Precision mental health for eating disorders

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PI: Dr. Mark Norris Study Contact:  [email protected] Study Contact Full Name:  Madeline Gertler and April McColeman Research Area: Eating Disorders Who to Contact Regarding Participation:  [email protected] Lay Summary: Precision mental health can be thought of as an individualized approach to mental health treatment and takes into consideration the individual characteristics of patients. As it stands, … Read more

The Babbly App: working with families to study the usability and impact of this innovative approach for early detection and intervention of infants at risk of speech and language delay

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PI: Dr. Anna McCormick Study contact: [email protected] Study contact full name: Michelle Larin Research Area: Pregnancy and Newborn Who to contact regarding participating: Michelle Larin, RA [email protected] Lay Summary: CHEO researchers are investigating the usability of a smartphone app for infants 8 months – 14 months old that analyzes baby speech sounds using artificial intelligence … Read more

Injury Statistics in Outdoor Early Childhood Education (ECE) Programs in Comparison to Traditional ECE Programs in Canada

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PI: Mark Tremblay Study contact: [email protected] Study contact full name: Louise de Lannoy Research Area: Healthy Active Living and Obesity Who to contact regarding participating: [email protected] Lay Summary: We are seeking individuals who have experience working in early childhood education program(s) and can provide information regarding injury statistics to complete an online survey. This survey … Read more

RS Trial: A single center, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, parallel, pilot clinical trial to assess plant-derived food-based resistant starches (RS) individually optimized for patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) or Ulcerative colitis (UC)

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PI: Dr. David Mack Study contact: [email protected] Study contact full name: Ruth Singleton Research Area: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Who to contact regarding participation: [email protected] Lay Summary:  This study is being done to find out if the use of resistant starch (RS) that is optimized for each individual will help alter and/or restore the “healthier” microbiome of the gut. It does … Read more

A multi-center human microbiome observational study in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD)

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PI: Dr. David Mack Study contact: [email protected] Study contact full name: Ruth Singleton Research Area: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Who to contact regarding participation: [email protected] Lay Summary:  This study is being done to significantly enhance our understanding of the role of the gut bacteria in health and disease in order to learn and understand as much as possible about the different … Read more

The MEND Trial: OptiMized REsistaNt Starch in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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PI: Dr. David Mack Study contact: [email protected] Study contact full name: Ruth Singleton Research Area: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Who to contact regarding participation: [email protected] Lay Summary:  Participants are invited to join in this trial because you are currently enrolled in the main microbiome study and have already been diagnosed with IBD, either Crohn’s Disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC). This … Read more

OARS Trial: Open Label Arm Resistant Starch in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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PI: Dr. David Mack Study contact: [email protected] Study contact full name: Ruth Singleton Research Area: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Who to contact regarding participation: [email protected] Lay Summary:  Participation in this trial is aimed at those currently enrolled in the main microbiome study and have completed the Resistant Starch (RS) or the MEND Trial in placebo arm or were removed from these … Read more