New CHILD research published in the journal Gastroenterology explores how cesarean delivery and other birth events infuence a baby’s gut microbiome at three and 12 months of age, and how this can increase the risk of allergies and obesity later in childhood. The research … Continued
Canada’s COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) has awarded the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) more than $400,000 to study how COVID-19 is impacting individuals and families across Canada. The funding is in addition to a $1.7 million award (Canadian Institutes of Health Research-CIHR & Research … Continued
Drs Taiana Martins and Sarah Reyes Paredes have been awarded Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowships by Research Manitoba and CHRIM to study CHILD breast milk. Dr. Taiana Martins (left), Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, received a Fellowship … Continued
A publication of CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) findings on the breast milk microbiome has been named by the journal Cell Host & Microbe as one of its top 11 research papers of 2019. The study, Composition and Variation of the … Continued
The CHILD Cohort Study is pleased to announce that Dr. Kozeta Miliku has joined CHILD’s National Coordinating Centre (NCC) team, effective September 1, 2020. Dr. Miliku assumes the position of Senior Research Fellow at McMaster University and CHILD’s Clinical Science … Continued
COVID-19 illustrations by CHILD participants A two-year project measuring COVID-19 antibody prevalence among Albertan children is underway at the University of Alberta thanks to funding from the Government of Alberta. The project, part of the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD), received an award … Continued
CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) investigator Dr. Meghan Azad has been named winner of the 2020 Joe Doupe Young Investigator Award by the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation (CSCI). The award recognizes outstanding and innovative research by a young researcher in the first eight years … Continued
In a new study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, a research team from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has shown that pulmonary function tests are a valuable tool for monitoring children with recurrent wheezing, even in children as young … Continued
New CHILD research, published in the journal Gut Microbes, has found an association between vitamin D supplementation and specific characteristics of a baby’s microbiome at three months of age. The researchers examined fecal samples taken from 1,157 infants in the CHILD … Continued
A new study by CHILD Cohort Study researchers has found that bacteria are shared and possibly transferred from a mother’s milk to her infant’s gut, and that breastfeeding directly at the breast best supports this process. The research, published in Cell … Continued