Immunity in Health & Disease
Researchers are working in basic, translational and clinical research areas to create and implement
better vaccines, to understand why children develop infections, to prevent and treat autoimmune
diseases such as type 1 diabetes (T1D) and systemic lupus (SLE), and to understand the mechanisms
underlying inflammatory bowel diseases.
Important programs within the cluster include the Vaccine
Evaluation Centre (VEC) where better vaccination strategies are developed and tested, and the
Centre for Understanding and Preventing Infections in Children (CUPIC), which is a project funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund. CUPIC's goal is to determine why apparently healthy children are susceptible to infection.
In addition, the cluster is
home to the CIHR Team in Childhood Autoimmunity, a multi-centre collaboration working to
understand the common mechanisms of autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes and systemic lupus erthematosus. Cluster investigators are also participating in the Canadian Healthy
Infant Longitudinal Development study, which is investigating the origins of asthma and
allergic diseases.
The Immunity in Health & Disease research cluster was formed through the merger of the following programs:
Last updated:
08/27/2009
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