Study to determine the impact of COVID-19 vaccines in residents of long-term care facilities in BC
February 12, 2021
Dr. Marc Romney, Medical Lead for Microbiology and Virology, is the lead researcher of a study to determine the impact of COVID-19 vaccines in residents of long-term care facilities in BC, funded by the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF).
For more information, including some recent news media interviews with Dr. Romney, on this study, visit:
- UBC - New study to determine the impact of COVID-19 vaccines in residents of long-term care facilities in B.C.
- CITF - Two studies to determine the impact of COVID-19 vaccines in residents of long-term care facilities in BC and Alberta
- Global TV - Top B.C. researchers to study effects of COVID-19 on the elderly
- CBC - Researchers study COVID-19 vaccine's impact on long-term care residents and staff in B.C., Alberta
- Medicinematters.ca - How long will vaccines protect us from COVID 19? Vancouver researchers get grant to find out
- Pique News Magazine / Vancouver Sun - Why does COVID-19 kill so many seniors in long-term care?
- Vancouver Sun - COVID-19: As care home residents get second vaccine doses, study aims to track their antibody levels
- PHC COVID-19 Staff Bulletin
Update: See the follow-up article “Risk to Delay 2nd COVID-19 Shots in the Elderly because of Blunted Immune Response: B.C. Study” in MedicineMatters.ca on March 26, 2021.
This initiative is also featured in the "Behind the scenes of COVID-19, meet our pandemic dream team" article in the St. Paul's Foundation Promise magazine 2021.
