CHILD Study featured in International Innovation

The groundbreaking research being conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sears and collaborators on the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study is featured in a three-page article in the April 2013 issue ofInternational Innovation magazine.

In an engaging interview, Dr. Sears discusses his research interests and explains how CHILD explores the role and interplay of environmental and genetic factors in the development of asthma and allergy. According to Dr. Sears, preliminary CHILD Study findings reveal that by one year of age, mould is present in 40% of homes examined; more than 10 percent of children had experienced recurrent wheezing; 16 percent had positive skin allergy tests; 14 percent had atopic dermatitis; and 6 percent reported a food allergy.

International Innovation is a leading global dissemination resource for the wider scientific, technology and research communities. To download the pdf of the full interview, click here.