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March 8, 2019
A $25-million gift to the University of Toronto will help researchers at U of T and SickKids to harness the latest advances in the science of child health and pair them with developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.
March 8, 2019
Starting April 1, 2019, the Government of Ontario is changing OHIP+ by focusing benefits on those without private plans.
March 7, 2019
The Centre for Global Child Health celebrates International Women's Day 2019
Female leaders at Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives share how they are catalyzing change at the local and national level to improve health care for newborns, children and youth and helping to secure a brighter, more prosperous future for Ghana.
March 5, 2019
New therapy technique increases oral feeding in infants with feeding tubes
A team of clinicians and researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) decided to conduct a pilot study to determine if an emerging treatment called neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) could be a promising treatment for swallowing problems in children with neurological impairment.
February 28, 2019
How a new SickKids fellowship is using collaboration to better understand paediatric rare diseases
A Perspective from Dr. Laurence Gauquelin, paediatric neurologist and the first clinical fellow in Advanced Genomics in Paediatric Rare Disease in the Centre for Genetic Medicine at SickKids.
February 28, 2019
Study calls for more effective screening process for Celiac disease in children
A recent study from SickKids, McMaster University and William Osler Health System (Osler) shows an additional, costly blood test is routinely prescribed and performed as part of the screening process for celiac disease. Results of the study show it rarely predicts the disease.
February 26, 2019
Lowering lactose and carbs in milk does not help severely malnourished children
Research from SickKids and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya has found that treating hospitalized, severely malnourished children with a lactose-free, reduced-carbohydrate milk formula does not improve clinical outcomes.
February 26, 2019
Machine learning could eliminate unnecessary treatments for children with arthritis
Researchers developed an algorithm that predicted disease outcome in children suffering from arthritis, helping doctors better tailor treatment. The algorithm was able to classify patients into seven distinct groups according to the patterns of swollen or painful joints in the body.
February 26, 2019
Leading health and research organizations collaborate to launch the Medical Genome Initiative
SickKids is one of eight leading health care and research organizations in the U.S. and Canada who have signed an agreement to launch the Medical Genome Initiative, a consortium that will work to expand access to high-quality clinical whole genome sequencing (cWGS) for the diagnosis of genetic diseases.
February 25, 2019
SickKids appoints new President and CEO
Following a comprehensive international search, the Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Ronald Cohn, MD, FACMG to the position of President and CEO at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), effective May 1, 2019.
February 14, 2019
Team led by SickKids scientists finds new insight into gene mutations associated with autism
New research from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the University of Toronto and McMaster University suggests increased activity in neurons that are deficient in the CNTN5 or EHMT2 gene could cause autism-related characteristics in humans.
February 8, 2019
Three takes on Canada’s new food guide
Dr. Lennox Huang, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Medical and Academic Affairs, Daina Kalnins, Director of Clinical Dietetics, and Mary McAllister, Associate Chief of Nursing, sat down to give their unique perspectives on the new food guide released January 2019.