Walter and Maria Schroeder The CHILD Cohort Study will be a beneficiary of a generous private donation made to McMaster University in support of allergy research. Part of the $10M donation made by Walter and Maria Schroeder and family will … Continued
The CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) is delighted to announce that Dr. Meghan Azad has been named one of “Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100” by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) for 2020. The awards recognize Canada’s highest achieving women—from all ages, … Continued
The CHILD Cohort Study’s Director, Dr. Padmaja Subbarao, and Co-Director, Dr. Stuart Turvey, have each been appointed leadership roles in major precision health initiatives at their respective institutions. Dr. Subbarao has been named a co-lead, together with Dr. David Malkin, … 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
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
CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) trainee Sarah Turner has been named a 2020 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship recipient. Sarah is a PhD student in the Max Rady College of Medicine’s Department of Community Health Sciences and in the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba. She … Continued
Dr. Shirin Moossavi, an early-career researcher with the CHILD Cohort Study, has been named a 2020 CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow. The Fellowship, valued at $90,000 over two years, is one of Canada’s most prestigious awards for postdoctoral research. The award will … Continued