2008 Summer Student Program

The 2008 Summer Student Research Program had approximately 40 terrific students participate in the program this year. The Child & Family Research Institute funded 18 of these students (listed below) and the Interdisciplinary Women's Reproductive Health Training Program (IWRH) funded 1 student. 

Faculty Presentations

Angela Devlin, BSc, PhD

Diet, Epigenetics & Cardiovascular Disease

Scientist Level 1, CFRI (Nutrition). Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UBC. New Investigator, Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada

Lisa Holsti, PhD, OT (C), OTR

Breastfeeding Analgesia in Preterm Infants in the NICU

Clinician Scientist, CFRI (Community Child Health). Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Sciences, UBC

Jehannine Austin, PhD, MSc, BSc (Honours)

Clinical research in psychiatric genetics

Consultant, CFRI (Nutrition)

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UBC

Rollin Brant, BMath (hon.), MMath, PhD

Designing Health Research Projects and Interpeting and Presenting Their Results

Scientist Level 3, CFRI (Community Child Health). Professor, Department of Statistics, UBC

Stuart Turvey, MBBS, DPhil

Developing novel anti-inflammatory agents to improve cystic fibrosis lung disease

Clinician Scientist, CFRI (Infectious & Inflammatory Diseases)

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UBC

Kirk Schultz, MD

Biomarkers in Transplantation and cancer

Scientist Level 2, CFRI (Oncology). Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UBC

Bruce Vallance, BSc, PhD

Innate Immunity in Intestinal Infections and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Scientist Level 1, CFRI (Infectious & Inflammatory Diseases)

Assistant Professor, Department Pediatrics, UBC

CFRI Summer Student Research Program recipients

Poster Day Winners