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Dr. Peter Szatmari joins the prestigious Royal Society of Canada
September 7, 2021
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.

SickKids ranked one of Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals for 2021
January 18, 2022
SickKids holds the number one spot for both researcher intensity and hospital intensity as one of Canada's Top 40 Research Hospitals.

New resource informs improved outcome reporting in neonatal clinical trials
September 7, 2023
Two international studies examined and presented a path forward for paediatric researchers in an effort to reduce global ‘research waste’.

Five SickKids researchers awarded Canada Research Chairs
November 16, 2022
Five researchers at SickKids Research Institute were among the latest new and renewed Tier 1 and Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs through the University of Toronto.

December 7, 2021
New research by SickKids addresses the growing problem of global childhood malnutrition by looking at how supplementing micronutrients can impact gut health in young children in a global context.

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.

UHN-SickKids cancer research discovery leads to industry acquisition
March 23, 2022
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.

From patient to a patient advisor in research: Vina Mohabir
November 3, 2022
Vina Mohabir shares how her role as a Patient Advisor is part of a movement to transform child health research at SickKids, through patient and family engagement.
How SickKids research is unravelling the science of protein quality in plant-based foods
March 15, 2023
As the world moves to a more plant-based diet, a SickKids dietitian and researcher is contributing to an international protein quality database.

March 20, 2023
A new platform developed at SickKids classifies every known major childhood cancer, allowing physicians and researchers to identify specific cancer types faster and more accurately.
