The Hospital for Sick Children
A paediatric academic health sciences centre in Toronto providing comprehensive clinical care, research, education and training in child health. Services include acute and subspecialty clinical programs, diagnostic imaging and laboratory services, genomics and genetic diagnostics, pharmacology and toxicology, translational and clinical research, knowledge-translation and training programs, and enterprise digital health platforms to support patient care and operations.
Industries
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Nr. of Employees
small (1-50)
The Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
Services
On-site paediatric emergency care supported by a virtual urgent care symptom-checker and remote triage.
Referral-based genetic assessment, molecular and cytogenetic diagnostics, metabolic clinics and genetic counselling services.
Ambulatory clinic for evaluation and management of drug hypersensitivity, toxin exposures and pharmacogenetics-informed recommendations.
24-hour regional poison information service providing expert advice, follow-up and toxicovigilance.
Operational support for clinical trials, study governance, ethics review, training and resources for study teams.
Postgraduate residency and fellowship training programs (including neonatal neurology fellowship), simulation-enhanced education, continuing professional development and trainee placements.
On-site paediatric emergency care supported by a virtual urgent care symptom-checker and remote triage.
Referral-based genetic assessment, molecular and cytogenetic diagnostics, metabolic clinics and genetic counselling services.
Ambulatory clinic for evaluation and management of drug hypersensitivity, toxin exposures and pharmacogenetics-informed recommendations.
24-hour regional poison information service providing expert advice, follow-up and toxicovigilance.
Operational support for clinical trials, study governance, ethics review, training and resources for study teams.
Postgraduate residency and fellowship training programs (including neonatal neurology fellowship), simulation-enhanced education, continuing professional development and trainee placements.
Expertise Areas
- Paediatric clinical care and subspecialty services
- Clinical research design, governance and operations
- Genomics and genetic diagnostics
- Paediatric pharmacology, pharmacogenomics and PBPK/PKPD modelling
Key Technologies
- Next-generation sequencing and genomic diagnostics
- Pharmacogenetic testing
- Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) and PK/PD modelling
- Continuous EEG and amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG)
News & Updates
Recognition of a Scientist on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list for contributions to early-stage drug discovery.
Overview of the program supporting youth transitioning from paediatric to adult care.
Funding awarded to support research projects investigating memory function, model organoids and the microbiome’s role in maternal and child health.
Recognition of a Scientist on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list for contributions to early-stage drug discovery.
Overview of the program supporting youth transitioning from paediatric to adult care.
Funding awarded to support research projects investigating memory function, model organoids and the microbiome’s role in maternal and child health.