AllerGen investigator Dr. Meghan Azad was pleased to join a conversation on maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates in Ottawa, ON, on Wednesday, February 25. The moderated discussion focused on …
Dr. Meghan Azad, a former AllerGen trainee turned Network investigator, is working to understand the early-life origins of health and disease. Using data collected from AllerGen’s CHILD Study, Dr. Azad’s research focuses in on how breastfeeding and breast milk composition …
New AllerGen investigator studies how babies’ first months affect development of disease Read more »
The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) has selected a 2013 paper by AllerGen researchers to receive the Bruce Squires Award. The award is “awarded annually to the author(s) of the research paper published in the journal (during the previous year) …
SyMBIOTA team wins publication award for paper’s relevance to clinical practice Read more »
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In a new study published August 13, 2014, by The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, AllerGen trainee Ryan Persaud and a team of AllerGen researchers found that Canadian newborns are routinely exposed to antibiotics immediately before or after birth. …
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Dr. Malcolm Sears, an AllerGen research leader and a professor of medicine at McMaster University, together with a team of CHILD researchers from across Canada, has received a five-year operating grant, valued at over $1 million, from the Canadian Institutes …
CHILD research team awarded five-year CIHR grant Read more »
A new digital media campaign on asthma and allergies featuring an online article about AllerGen’s CHILD Study was released on June 12, 2014. The CHILD Study article provides an introduction to the study, its preliminary findings, and the promise the study holds for …
CHILD Study news to reach 700,000 through Toronto Star Read more »
AllerGen researchers at the University of Manitoba have once again been featured in local news coverage about the CHILD Study. The March 27, 2014 episode of “Small Wonders” on CTV Winnipeg featured researchers, Dr. Allan Becker and Dr. Meghan Azad, Study participants, …
Winnipeg spotlight firmly fixed on CHILD researchers Read more »
AllerGen researchers at the University of Manitoba have been featured in local news coverage about the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study. AllerGen’s CHILD Study is following 3,500 Canadian children from pre-birth to age five, in order to examine how …
“Is it something in our DNA, the environment or both?” Read more »
THE ALLERGY FIX Premieres Thursday, February 27, 2014, at 7 p.m. (7:30 NL) on CBC Television’s “The Nature of Things” with David Suzuki The Allergy Fix travels across Canada and to the US, the UK and Germany to …
Owning a dog may protect against the development of allergies if exposure begins in the womb to the first year of life, according to an overview of relevant research presented in the Winter 2014 issue of Allergic Living magazine. The article “Child’s Best …
The CHILD Study helps provide answers about family pets and childhood allergies Read more »
University of Manitoba-based AllerGen investigator Dr. Allan Becker was recently featured on “Doctors Care”—a multi-episode television series on healthcare produced by Doctors Manitoba and broadcast throughout the province. In Episode 4, on Children’s Health Research, Dr. Becker spoke about the importance of AllerGen’s Canadian …
Dr. Allan Becker brings the CHILD Study to Manitoba television viewers Read more »