New scientific knowledge is documented and shared through publications and presentations. To date, the BC Generations Project has generated the following:
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Patterns and determinants of adherence to colorectal cancer primary and secondary recommendations in the British Columbia Generations Project. Sweeney-Magee M, Gotay C, Karim ME, Telford J, Dummer T. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2022 Feb;42(2):79-93. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.42.2.04.
Metabolomics and cancer preventive behaviours in the BC Generations Project. Qi J, Spinelli JJ, Dummer TJB, Bhatti P, Playdon MC, Levitt JO, Hauner B, Moore SC, Murphy RA. Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 8;11(1):12094. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91753-8.
A Prospective Analysis of Plasma Phospholipid Fatty Acids and Breast Cancer Risk in 2 Provinces in Canada. Newell M, Ghosh S, Goruk S, Pakseresht M, Vena JE, Dummer TJB, Field CJ. Curr Dev Nutr. 2021 Mar 25;5(4):nzab022. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzab022.
Metabolic profiling of adherence to diet, physical activity and body size recommendations for cancer prevention. Gu Q, Spinelli JJ, Dummer TJB, McDonald TE, Moore SC, Murphy RA. Sci Rep. 2018 Nov 2;8(1):16293. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34662-7.
Plasma-Derived Inflammatory Proteins Predict Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Liu KYP, Lu XJD, Zhu YS, Le N, Kim H, Poh CF. Front Oncol. 2018 Dec 4;8:585. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00585.
Cohort Profile: The British Columbia Generations Project (BCGP). Dhalla A, McDonald TE, Gallagher RP, Spinelli JJ, Brooks-Wilson AR, Lee TK, Lai C, Borugian MJ, Woods RR, Le ND, Dummer TJB. Int J Epidemiol. 2018 Aug 28. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy160.
The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project: a Pan-Canadian platform for chronic disease prevention research. Dummer TJB, Awadalla P, Boileau C, Craig C, Fortier I, Goel V, Hick JMT, Jacquemont S., Knoppers BM, Le N, McDonald T, McLaughlin J, Mes-Masson AM, Nuyt AM, Palmer LJ, Parker L, Purdue M, Robson PJ, Spinelli JJ, Thompson D, Vena J, Zawati M. CMAJ. 2018 Jun 11;190(23):E710-E717. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.170292.
Atopic dermatitis and risk of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, myocardial infarction and stroke in a cross-sectional analysis from the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project.
Drucker AM, Qureshi AA, Dummer TJB, Parker L, Li WQ. Br J Dermatol. 2017 Oct;177(4):1043-1051. doi: 10.1111/bjd.15727. Epub 2017 Sep 10.
From consent to institutions: designing adaptive governance for genomic biobanks.O’Doherty KC, Burgess MM, Edwards K, Gallagher RP, Hawkins AK, Kaye J, McCaffrey V, Winickoff DE. Soc Sci Med. 2011 Aug;73(3):367-74. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.046. Epub 2011 Jul 2.
The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project: building a pan-Canadian research platform for disease prevention. Borugian MJ, Robson P, Fortier I, Parker L, McLaughlin J, Knoppers BM, Bédard K, Gallagher RP, Sinclair S, Ferretti V, Whelan H, Hoskin D, Potter JD. CMAJ. 2010 Aug 10;182(11):1197-201. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.091540. Epub 2010 Apr 26.
Quality, quantity and harmony: the DataSHaPER approach to integrating data across bioclinical studies. Fortier I, Burton PR, Robson PJ, Ferretti V, Little J, L’Heureux F, Deschênes M, Knoppers BM, Doiron D, Keers JC, Linksted P, Harris JR, Lachance G, Boileau C, Pedersen NL, Hamilton CM, Hveem K, Borugian MJ, Gallagher RP, McLaughlin J, Parker L, Potter JD, Gallacher J, Kaaks R, Liu B, Sprosen T, Vilain A, Atkinson SA, Rengifo A, Morton R, Metspalu A, Wichmann HE, Tremblay M, Chisholm RL, Garcia-Montero A, Hillege H, Litton JE, Palmer LJ, Perola M, Wolffenbuttel BH, Peltonen L, Hudson TJ. Int J Epidemiol. 2010 Oct;39(5):1383-93. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyq139. Epub 2010 Sep 2.
Oral Presentations
Building and growing BC’s largest population cohort: BC Generations Project. Treena McDonald. Clinical Research Professionals of BC Meeting. January 17, 2018.
The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project: Canada’s Largest Population Health Research Platform. Trevor Dummer. The Canadian Cancer Research Conference. November 2017.
Cancer DNA Screening Pilot Study. Alan Nichol. The Canadian Cancer Research Conference. November 2017.
The cross-cohort harmonization project for tomorrow. Isabel Fortier. The Canadian Cancer Research Conference. November 2017.
The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project: Canada’s Platform for Chronic Disease Prevention Research. John J. Spinelli. Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Bi-Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada. June 2015.
The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project: Canada’s Platform for Chronic Disease Prevention Research. John J. Spinelli. Cohorts, Big Data and Personalized Medicine: Challenges and Solutions, Montreal, Canada. April 2015,
The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project: Canada’s Platform for Chronic Disease Prevention Research. John J. Spinelli. Canadian Human and Statistical Genetics Meeting 4th Annual Meeting Vancouver, Canada. April 2015.
The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project: Canada’s platform for Chronic Disease Prevention Research. John J. Spinelli. Coast to Coast Seminar Series, Vancouver, Canada. February 2015.
The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project: Building a Platform for Health Research. John J. Spinelli. Medical Oncology Rounds, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada. 2012.
The BC Generations Project: The BC Chapter of the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project. Treena McDonald. Canadian Cancer Society Vancouver Island Volunteer Summit, October 2012.
Poster Presentations
Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project: Canada’s Largest Population Study. Treena E McDonald, Trevor Dummer, Nhu Le, Paula Robson, Philip Awadalla, Louise Parker, Sebastien Jacquemont, Anne Monique Nuyt, Isabel Fortier, Ma’n Zawati, Bartha Knoppers, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson. ISBER Annual Conference. May 2017.
Operating a Federated Biorepository Model for the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project. Treena E McDonald, Wendy Powell, Catherine Boileau, Linda Greenhorn, Jason Hicks, Sally Stasi, Melissa Moore, Kelly McDonald, Camille Craig, Ma’n Zawati, Erika Kleiderman, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson. ISBER Annual Conference. May 2017.
Banking General Population Specimens for Biomarker Discovery & Validation: The BC Generations Project. Treena E. McDonald, June Song, Eunice Rousseau, Marilyn J. Borugian, John J. Spinelli. ISBER Annual Meeting, May 2012.
Comparison of Biospecimen Collection Methods from a Large Geographical Region: A BC Generations Project Perspective. Treena E. McDonald, June Song, Eunice Rousseau, Marilyn J. Borugian, John J. Spinelli. ISBER Annual Meeting, May 2012.
Rural Representation in a Provincial study entitled BC Generations Project. Treena E. McDonald, June Song, Marilyn Borugian, John J. Spinelli. BCCA Conference, November 2011
The BC Generations Project: Building a World Class Resource for Cancer Control Research. June Song, Marilyn Borugian, Richard Gallagher. Canary Foundation: Early Detection Symposium, March 2011. BCCA Conference, November 2010.
Banking General Population Specimens for Biomarker Discovery & Validation: The BC Generations Project, an Extension of iHELP. Treena McDonald, Marilyn Borugian, Richard Gallagher. Canary Foundation: Early Detection Symposium, May 2010. BCCA Conference, November 2010.