Milk fortifiers help to meet the unique nutritional needs of premature babies by providing extra nutrients, protein, and energy. Milk fortifiers have traditionally been made from cow milk, but fortifiers made from human milk are now available. A new randomized clinical trial was recently conducted by scientists from the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba…
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$500,000 supports child-health research in Manitoba
The Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), in collaboration with the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba, is thrilled to announce nearly $500,000 in funding for child health research projects happening at CHRIM. This funding comes from the 2022 Operating Grant competition and will support ten highly skilled researchers and their labs in a variety of…
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Names Dr. Noralou P. Roos as 2022 Laureate
Today the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (CMHF) inducted six new Laureates whose contributions have led to extraordinary improvements in human health. These trailblazers underpin Canada’s role as a world-class leader in medicine and health science, and their outstanding accomplishments range from providing equitable health care for Indigenous People everywhere, to being known as a…
COVID-19 Vaccine Research Study for Children Under Six Happening in Manitoba
The Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM) is part of an international research study called KidCOVE, which is being conducted by Moderna. The primary purpose of KidCOVE is to test the safety and effectiveness of the study vaccine, called mRNA-1273, that may protect children between the ages of 6 months to under 12 years…
CIHR Spring 2021 Project Grant Results
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2021 Project Grant competition has resulted in the successful funding for several CHRIM researchers to move forward with their research projects. “The current research funding environment is very difficult and in light of this, we are absolutely delighted with the results of this last competition. It speaks…
COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
As we continue to monitor on-site staff and capacity limits within the institute, we know that the upcoming Fall Term will have more research teams and staff preparing for a return to in-person work schedules. As a health research institute, maintaining a safe environment for all individuals who work at and visit CHRIM is paramount…
2021 Operating Grant Competition Results
The Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, in collaboration with the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba, is thrilled to announce the results of the 2021 Operating Grant Competition. This funding supports CHRIM Principal Investigators involved in child health research-related studies. Today’s funding announcement totals over $400,000 that will be used to support highly skilled researchers…
Research Manitoba Announces 2021 Grants & Awards Competition Recipients
Today, Research Manitoba and partners announced $1.37M in research funding and the recipients of the 2021 Grants and Awards competition. The recipients of the 2021 Grants and Awards Competition are highly qualified trainees and new investigators in Manitoba. These awards enable recipients to prepare and train for their careers as independent researchers in industry or…
A Mother’s Prenatal Egg Intake May Influence Her Child’s Food Allergy Risk
Eating eggs daily during pregnancy is associated with a child’s risk of developing food allergies, according to preliminary research from the CHILD Cohort Study. Using data from over 3,400 Canadian mothers and their babies, the researchers found that children born to mothers who ate egg at least daily while pregnant were more likely to be…
“Triple exposure:” Mom eating peanut, breastfeeding and introducing peanut early could help protect against peanut allergy in children
A new study led by researchers at the University of Manitoba and McMaster University has found that eating peanuts while breastfeeding, combined with introducing peanuts to babies before 12 months of age, may reduce the risk of peanut allergy by age five. The study, published in the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease…
Heart disease in young adults and teenagers may be linked to exposure to diabetes in the womb
Heart disease in young adults and teenagers may be related to exposure to diabetes in the womb, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). A study of young adults and teenagers in Manitoba, Canada, whose mothers had diabetes during their pregnancies, found the offspring have a 50% to 200% higher risk of…
Mom and baby share “good bacteria” through breastmilk
A new study by researchers at the University of Manitoba and the University of British Columbia (UBC) has found that bacteria are shared and possibly transferred from a mother’s milk to her infant’s gut, and that breastfeeding directly at the breast best supports this process. The research, published today in Cell Host & Microbe, found…