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Small highlighted circles in grayscale indicate nuclei segmentation, next to bright blue circles in a similar location showing nuclei location after live-staining.

October 30, 2024

Precision robotics offers hope for heart disease treatment

The advanced drug testing system screens multiple potential therapies simultaneously in beating heart cells.

Ben, Rita and Jessica pose for a picture in a park at the 2024 NICU barbecue.

October 29, 2024

A “beautiful connection” formed in the SickKids NICU

For families of NICU babies, a little support goes a long way – and can create a “ripple effect” of help for others.

A Clinical Research Associate works with a young boy in a clinical trial at SickKids.

October 25, 2024

Meet the drivers of clinical trials at SickKids

At the Garron Family Cancer Centre, Clinical Research Associates support innovative clinical trials seeking to improve care and outcomes for children with cancer.

A parent and child sit with a physician examining a scan of the child's brain.

October 24, 2024

Clinical trial explores new approach to childhood brain cancer treatment

The first clinical trial to investigate treatment for childhood glioblastoma without radiation and chemotherapy has opened at SickKids.

October 17, 2024

How Peer Support empowers “our kind of nursing” at SickKids

First-of-its-kind hospital program in Canada broadens from individual to group support for staff.

October 10, 2024

Code Orange: How SickKids plans for the unimaginable

In a Code Orange – disaster activation, SickKids staff must mobilize and collaborate seamlessly on very short notice. Staff engage in a hospital-wide simulation as an essential way to plan and manage their response to multiple or mass casualty events.

October 1, 2024

Sharing our knowledge and expertise worldwide: Meet Dr. Gary Peiser, Johannesburg, South Africa

Meet Dr. Gary Peiser, a clinical fellow who recently completed his subspecialty training in paediatric interventional radiology at SickKids. Gary shared his fellowship experience with us, reflecting on what this opportunity has meant for him.

Jayden playing with trucks in the WAV PlayPark

October 1, 2024

“It just lightens it”: SickKids’ WAV PlayPark transforms family’s hospital stay

For a family with premature twins, a space at SickKids for a young sibling made the hospital experience easier – and more fun.

Bailey in the Sears Cancer Clinic

September 24, 2024

"Why does my child have cancer?": Inside the world of cancer genetic counselling at SickKids

As a genetic counsellor in SickKids’ Cancer Genetics Program, Bailey Gallinger helps families who may be affected by a cancer predisposition syndrome.

SickKids surgeons at the operating table

September 19, 2024

SickKids #2 in World’s Best Specialized Hospitals ranking by Newsweek

SickKids is proud to be named one of the World’s Best Specialized Hospitals (Pediatrics) for 2025 by Newsweek and Statista.

A collage of three photos of Alexandra with a nurse at SickKids, Alexandra at an appointment and Alexandra ringing the bell with her sister

September 16, 2024

The Perspective: Ringing the bell after 880 days of cancer treatment

It seemed almost impossible in the beginning, but more than two years after I was diagnosed with leukemia, I celebrated the end of my treatment in July.

Dr. Danton Ivanochko

August 26, 2024

A quest for a new malaria vaccine with postdoctoral fellow Dr. Danton Ivanochko

A dedicated scientist and father of two, Dr. Danton Ivanochko is part of a global effort to prevent malaria.

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