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September 7, 2021
Dr. Peter Szatmari joins the prestigious Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Peter Szatmari was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his contributions to child and youth mental health and to the understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in areas such as diagnosis, measurement and genetics.

August 19, 2021
SickKids, CHEO and Holland Bloorview unite on vaccine mandate policies
Children’s hospitals aim to help protect majority of patients who are not currently eligible for vaccination.

August 16, 2021
Research led by SickKids and the Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre found that a novel cancer predisposition screening tool shows promise for helping doctors better predict which childhood cancer survivors may be at risk of developing future cancers.

August 10, 2021
SickKids launches virtual critical care consulting network with six community hospitals
New neonatal-paediatric virtual critical care consulting network will provide ‘real-time’ expertise from SickKids teams.

July 29, 2021
Updating risk classification to help tailor treatments for neuroblastoma globally
New research co-led by SickKids and CHOP offers a new classification system to help clinicians more precisely assess risk and tailor treatment for children with neuroblastoma.

July 23, 2021
New research shows sarcoma’s origins could be decades in the making
Scientists from Sinai Health and SickKids have identified three subtypes of leiomyosarcoma, or LMS, a sarcoma common in adults, and found evidence its origins begin years prior to diagnosis.

July 19, 2021
New Science Brief outlines guidance for return to in-person school
Science Brief created by SickKids, CHEO, Science Table and other Ontario hospitals provides guidance on COVID-19 mitigation measures for a return to in-person school in September 2021.

July 8, 2021
Some findings are not yet peer-reviewed; point to urgent need to prioritize child and youth mental and physical health during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

June 24, 2021
Increases in unintentional ingestions and intensive care admissions for severe cannabis poisoning in children were primarily due to exposure to recently approved cannabis edibles.

June 23, 2021
Closing the chapter on caring for critically ill adults at SickKids
Over the last few months, SickKids staff have come together to achieve something we’ve never done before – supporting our health-care system by taking in adults.

June 16, 2021
‘Super molecule’ has been shown in the lab to neutralize SARS-CoV-2, stopping the virus before it invades host cells.

June 15, 2021
SickKids scientists named new Canada Research Chairs
Four researchers at SickKids Research Institute were awarded prestigious Tier 1 and Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs through the University of Toronto.