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Child Health and Human Development Program

From Conception to Childhood: Optimizing Life

Welcome to our Program

The Child Health and Human Development Program is a scientific program that excels in researching the entire developmental spectrum, from conception to early adulthood, and is part of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal, Canada.

Recent CHHD Publications 

Transmembrane emp24 domain proteins in development and disease.

DEC 2019

Clonal copy-number mosaicism in autoreactive T lymphocytes in diabetic NOD mice.

DEC 2019

A phase 2 study of trametinib for patients with pediatric glioma or plexiform neurofibroma with refractory tumor and activation of the MAPK/ERK pathway: TRAM-01.

DEC 2019

A longitudinal study of retinopathy in the PEX1-Gly844Asp mouse model for mild Zellweger Spectrum Disorder

SEP 2019

All CHHD Publicaltions (soon)

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News Highlights

Montreal doctors develop a virtual reality tool that could save children's lives

Acquiring the right skills to treat kids who've suffered a traumatic injury can be expensive and time-consuming, but a new virtual reality tool developed at McGill University in Montreal aims to reduce those costs and hopefully save more lives.

9th Annual CHHD Research Day coming in May 10th 2024!

Mark Your Calendars: CHHD Annual Research Day Coming in May 10th 2024! For more information, registration, and abstract submission, please visit the website.

A genetic mutation found to cause chronic lung disease in indigenous children

A rare genetic mutation could explain why indigenous children have greatly increased rates of respiratory infections and chronic lung disease.

MUHC opens Quebec’s first multidisciplinary referral centre for endometriosis

EndoCARES offers state-of-the-art clinical care and will enhance basic, epidemiological and clinical research in endometriosis

8th CHHD Research Day - Winners announcement

To consult the awardees of the 2022 CHHD Research day, please click on view more

Events 

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