BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit

The BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit (BCIRPU) is located at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is a core research program within the Evidence to Innovation theme at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute.

With the goal to reduce the social and economic burden of injury in BC, the Unit was established as a strategic entity, supporting the development of policies and programs through research, surveillance, and the translation of evidence and knowledge to researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and the public. BCIRPU leaders are members of the faculty at The University of British Columbia, and train and mentor future health care professionals, researchers, policy makers, and injury prevention practitioners.