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Industry partnership to advance the state of practice in natural health products industry

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BCIT’s Natural Health and Food Products Group (NRG) has signed an MOU with the  United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) forming a formal strategic partnership that will benefit the global natural health product industry by: creating better ways to share information, identifying priority research areas, developing resources to promote the use of validated analytical technologies, and […]

BCIT applied research group MAKE+ collaborates with UBC to make babies calmer

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Congratulations to MAKE+ team members Gordon Thiessen, Brian Keane, Ernie Janzen, and Matt Greig who had their work on the Baby Calmer project featured on CTV Morning Live. The Baby Calmer is a technology developed for B.C. Women’s Hospital that simulates skin-to-skin contact for premature babies who are too fragile to be held by their mothers. It […]

BCIT’s Dr. Paula Brown receives prestigious international award

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Congratulations to BCIT’s Dr. Paula Brown on receiving the AHPA Herbal Insight Award for making a significant contribution to furthering knowledge and understanding of botanicals and their uses. Dr. Brown has been actively supporting the NHP industry for over a decade through applied research activities, including product development, establishment of quality standards, and regulatory compliance. […]

Seventh Round of BCIT Research Funds Awards

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We are pleased to announce the Institute Research Committee (IRC) recently approved the following 3 proposals, as recommended by their School Research Committees. The IRC received 5 applications for this round of funding, and while all were worthy of consideration, it was the Committee’s decision to approve 3 proposals. Dr. Mirela Gutica (SoCAS) – $25,000 […]