Ongoing research led by Dr. Meghan Azad, using data from the CHILD Study, has shed light on the breastmilk microbiome and on breastfeeding’s protective effects against allergy and asthma, as well as obesity and diabetes. High-profile publications in recent years … Continued
The Winter 2019 issue of AllerGen Success Stories features two stories on findings from the CHILD Study. “All in Good Time” discusses with CHILD Founding Director Dr. Malcolm Sears his 2017 research that found delaying the introduction to infants of … Continued
In a November 18, 2018, opinion piece in the New York Times entitled “Save the Germs,” documentary filmmaker Sarah Schenck argues the case for the establishment of a “microbial vault” to preserve, for future use in combating disease, samples … Continued
The digital 2017-2018 AllerGen NCE Annual Report features two videos highlighting recent progress of the CHILD Study, as a Legacy Project of AllerGen. In one video, Dr. Meghan Azad, co-leader of the Manitoba site of CHILD, describes recent findings on … Continued
UNICEF, the world’s leading child-focused humanitarian organization, recently referenced CHILD Study research to bolster two campaigns, one in Canada and one in the UK, supportive of breastfeeding. In April 2018, UNICEF Canada, featured CHILD Study research results in a … Continued
Jennifer and Vienna Geneve, mother and daughter participants in the CHILD Study, “are prime examples of the families who have made this study so powerful and so successful,” observes CHILD Study Co-Director Dr. Stuart Turvey in a new video from … Continued
A recent article in Chatelaine magazine reviews the history of medical efforts to tackle food allergy, highlighting recent breakthroughs in research and treatment—and providing national exposure for the CHILD Study along the way. The article looks at current and emerging … Continued
“Research has consistently shown families with dogs have lower rates of asthma, the idea being that they help us swim against the hygiene tide by traipsing their muddy paws around the house and sticking their noses into everything,” observes BBC … Continued
A recent video interview with CHILD investigator Dr. Meghan Azad, “Meghan Azad on Studying Chronic Diseases in Children,” produced by the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity (HCEO) Global Working Group, explores her work on the developmental origins of disease in … Continued
An article in MD Magazine will help physicians use CHILD Study research on breastfeeding to provide better patient care. The article highlights the finding, published in the Journal of Pediatrics in November 2017, that direct breastfeeding in the first three … Continued