday Oct 27th, a collaboration between the BCCDC Foundation, BCCDC, and Science World. We hope you already have your ticket as it’s sold out!

Downloadable pdf: RW poster Schedule 2017

The BCCDC Foundation is proud to be an integral part of the planning and delivery of Research Week, as well as a sponsor, since 2011.

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Join your colleagues as they present intriguing research and innovative program results, listen to two impactful keynote speakers, and attend some fun and educational workshops. A full schedule will be released very soon.

And don’t forget: at the end of Research week, is the Zombie Outbreak event on Oct 27th; a fun Halloween collaboration between the BCCDC Foundation, BCCDC, and Science World. Get your tickets soon, they’re going fast!

This year is the 10th anniversary of BCCDC Research Week, and the BCCDC Foundation is proud to be an integral part of the planning and delivery, as well as a sponsor, since 2011.

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The BCCDC Foundation provided funding in 2013 to support an enhanced, interactive Rounds experience remotely via webcasting for end users at distant or remote sites. We also supported archiving of audio and video material on the BCCDC website, emphasizing the role of BCCDC as a trusted source of public health information.

This has resulted in being able to disseminate these educational topics and research findings to a wider audience and provide greater interaction, as remote viewers can ask questions live at the end of each session. The Foundation is pleased to have supported the initial funding to demonstrate the value and we are thrilled to now see that the program will continue to be supported as a vital function of the BCCDC.

The library of recorded Grand Rounds sessions, as well as the presentations given at Research Week since 2011, can be accessed here.

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The BCCDC Foundation for Public Health was proud to sponsor Research Week again this year, as well as host the reception. In a year when the topic was Public Health: Global Challenges, Local Solutions, it really brings home how vital local research being done in BC is when looking through a global lens.

If you are interested in viewing the symposia presentations, they have been recorded and you can watch them here.

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The workshops will take place in Lane Level Lecture Hall on Monday and Wednesday from 12:00-1:30pm. (note: if you haven’t already registered for Wednesday, we now have a waiting list!)

The Research Symposia will be in Lane Level Lecture Hall  on Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00am-12:30pm. The Tuesday Keynote is at 10:15 where Gina Ogilvie will speak on “Leading globally relevant research in a provincial health system: from idea to implementation”. Thursday’s Keynote will be at 11:20, when Thomas Kerr will discuss “Drug policy: Global challenges and local solutions”.

And don’t forget our Poster Scavenger Hunt, get the questions right for a chance to win fun prizes!

The BCCDC Foundation is pleased to sponsor Research Week for the 6th consecutive year. Congratulations to all the researchers and organizers for what is going to be a fabulous week!

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Research Week is a fantastic opportunity for BCCDC researchers and professionals to learn about all the exciting and innovative research happening around the Centre, to enjoy some fun and educational workshops, and to socialize and often even build new collaborations. The BCCDC Foundation is very proud to be a part of Research Week, as a sponsor and as a member of the organizing committee, to offer the opportunity for everyone to gather and to showcase the cool things happening at BCCDC and in public health more broadly.

Thanks to all who take part each year, especially the organizers and presenters, and we look forward to another successful Research Week coming up soon!

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The theme was ‘The Evolution of Public Health’ and we had a very evolutionary series of activities. Our workshops ranged from computer tips and tricks, to healthy workplace activities such as snacks and desk yoga. Our symposia included two amazing keynotes that truly spoke to the array of public health research: from BCCDC we had Dr David Patrick who presented “UBC Complex Chronic Disease Study: How Do You Research a Syndrome?” and Dr Trevor Bedford joined us from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle Washington to bring us his work on “Real-time tracking of virus evolution”.

We also had ten short talks that varied from reducing pain during vaccine injections, to developing best practices for engaging peers in harm reduction, to climate change, drinking water and acute gastrointestinal illness, among other interesting snapshots of research activities – a truly amazing showcase of the diversity of work that occurs at BCCDC.

Throughout the week, we had more than 40 posters displayed around the building for everyone to view. As a unique and fun activity, we collected feedback throughout the week by asking staff to answer “how would you ‘evolve’ our Centre?” and put their ideas in an envelope, some of which were shared at the end of the symposia and hopefully some will become reality!

At the end of the week, the BCCDC Foundation hosted our second annual reception in celebration of Research Week, where we welcomed guests from BCCDC to join external partners for some food, drinks and networking. This year, the reception was sponsored by BCCDC/PHSA, demonstrating our genuinely collaborative and reciprocal relationship. Our other generous sponsors included The Lazy Gourmet, New Zealand Wine, and Blackcomb Aviation.  We would like to thank all our sponsors and our guests who joined us from many different organizations!

A huge thank-you to the Research Week organizing committee, and to everyone who came out to Research Week 2015 and made the week a great success, an engaging experience and something to beat for 2016.

A final note from Sarah Henderson and Will Hsiao, Research Week Committee Co-Chairs, who said they are “really honoured to have been a part of organizing our last three Research Weeks at BCCDC, which have showcased, and brought together, the great work that is done here. We all know that BCCDC carries out service provision to the highest standard, and this best practice has only evolved through the continual feedback of research”!

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