{"id":3399,"date":"2025-01-15T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/?p=3399"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:01:59","slug":"catalyst-program-awards-2-1-million-across-seven-projects-to-advance-precision-child-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/catalyst-program-awards-2-1-million-across-seven-projects-to-advance-precision-child-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalyst Program awards $2.1 million across seven projects to advance Precision Child Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Seven innovative projects have been awarded a total of $2.1 million over two years in the second round of the Precision Child Health Partnership (PCHP)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sickkidsca.sharepoint.com\/:u:\/r\/sites\/PCH\/SitePages\/SickKids-x-CHU-Sainte-Justine-Catalyst-Program-2024.aspx?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=SNVbQL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catalyst Program<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 an initiative born from the collaboration between SickKids and CHU Sainte-Justine. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program provides up to $300,000 per project to support research with the potential to revolutionize the development and discovery of novel approaches to Precision Child Health. Each project has a principal applicant from SickKids and CHU Sainte-Justine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through collaboration and leveraging each other\u2019s resources, expertise, and vision, this partnership aims to drive new frontiers in individualized care. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"congratulations-to-the-seven-teams-awarded\">Congratulations to the seven teams awarded: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sickkidsca.sharepoint.com\/sites\/intranet-dir-precision-child-health\/SitePages\/Catalyst-Program-awards-$2.1-million-across-seven-projects-to-advance-Precision-Child-Health.aspx?startedResponseCatch=true#congratulations-to-the-seven-teams-awarded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Drs. James Ellis<\/strong>\u00a0(SickKids) and\u00a0<strong>Elsa Rossignol<\/strong>\u00a0(CHU Sainte-Justine): Calibrating precision genetic therapy for MECP2 Duplication patients using iPSC derived cortical neurons and mice models\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Drs. George Ibrahim<\/strong>\u00a0(SickKids) and\u00a0<strong>Alexander Weil<\/strong>\u00a0(CHU Sainte-Justine): Sleep better, seize less: An advanced neurotherapeutic for children with epilepsy\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Drs. Rosanna Weksberg<\/strong>\u00a0(SickKids) and\u00a0<strong>Philippe Campeau<\/strong>\u00a0(CHU Sainte-Justine): Functional DNA methylation biomarkers: Impact on precision medicine for neurodevelopmental disorders\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Drs. Yiming Wang<\/strong>\u00a0(SickKids) and\u00a0<strong>Thai Hoa Tran<\/strong>\u00a0(CHU Sainte-Justine): Expanding the Genomic Landscape of Vascular Anomalies in Children\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Drs. Aamir Jeewa<\/strong>\u00a0(SickKids) and\u00a0<strong>Gregor Andelfinger<\/strong>\u00a0(CHU Sainte-Justine): Precision medicine for RASopathies: from molecular mechanisms to allele-specific therapies\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Drs. Julien Muffat<\/strong>\u00a0(SickKids) and\u00a0<strong>Sophie Tremblay<\/strong>\u00a0(CHU Sainte-Justine): Engineered Neuro-Immune Organoids to Model Patient-Specific Impact of Perinatal Insults on Brain Health\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Drs. Olena Zhulyn\u00a0<\/strong>(SickKids) and\u00a0<strong>Philippe Major<\/strong>\u00a0(CHU Sainte-Justine): Modeling patient specific precision therapy for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Each project, including those in the first round of funding, demonstrates a profound commitment to advancing Precision Child Health that runs bone deep at both SickKids and CHU Sainte-Justine, elevated through the PCHP. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to the successful applicants! Read more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/research\/on-going-projects\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"37\">Ongoing projects <\/a>page. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven innovative projects have been awarded a total of $2.1 million over two years in the second round of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3429,"href":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3399\/revisions\/3429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}