The CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) has launched the Sears Undergraduate Summer Studentship – a special training award for an undergraduate university student to work with a CHILD research team for 12 weeks. Faith Kirabo, a student at the University of Manitoba, … Continued
L to R: National prizewinner: Antonio (11); Regional Prize-AB: Jacob (11); Regional Prize-MB: Preston (9); Regional Prize-BC: Mikaela (8); Regional Prize-ON: Vanessa (9) The CHILD Cohort Study’s first Poster Contest prompted a national outpouring of creativity by Study participants. A total of 220 kids submitted their … Continued
Dr. Meghan Azad, Manitoba co-lead for the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD), has been awarded a $6.5 million grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to lead an international consortium that will study global differences in breastmilk and establish a biorepository of … Continued
The CHILD Cohort Study is thrilled to announce that its video The CHILD Cohort Study and a Baby’s Microbiome received the Runner-Up Prize and a $1,000 award in the 2019 Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) “IHDCYH Talks” knowledge mobilization (KMb) video competition. … Continued
The Co-Director of the CHILD Cohort Study, Dr. Stuart Turvey, was awarded the 2019 F. Estelle R. Simons Award for Research by the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (CSACI). Dr. Catherine Biggs accepted the award on Dr. Turvey’s … Continued
The CHILD Cohort Study is proud to announce the Sears Undergraduate Summer Studentship. The Sears Studentship provides financial support of up to $6,000 to an undergraduate student working full time for at least 12 weeks on a research project involving data generated by the CHILD Cohort … Continued
On November 8, 2019, Dr. Malcolm Sears, Founding Director of the CHILD Cohort Study, was formally inducted into McMaster University’s prestigious Community of Distinction. He was one of three inductees for 2019. In a ceremony attended by dozens of friends, family and … Continued
L to R: Jaclyn Parks, Laura Wang and Dr. Tim Takaro When 15-year-old Laura Wang opened her laptop and typed a message to Tim Takaro, a professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU), she never imagined that email would lead her … Continued
CHILD investigator Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj has been recognized with a University of Alberta FoMD Award for Excellence in Mentoring (Tier II Basic Science). As part of her nomination, students past and present attested to the impact of her mentorship on … Continued
Dr. Stuart Turvey is among 346 accomplished scholars whose new or renewed Canada Research Chair funding was announced by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport. Dr. Turvey was awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Pediatric … Continued