Congratulations to Tebby Leepile, a PhD student co-supervised by Crystal Karakochuk and Eduardo Jovel, on receiving first place in the 2021 Global Health Conference at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute for her outstanding oral presentation titled: “Anemia prevalence and nutrition status among San women and children in rural Botswana.”

Congratulations to Kaitlyn Samson and Jordie Fischer (Karakochuk lab) who TIED for FIRST PLACE in the poster competition at the 2021 BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute’s Healthy Starts Trainee Research Day (Feb 3, 2021). Kaitlyn presented her MSc research titled: “The inclusion of folic acid in weekly iron-folic acid supplements confers no additional benefit on anemia reduction: A randomized controlled trial in Malaysia”. Jordie presented her MSc research titled: “Evaluating the effect of 12 weeks of supplementation with ferrous sulfate, ferrous bisglycinate or placebo, on iron status and gut inflammation in Cambodian women”.