Research
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Latest funding
- $429,706
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child growth and cardiometabolic risk
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $149,799
Towards Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic - the TARGet Kids! Study of Children and Families
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $499,805
The effects of school and childcare participation during the COVID-19 pandemic on young children and their parents: the TARGet Kids! Study of Children and Families
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child growth and cardiometabolic risk
Principal investigators: Anderson, Laura N
Keywords: Cardiometabolic Risk; Child Growth; Cohort Studies; Obesity; Pediatrics; Population Health; Primary Prevention
Towards Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic - the TARGet Kids! Study of Children and Families
Principal investigators: Birken, Catherine S; Carsley, Sarah
Keywords: Children And Youth; Cohort; Covid-19; Epidemiology; Growth; Health Behaviours; Learning; Mental Health; Parents; Pediatrics
The effects of school and childcare participation during the COVID-19 pandemic on young children and their parents: the TARGet Kids! Study of Children and Families
Principal investigators: Birken, Catherine S
Keywords: Childcare; Children; Cohort; Covid-19; Health Behaviours; Learning; Obesity; Parents; School; Service Utilization
TARGet Kids! COVID-19 Study of Children and Families: Safe Return to School, Work, and Play
Principal investigators: Maguire, Jonathon L; Birken, Catherine S
Keywords: Covid-19; Disease Severity; Emotional And Behaviour Problems; Epidemiology; Families; Pediatrics; Risk Factors; Transmission Dynamics
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
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