News & Stories

May 11, 2015

Dr. Sarah Muttitt appointed Chief Information Officer and VP of IMT

SickKids is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Sarah Muttitt to the position of Chief Information Officer and Vice President of the Information Management and Technology portfolio at SickKids, effective July 2015.

May 4, 2015

Honouring John G.C. Adams: Canada’s father of dental public health

SickKids, the Ontario Dental Association, Heritage Toronto, Toronto Public Health and the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Toronto unveiled a plaque commemorating Adams, regarded as the father of dental public health in Canada.

April 28, 2015

Teens who survive self-poisoning continue to be at risk of suicide for years

Teenagers who are hospitalized after intentionally poisoning themselves are at a significantly increased risk of dying by suicide within 10 years of the first attempt, according to a study led by SickKids and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.

April 27, 2015

SickKids study finds hypothyroidism in pregnant women may reduce cognitive abilities in children

Children born to women treated for hypothyroidism during pregnancy may be at risk for reduced cognitive abilities and behaviour problems, if mother’s treatment was not properly adjusted during pregnancy.

April 21, 2015

Twin sisters, Phuoc and Binh Wagner, receive successful liver transplants

Today, during National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week, Michael and Johanne Wagner wholeheartedly thanked the anonymous donor who donated part of a liver to their twin daughter Binh, who is recovering well at SickKids following a successful transplant, which took place within the past month.

April 20, 2015

Twin recovering following life-saving liver transplant from anonymous living donor

The transplant teams at SickKids and Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network have collaborated on a successful living donor liver transplant for three-year-old Binh Wagner.

April 17, 2015

Operations of Motherisk Drug Testing Lab closed

SickKids announced today that it will not be reinstating the non-research related activities of the Motherisk Drug Testing Laboratory.

April 16, 2015

Eric Bouffet elected President of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology

Dr. Eric Bouffet, Director of the Paediatric Neuro-Oncology Program at SickKids, has been elected President of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP).

April 14, 2015

Dr. Michael Salter appointed Chief of Research at SickKids

Following an extensive international search, Dr. Michael Salter has been appointed Chief of Research at SickKids. Salter will assume his new responsibilities as Chief of Research on July 1, 2015 following Dr. Janet Rossant’s completion of her 10-year term.

April 14, 2015

New approach to otherwise fatal early-childhood brain tumour improves survival by up to 50 per cent

A team of researchers led by SickKids has defined a way treat patients with rhabdoid tumours using personalized medicine and high-dose chemotherapy resulting in a 40 to 50 per cent improvement in survivability.

April 1, 2015

Largest-ever suicide-risk study identifies new prevention opportunity

New research from SickKids, the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre shines light on new prevention opportunities.

March 31, 2015

SickKids researchers gain important insight on “undruggable” disease

Novel research from SickKids may lead to new drug therapies for children with cerebral cavernous malformation – a disease that is caused by the progressive growth of large lesions in the blood vessels in the brain and spinal cord.