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May 13, 2022
Innovation Showcase returns to highlight SickKids technologies and innovators
Annual commercialization event offers attendees access to emerging therapeutic and diagnostic SickKids technologies with high potential for market disruption and clinical impact.
May 12, 2022
Probe of DNA repeats reveals genetic link to schizophrenia
A SickKids-CAMH study shows long repeated DNA sequences found in the genome may contribute to how the complex psychiatric disorder arises.
May 5, 2022
SickKids and Nutrition International are joining forces to help identify data gaps and address the threats to health and nutrition information in low and middle-income countries.
May 3, 2022
SickKids researchers will lead PRIORITY, a pan-Canadian precision medicine study that aims to identify biomarkers for earlier diagnosis and more tailored therapies for patients with childhood heart failure.
April 28, 2022
“Stop COVID-19 in Kids” aims to identify barriers to COVID-19 vaccinations in five to 11-year-olds and support development of school and community-based interventions.
April 5, 2022
Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta receives prestigious Gairdner Foundation award for work in maternal-child health
Dr. Bhutta receives the John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award in recognition of global health research and interventions in the ‘first 1,000 days’ of life.
March 31, 2022
Dr. Nicola Jones will help lead a new national training program to support research trainees and early-career researchers in digestive health research.
March 25, 2022
Exposure to fentanyl and being over the age of 10 were found to be top predictors of severe outcomes following opioid intoxication in an international research collaboration led by SickKids.
March 23, 2022
UHN-SickKids cancer research discovery leads to industry acquisition
A cancer research discovery made at the University Health Network and SickKids is behind an acquisition last year of Trillium Therapeutics, a UHN-SickKids start-up.
March 14, 2022
An international group of researchers, led by SickKids, used whole genome sequencing to uncover genetic changes associated with childhood cardiomyopathy that would not have been found by standard clinical genetic tests.
March 1, 2022
Cracking the genetic code: SickKids researchers develop new method to classify genetic variants
A new study from SickKids published in Nature Biotechnology details a novel genome-editing strategy using CRISPR technology to better understand genetic variations.
March 1, 2022
SickKids and ICES-led research illustrates risk of COVID-19 for childhood cancer survivors
Survivors of childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer were not at increased risk of COVID-19 infection or subsequent severe outcomes during the first 18 months of the pandemic