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A close up of hands packing baby supplies including a blanket and a stuffed elephant toy.

March 14, 2024

SickKids program provides integrated, trauma-informed care for pregnant and parenting adolescents

The program helps address recent findings that teen pregnancy in Ontario is associated with a significantly increased risk of premature mortality for adolescent mothers.

An exterior view of the Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning where windows are curved like waves.

March 13, 2024

SickKids-led projects receive $17.9 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation

The funding will support SickKids research into understanding memory formation, increasing genomics capacity in Canada and advancing precision child health.

Dr. Jennifer Quon smiling and posing for a photo inside the Patient Support Centre.

March 8, 2024

International Women's Day: Dr. Jennifer Quon, SickKids' first female paediatric neurosurgeon

In her own words, Dr. Quon reflects on experiences, challenges and supports that helped shape her career.

February 29, 2024

SickKids joins national initiative for data sharing to help diagnose rare disease

SickKids announces its collaboration with CHEO and other Canadian Institutions as part of the All for One Precision Health Partnership.

Two people sitting at a desk working on a computer.

February 29, 2024

Overcoming barriers to conducting clinical trials in childhood rare disease research

SickKids researchers use novel approach to show that a medication reduces the rate of liver disease progression in children with Alagille syndrome.

A red anatomical heart stands out against a background of white DNA strands.

February 28, 2024

Whole genome sequencing reveals new genetic marker for cardiomyopathy

Using computational methods developed at SickKids, scientists identify tandem repeats are expanded in DNA of patients with cardiomyopathy.

Indigenous and Black Nursing Student Awards

February 27, 2024

Student awards aim to support greater equity, diversity and inclusion in nursing; meet the 2023/24 recipients

Through the 2023/24 Award for Indigenous Nursing Students and the Award for Black Nursing Students, SickKids welcomed four award recipients to the hospital for clinical placement.

A man and a woman dressed in red T-shirts posing with their baby in front of a heart backdrop and pink heart balloons on the floor.

February 14, 2024

Navigating Milo's heart journey through care, community and unlikely date nights

Born with a congenital heart defect, Milo has spent most of his three months at SickKids. Still, his family makes positive memories through SickKids' Child and Family-Centred Care approach.

A child in a helmet and on a skateboard ramp

February 9, 2024

The importance of risky play for childhood development

Dr. Suzanne Beno co-authors a position statement from the Canadian Paediatric Society on the importance of risky outdoor play for physical, mental and social health.

Five photos of women placed together on a blue and pink background.

February 9, 2024

Women in science advancing individualized care at SickKids

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, five women detail how their careers at SickKids contribute to advancing discovery.

A drawing of a human digestive system with a white circle showing a close up of gut bacteria.

January 23, 2024

Immune responses to gut bacteria linked to onset of type one diabetes

SickKids scientists identify antibody responses to gut bacteria that are associated with time to onset and responses to immunotherapy of for type one diabetes.

A team of surgical staff at work.

January 22, 2024

SickKids implants the first Responsive Neurostimulation Device in Canada to treat drug-resistant epilepsy

The interdisciplinary team from SickKids’ Comprehensive Epilepsy Program led the first implantation of an RNS device in a patient living with drug-resistant epilepsy.

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