{"id":3691,"date":"2026-04-29T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/?p=3691"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:01:40","slug":"1-8-million-across-six-projects-awarded-to-advance-data-sharing-and-innovative-therapies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/1-8-million-across-six-projects-awarded-to-advance-data-sharing-and-innovative-therapies\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.8\u00a0million across six projects awarded to advance\u00a0data sharing and innovative therapies\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1025\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CHUSJ_SickKids_Catalyst2026_1025x512_EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CHUSJ_SickKids_Catalyst2026_1025x512_EN.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CHUSJ_SickKids_Catalyst2026_1025x512_EN-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pchp.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CHUSJ_SickKids_Catalyst2026_1025x512_EN-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Six&nbsp;innovative projects have been awarded a total of $1.8&nbsp;million over two years&nbsp;of the Precision Child Health Partnership (PCHP) Catalyst Program \u2013 an initiative born from the collaboration between SickKids and CHU Sainte-Justine&nbsp;to support research with the potential to revolutionize the development and discovery of novel approaches to Precision Child Health.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This&nbsp;third&nbsp;cycle&nbsp;of the program&nbsp;welcomed&nbsp;unique applications&nbsp;for projects that focus on innovative therapeutic interventions and projects that&nbsp;facilitate&nbsp;large-scale cross-institutional data sharing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to the six teams awarded&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Drs.\u00a0Aleixo Muise<\/strong>\u00a0(SickKids) and\u00a0<strong>Elie Haddad<\/strong>\u00a0(CHU Sainte-Justine): Developing gene therapy for a combined immunodeficiency and intestinal epithelial disease: Targeting TTC7A-deficiency.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Drs.\u00a0Peter Gill\u00a0<\/strong>(SickKids) and\u00a0<strong>Olivier\u00a0Drouin\u00a0<\/strong>(CHU Sainte-Justine): Precision Treatment Pathways for Pediatric Respiratory Infections\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Drs. Darren S. Kadis<\/strong>\u00a0(SickKids) and\u00a0<strong>Sarah\u00a0Lipp\u00e9\u00a0<\/strong>(CHU Sainte-Justine): Precision Medicine for NDDs: Tracking and Predicting Individual Treatment Response Through Expanded Electrophysiological and Neuroimaging Biomarkers and Consolidated Database.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Drs. Brett Trost<\/strong>\u00a0(SickKids) and\u00a0<strong>Clara Moreau<\/strong>\u00a0(CHU Sainte-Justine): Comprehensive phenotyping for precision care in anorexia nervosa\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Drs. Anthony Pak-Yin Liu<\/strong>\u00a0(SickKids) and\u00a0<strong>S\u00e9bastien Perreault\u00a0<\/strong>(CHU Sainte-Justine): Cerebrospinal fluid-based Liquid biopsy Approaches for Real-time Integrated analysis in brain Tumors of the Young (CLARITY)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Drs. Alejandro\u00a0Floh\u00a0<\/strong>(SickKids) and\u00a0<strong>Guillaume\u00a0Emeriaud<\/strong>\u00a0(CHU Sainte-Justine):\u00a0Precision Blood Pressure Management After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The PCHP Catalyst program provides up to $300,000 per project, with each project\u00a0requiring\u00a0a principal applicant from SickKids and CHU Sainte-Justine.\u00a0The funding is made possible through the Azrieli Precision Child Health Platform.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to the successful applicants! 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