New publication on hemoglobin measurement!
JUST RELEASED: Our new publication on hemoglobin measurement led by the TEAM Working Group for Anemia – raising caution on the use of single-drop capillary blood for anemia assessment. Summary: Accurate and precise measurement of hemoglobin concentration is critical for reliable estimations of anemia prevalence at the population level. When systematic and/or random error […]
The Karakochuk lab is growing!
Visit the ‘People’ tab on our website for full bios on our newest lab members! From left to right: Colleen Farrell, Kristy Sejane, Crystal Karakochuk, Lulu Pei, Cassi Sauer, Stella Mapemba
ASN Chicago 2024
Nerding out with these lovely ladies (Cassi Sauer and Lulu Pei) in Chicago! What a fantastic conference. See you in Orlando next year, ASN!
Cassi wins a CIHR CGS-M scholarship!
Huge congratulations to Cassi Sauer, MSc Human Nutrition student in the Karakochuk lab, for winning a CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters Award. This award provides $17,500 of salary support to successful students on the basis of their academic excellence, research potential and personal characteristics. For her MSc thesis research, Cassi is spearheading a cluster-randomized […]
Brock wins prestigious new posdoc fellowship award!
I’m thrilled to announce that Dr. Brock Williams (recent graduate of the Karakochuk lab) was awarded a prestigious new postdoctoral fellowship salary award from IMPaCT (Increasing capacity for maternal and paediatric clinical trials). This is a training platform funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research to train students and early career researchers on how […]
Clara presents her work at MURC 2024!
Congrats Clara, on an excellent poster presentation at the UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) on March 16th! Clara’s work was focused on a directed studies course that she undertook in the Karakochuk lab titled: The efficacy of melatonin supplementation on improving fertility outcomes in women. Fantastic work, Clara!
Kelsey wins the 2024 CNS PhD Dissertation Award!
I’m thrilled for Dr. Kelsey Cochrane (recent graduate of the Karakochuk lab) to be selected as the 2024 recipient of the Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS) PhD Dissertation Award for Outstanding Research Contributing the the Degree of PhD! Dr. Cochrane’s PhD research involved a clinical trial of folic acid vs 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF) supplementation during pregnancy. This […]
Graduation day!
I was proud to attend and celebrate the incredible achievements of Drs. Williams and Cochrane at our graduation ceremony last week. Congratulations to you both and I wish you all the best in your next adventures in science and in life!
Congratulations, Dr. Williams!
Huge congratulations to Brock who successfully defended his PhD on Sept 14th! Brock examined the effectiveness of folic acid supplementation in children with sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder. The findings from his clinical trial provide evidence to inform nutritional management and supplementation practices in Canadian children living with this disease. You’re an absolute […]
Thank you, ASNF!
I was honored to receive the Mead Johnson Award from the American Society for Nutrition Foundation at the NUTRITION 2023 conference in Boston this week! The award is endowed by the Mead Johnson Pediatric Nutrition Institute and is given to an investigator for a single outstanding piece of nutrition research or a series of papers […]