📣 Open now! New Investigator Research Grants in Child and Youth Health
🗓 Apply by April 22, 2024 at 5pm ET

researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtn…

Up to 3 years of funding for Early Career Researchers, jointly supported by #IHDCYH & SickKids Foundation

This week marks #NationalVolunteerWeek !

We want to thank all the CIHR volunteers who help support #HealthResearch in Canada, including all our peer reviewers, committee chairs and scientific officers! 👏

We’re looking for bright ideas.

Students, aged 13-19 are invited to apply for the #YouthSchoolGrant to develop initiatives that promote positive mental health and well-being in their schools and communities.

Apply before April 19! ow.ly/fbYK50RguGx

There is a looming crisis in pediatrics. Fixing the gap in pay between pediatric and adult providers is an important step.

We also need a larger culture change in how we value children & the people who support them in and out of health care settings.
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Had a great time celebrating so many leaders in Canadian medicine at the Canadian Medical Hall Fame induction ceremony! Always an absolute pleasure to meet new students from across the country, as well as connect with mentors in-person! Feeling grateful, humbled, and inspired ✨

A quality I admire about Francis is that he makes everything a teaching moment. The personal experience he shares in this beautifully written essay is no different. Being open about his cancer diagnosis & treatment is his way of helping others. wapo.st/3UcyS3d

Tina Montreuil, PhD, a scientist in the Child Health and Human Development #CHHD Program at the RI-MUHC, was invited to present before Canada’s parliament recently. Read more here: tinyurl.com/593dmj4c

🎉JOB OPPORTUNITY | CHILD-BRIGHT is accepting applications for our next Director of Operations! Apply here: shorturl.at/hlqsO & please share this posting widely amid your network. #PatientOrientedResearch

Introducing #CMHFInd2024 Dr. Noni MacDonald | Trailblazer in paediatric infectious disease and in decolonization and democratization of community focused research. cdnmedhall.ca/nonimacdonald #HonouringExcellence soon Hyatt Vancouver @DalMedSchool@QueensUHealth uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine McGill Medicine and Health Sciences

👏👏👏 Saturday, in Vancouver, the newest members of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame will be inducted: Pieter Cullis, John Dick, Catherine Hankins, Noni MacDonald, Allison McGeer, Sir Thomas Roddick.
cdnmedhall.ca/induction cdnmedhall.ca/news/announcin… via Canadian Medical Hall Fame

Congratulations Prof. Meghan Azad, PhD! I've loved following your career and contributions. Thank you for your leadership and incredible science.

Congratulations to the 2024 Canada #GairdnerAward laureates! 👏

Special shoutout to the 2 Canadian winners, Prof. Meghan Azad, PhD, for her research on human breast milk and the microbiome, and Christian Landry, for his novel approaches to genomics and systems biology.

Incredibly honoured to be recieving a Gairdner Award today & deeply grateful to my fantastic research team and collaborators - this is truly a Team Achievement! 🏅😃

2024 Gairdner Award recipients paved way for revolutions in cancer treatment, genomics, and global health theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

The first rule of burning down the patriarchy is to never use other women for kindling.

Another reason to love our dogs! A Dalhousie University study shows they may be able to detect trauma through our breath, which could lead to new PTSD therapies. Another tick in the dog column in the dog vs cat debate?? dal.ca/news/2024/04/0… Dalhousie Science Sherry. H. Stewart Simon Gadbois, ethologist/éthologue ~ Dalhousie U.

It has truly been an inspiring 2 days of learning and reflection from the leaders in child & youth health at the CIHR-IHDCYH Institute Advisory Board meeting in #Montreal . Thank you Steven Miller & Dr. Christine Chambers for the opportunity to be a part of such a wonderful group!

Thank you to RI-MUHC for hosting our CIHR-IHDCYH Institute Advisory Board (IAB) for a fantastic community engagement event “Connecting the Dots: Learning from Research Network Innovation”. It was a great 2 days in Montreal with the #IHDCYH IAB and special guests!

Overwork lose-lose: Study (N=230) finds when a woman does the same amt & quality of work in 40 hrs as a man does in 60 hrs, the man receives greater rewards. And if the women works 60 hrs, the 60-hr men are more 8% more likely to receive overwork rewards.
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