The Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, along with the VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation, is providing funding for innovative research projects aimed at addressing the evolving health care needs and challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will help accelerate research efforts to proactively respond to the virus in BC through prevention, detection, treatment, and management. The COVID-19 Research Fund recipients are listed below. For more information on each recipient visit www.vchri.ca/stories/articles/2020/05/26/cutting-edge-covid-19-research-bc-boosted-research-funding [9].

• Dr Chris Carlsten, professor and head of the UBC Division of Respiratory Medicine and scientific director of the Legacy for Airway Health.
• Dr Daniel Kim, emergency physician at VGH and clinical assistant professor with the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine.
• Dr James Lan, transplant nephrologist at VGH and assistant professor with the UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
• Dr Agnes Lee, director of the Hematology Research Program at VCHRI, medical director of the Thrombosis Program at VCH and professor with the UBC Department of Medicine.
• Dr Allison Mah, clinical assistant professor with the UBC Department of Medicine.
• Dr Renelle Myers, thoracic interventional respirologist at VGH and clinical assistant professor with the UBC Department of Medicine.
• Dr Jacqueline Saw, program director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program at VGH and clinical professor with the UBC Faculty of Medicine.
• Dr Andrew Shih, hematopathologist at VGH, medical director and regional medical leader of Transfusion Medicine at VCH and clinical assistant professor in the UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
• Dr Isabella Tai, gastroenterologist at VGH and UBC Hospital and assistant professor with the UBC Department of Medicine.
• Dr Teresa Tsang, director of Echo Lab at VGH and UBC Hospital and professor with the UBC Department of Medicine.