Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children

Mar 15, 2023

Maternal and Child Health Amid COVID-19: The Child Care Matters Study

Dr. Michal Perlman and her team in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the University of Toronto, and members of the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children, provide an update on the results of a COVID-19 wave of data collection in the Child Care Matters study.

Mar 14, 2023

Leong Scholar Emily Hamovitch receives CIHR Doctoral Research Award

Emily Hamovitch, PhD Candidate from the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children, and Leong Scholar, was awarded the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Doctoral Award.

Mar 2, 2023

Leong Fellow receives the David Johnson Award

Dr. Julia Brandenberger, Pediatrician from the University Children’s Hospital Bern in Switzerland, and Leong Fellow, recently received the “David Johnson Award” at the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada Annual Scientific Meeting on January 31. She provides a summary of her presentation and work.

Message from the Co-Directors

Childhood is a critical period in shaping human potential for optimal well-being. When children and youth thrive, a critical building block is established for lifelong health, social functioning and economic productivity. Unfortunately, even in the world’s richest countries like Canada, opportunities for children and youth differ. Morbidity, mortality, growth, development, mental health, and educational attainment are largely determined by children’s social circumstances, with those children and youth who grow up in the most disadvantaged environments at largest risk of suboptimal outcomes.

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Mar 24, 2023

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Mar 23, 2023

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Mar 23, 2023

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Mar 22, 2023

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