Research news and highlights

Part four in our series on the Fraser Health Knowledge Translation Challenge 2025 recipients features a team committed to developing a new guide to help reduce avoidable transfers between long-term care and emergency departments.

Part three of our Knowledge Translation (KT) Challenge series features the Fortification Enhancing Education at Discharge (FEED) project. Developed by pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) dietitians at Surrey Memorial Hospital, FEED is empowering families with hands on learning and resources needed to safely support their infant’s nutrition and growth at home.

The five-year, $90,000-per-year 2025 Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional-Investigator award will support Courtney Wedemire’s research into muscle loss and weakness in critically ill patients.

Part two of our series on the Fraser Health Knowledge Translation Challenge recipients features a respiratory team from Surrey Memorial Hospital.

The Knowledge Translation (KT) Challenge is a collaborative initiative historically run by Providence Health Care, Vancouver Coastal Health and BC Cancer. This year, Fraser Health and Northern Health are offering the program in their regions.

Fraser Health is the recipient of two Michael Smith Health Research BC grants to help evaluate and expand social prescribing.

The new research institute is designed to bridge the gap between health care, science, innovation and research.

Fraser Health researchers are participating in more studies and securing more external funding than ever before.

People of South Asian descent make up nearly 40 per cent of our Fraser South community, yet are historically underrepresented in health research.

Royal Columbian Hospital is one of 12 hospitals in North America involved in a study that has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

A new study looks at the benefits of oral over intravenous (IV) antibiotics for complex outpatients at two Fraser Health hospitals.

Surrey Memorial Hospital is building a centre of excellence in neonatal care in Fraser Health. Read on to learn about the Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program and how it is advancing neonatal care in our region.

Celebrating some of the incredible women across Fraser Health whose contributions make a lasting impact.

On February 5, 2025, Embrace Clinic marked 10 years of caring and collaboration.

Fraser Health was the birthplace of 16,748 babies in 2023-24, and an even higher number of babies is expected in the coming year. Most of these newborns leave hospital within a day or two of birth but some, like Shane Martyn, stay for weeks or even months.

Congratulations to this year's recipients of Convening & Collaborating and Reach Awards from Michael Smith Health Research BC.

Kirsten Rossiter, Fraser Health regional practice lead for Research and Knowledge Translation in Long-Term Care, received funding to research reducing sedentary behaviour in long-term care.

The Michael Smith Health Research BC Research Trainee awards support emerging researchers to build their careers and help drive discoveries that improve the health of people and communities.

A new study explored the benefits of integrating nurse practitioners in orthopedic teams at major Canadian hospitals. Specifically, the research looked at how nurse practitioners are improving care at Burnaby Hospital.

Dr. Singh is the third Fraser Health physician to receive the prestigious Michael Smith Health Research BC Professional-Investigator Award.