December 15, 2025
Dr. Tony Bi (a CERC member and a former CERC director) and Hui (Shirley) Zhu, a PhD student collaborated with Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) have had their project on switching from intravenous to oral drug delivery recognized as Runner-Up in Sustainable Health Care.
The project has been awarded Runner-Up in Sustainable Health Care, and the results have been accepted for publication in a healthcare journal: “Using a Planetary Health Lens to Quantify Intravenous Use of Bioequivalent Antimicrobials When Oral Administration Is Feasible,” in Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada.
CERC congratulates Tony and Shirley on this excellent achievement!
For the detail description of the BC quality award the team received, visit https://healthqualitybc.ca/quality-awards/winners/intravenous-to-oral-antimicrobial-switch-a-win-for-patients-and-the-planet/