CHILD families:
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If we’ve not heard from you since your 5-year visit or before, update your contact info with the Study and we’ll send you $20.
Calling all CHILD youth!
Call for Applications:
2024 Sears Undergraduate Summer Studentship
The 2024 Sears Studentship provides up to $6K to an undergraduate student working on a research project using CHILD data.
Calling all CHILD youth!
Calling all CHILD youth!
CHILD families:
Please get in touch!
If we’ve not heard from you since your 5-year visit or before, update your contact info with the Study and we’ll send you $20.
What's new from CHILD?
Most young kids with wheeze are non-allergic and undertreated
Researchers from CHILD have identified six different categories, or ‘respiratory phenotypes’, of wheeze in preschool children using data collected from birth through age five. Children were grouped based on shared patterns: the age... READ MORE
Fatty acids and sugars in breastmilk are related to infant neurodevelopment
Research powered by CHILD data has identified components of breastmilk associated with a child’s early neurodevelopment. The research found the levels in breastmilk of select fatty acids and sugars to be related to... READ MORE
Antibodies in breastmilk help baby’s immune system, reducing allergy & asthma risk
CHILD researchers have found that a common breastmilk antibody effectively targets an allergy-related bacterium in the infant gut, preventing its colonization and associated detrimental immunological effects. The finding highlights the central, interactive roles... READ MORE
CHILD invites its youth participants to join the Youth Advisory Council
CHILD is delighted to announce the launch of its Youth Advisory Council. As part of CHILD’s broader effort to build community and more fully engage participants as partners in research, the Council has... READ MORE
CHILD’s Dr. Kozeta Miliku celebrated for her accomplishments by The Globe and Mail
CHILD researcher Dr. Kozeta Miliku has been profiled by The Globe and Mail as one of five outstanding Canadian early-career researchers who are “making mighty advances in health, science and medicine.” The article... READ MORE
Dad’s weight before baby’s birth may influence that child’s risk of developing obesity
New research from CHILD and the University of Toronto shows that the offspring of fathers with obesity are more likely to follow growth trajectories that lead to their developing obesity in early childhood.... READ MORE