🌟 Meet Eshwari, our Toronto Site Coordinator. She keeps the Study running smoothly day-to-day👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🔬 ❤️ Loves most about her job: learning new things from each participant 💎 Favourite activities: Henna & jewelry design, walking her dog 🐕 More: childcohort.ca/eshwari/

What do we do with all the wonderful biological samples – like🩸 & 💩 – that our participants provide? How do we store them? 🧪 How do researchers use them? 🔬 Everything you ever wanted to know about your samples (but were afraid to ask!): youtube.com/watch?v=GgIxDN-s…

Meet leading CHILD researcher Meghan! 👋 💡Fun Fact: She is an outdoor adventure & cycling enthusiast! 🚴‍♂️ 🔬Research focus: How breastfeeding shapes infant development & long-term health🤱🏽 More: childcohort.ca/meghan-a/

We’re sad to say Elissa is leaving the CHILD team today. 🥺 Thank you 🙏 Elissa Brookes for giving so much to CHILD in your years as Program Manager. You’ll be missed! 👋 Read more: childcohort.ca/thanks-elissa…

A training ground and launch pad for junior researchers 👨‍🔬: CHILD data fuel innovative research, helping young scientists build their careers 👩🏻‍🎓. Over 80 graduate theses 📝 have been written with CHILD data! Learn more: childcohort.ca/impact/#caree…

With wildfire season underway, our Toronto families are facing some of the worst air quality conditions in the world. CHILD is revealing the impact of environmental exposures, including wildfire smoke, on human health. Advice from Asthma Canada: asthma.ca/wildfires/

Thanks 🙏 Isabel (& family)! You’re so committed to us, you’re wearing our ring 💍! It’s been great getting to know you - & your sleep 😴 & activity patterns. Through you, we’re learning more about the health & development of all Cdn youth 🟥🍁🟥 More: childcohort.ca/portfolio/nex…

Find that CHILD publication! 📰 You can now search our online database of CHILD publications to a high degree of detail: we have added keywords 🔑 & the search now scans each publication’s abstract. Explore our 250+ peer-reviewed publications here: childcohort.ca/results-to-da…

400+ geospatial variables from the Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium @CANUEConsortium are now linked in CHILDdb, from pregnancy to 8 years, for total ~90M datapoints! Thanks @fionabrinkman, Justin Cook & Geoff Winsor ! childdb.ca

CHILD research out of @TurveyLab published in @NatureComms reveal that certain gut fungi 🍄 play a key role in the development of the immune system & in the development in kids of allergic asthma & some allergies. More: childcohort.ca/gut-fungi-key…

Thank you 🙏 Jett (& mom) for showing up for CHILD all these years! 16+ years of giving to health research: talk about knocking it out of the park⚾! We're so grateful to all our CHILD families. The longer you stay with us, the more we learn. 🧠💡🤓 childcohort.ca/13-year-visit…

🌟 Meet Joyce, CHILD's Edmonton Site Coordinator. Joyce works closely with CHILD families to schedule and conduct clinical visits, helping make our research possible every day. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🔬 🔗 Get to know Joyce better: childstudy.ca/joyce/

CHILD recently held its first national Town Hall 🏫with participants across Canada 🟥🍁🟥. We had a great discussion about the 16-year visits, the importance of stool samples 💩, microbiome research 🦠, the Oura Ring 💍, and upcoming plans! More info: childcohort.ca/first-nationa…

New CHILD research in @CellReports by Darlene Dai, Charisse Petersen, @TurveyLab et al. suggests #breastfeeding 🤱may reduce socioeconomic-based differences in children’s chronic disease risk by influencing the infant gut #microbiome 💩@BCCHresearch More: childcohort.ca/ses-breastfee…

What happens at the 16-year CHILD visit?🤔 Co-created with CHILD youth and parents, this video highlights what to expect and why it matters. 💡New: a stronger focus on mental health – because youth asked for it, and well-being matters! 🎥Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=VHdB2FzE…

What external factors might lead one child to eat more ultraprocessed foods 🍔🧃than another? According to CHILD research, characteristics of a child’s family👨‍👩‍👧‍👦& built environment 🏪 can play a role. @Nature @KozetaMiliku #UofT #Nutrition Read more: childcohort.ca/upf-consumpti…

Drinking whole cow’s milk 🐮 🥛 in early childhood may be linked to lower obesity risk in later childhood, according to new CHILD research led by @KozetaMiliku, Tara Zeitoun & Zheng Hao Chen in @AJCNutrition @UofT #DOHaD #obesity #nutrition More: childcohort.ca/whole-cows-mi…

Meet Charisse! 👋 💡 Fun Fact: She is an avid gardener! 🌱 🔬 Research focus: Decoding the secret conversations between immune cells & microbes.🦠 🚀 Excited about: Launching the revitalized 16-year CHILD visits. Get to know Charisse better: childcohort.ca/charisse/

CHILD’s 16-year visits are better than ever: fewer questionnaires, more benefits for participating, & a very cool wearable (an Oura ring)! Learn more: childcohort.ca/portfolio/nex…

Thanks to the amazing commitment of CHILD families, the 13-year data & samples we collected will empower more insights into child & adolescent health. Learn more: childcohort.ca/13-year-visit…