In Pathways, UBC Faculty of Medicine’s digital magazine, the feature story ‘Rethinking early-life brain injury’ is worth reading. The thorough article paints a comprehensive picture of the past perspectives on perinatal brain injuries, and how advancements in imaging and research initiatives are providing novel intel.
Dr. Thiviya Selvanathan and Dr. Steven Millar in the Pathways Feature Story ‘Rethinking early-life brain injury’.
Breakthrough research by Dr. Steven Miller (Head of the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics) and colleagues has changed the traditional knowledge and approach to children who are at risk for and/or who acquire such injuries. This is giving clinicians and researchers more accurate information to identify those at risk, determine pain and health management strategies, as well as how the effects of early-life brain injuries on children’s lives as they age, and how their environment plays a role.
Making strides in such these complex interactions requires the synergistic efforts of leading experts. Luckily, there is no shortage of those locally. Amongst them is Dr. Thiviya Selvanathan, a Faculty Member of the Academy of Translational Medicine.
With one third of children born preterm experiencing such injuries, the team is drawing from evidence collected not just acutely in the hospital, “but the everyday experiences of these kids, from their earliest days in hospital to their day-to-day family life, have a profound effect on recovery,” says Dr. Thiviya Selvanathan.
The ATM looks forward to the impact that this knowledge will have, to benefit patient care. For details and the full story, visit here.