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Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Genome BC

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RESEARCH CENTRE/ URL CONTACT DESCRIPTION<br />

CLINICAL TRIALS AND PRECLINICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MAP<br />

MCS is a small non-profit organization concerned with the health of young people in B.C.. MCS has conducted community-based research<br />

<strong>and</strong> projects addressing current youth health issues. The society takes its name from the late Dr. J.F. McCreary, a paediatrician <strong>and</strong> medical<br />

administrator, whose leadership in promoting inter-professional teaching <strong>and</strong> multi-disciplinary approaches in health care set a st<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

that the society seeks to emulate.<br />

MCS has a number of partnerships to develop research <strong>and</strong> networking opportunities, including:<br />

• Student Research Group<br />

• Sexual Orientation, Risk <strong>and</strong> Resilience Study<br />

• Experiences of Stigma <strong>and</strong> Risk Behaviours Study<br />

MCS research is in early adolescence, youth homelessness <strong>and</strong> youth vulnerability:<br />

• Promoting Resiliency in Early Adolescence<br />

• Healthy Youth Development: The Opportunity of Early Adolescence<br />

• National Training Initiative in Adolescent Health (NTIAH)<br />

• Violence in Adolescence: injury, suicide, <strong>and</strong> criminal violence in the lives of B.C. youth<br />

• Accenting the Positive: a developmental framework for reducing risk <strong>and</strong> promoting positive outcomes among B.C. youth.<br />

3552 Hastings Street E.<br />

Vancouver, B.C. V5K 2A7<br />

Tel: 604-291-1996<br />

Fax: 604-291-7308<br />

mccreary@mcs.bc.ca<br />

Executive Director: Annie Smith<br />

Contact: Elizabeth Saewyc, Research<br />

Director<br />

The McCreary Centre<br />

Society (MCS)<br />

www.mcs.bc.ca<br />

10. WOMEN’S HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRES<br />

<strong>BC</strong>CEWH research has been framed by three themes: Healthy Women <strong>and</strong> Healthy Communities, Health Status <strong>and</strong> Health Determinants,<br />

Women Centred Care.<br />

<strong>BC</strong>CEWH current activities focus on women <strong>and</strong> addictions; mental health; health services; mothering <strong>and</strong> maternity; <strong>and</strong> physical activity.<br />

<strong>BC</strong>CEWH collaborates with women’s health researchers across B.C., across Canada <strong>and</strong> around the world. The <strong>BC</strong>CEWH is known internationally<br />

for its work on women tobacco issues, as well as change-oriented research <strong>and</strong> knowledge exchange activities.<br />

E311 – 4500 Oak Street, Box 48<br />

Vancouver, B.C. V6H 3N1<br />

Tel: 604-875-2633<br />

Toll free: 1-888-300-3088 ext. 2633<br />

Fax: 604-875-3716<br />

bccewh@cw.bc.ca<br />

Contact: Ginny Gonneau<br />

Research Co-ordinator<br />

B.C. Centre of Excellence<br />

for Women’s<br />

Health (<strong>BC</strong>CEWH)<br />

www.bccewh.bc.ca<br />

ggonneau@cw.bc.ca<br />

Centre for Menstrual<br />

Cycle <strong>and</strong> Ovulation<br />

Research (CeMCOR)<br />

www.cemcor.ubc.ca<br />

271<br />

CeMCOR is an accessible research centre with a m<strong>and</strong>ate to distribute information directly to women about changes through the life cycle,<br />

from adolescence to menopause. CeMCOR’S goal is to do good science that honours the voices <strong>and</strong> experiences of women. It is the only<br />

centre in North America that focuses on ovulation <strong>and</strong> the causes for <strong>and</strong> consequences of ovulation disturbances.<br />

CeMCOR studies the physical <strong>and</strong> psychological causes <strong>and</strong> effects of ovulation disturbances on women’s overall health. CeMCOR publishes<br />

scientific results <strong>and</strong> disseminates information directly to women. CeMCOR document variations in the menstrual cycle <strong>and</strong> ovulation in<br />

the context of the lives of women of all ages. CeMCOR is analyzing the relationships of the menstrual cycle <strong>and</strong> ovulation changes with<br />

weight changes, metabolism changes, eating attitudes, breast maturation, bone physiology, pre-menstrual experiences <strong>and</strong> changes in<br />

the physiology of exercise, respiration, cardiovascular function <strong>and</strong> breast density <strong>and</strong> nodularity.<br />

The Gordon <strong>and</strong> Leslie Diamond<br />

Health Care Centre<br />

Room 4111 - 4th Floor<br />

2775 Laurel Street,<br />

Vancouver B.C. V5Z 1M9<br />

Tel: 604–875-5927<br />

Fax: 604-875-5915<br />

cemcor@interchange.ubc.ca<br />

Jerilynn C. Prior, Scientific Director

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