{"id":3401,"date":"2025-04-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pchp.ca\/?p=3401"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:25:31","slug":"sickkids-welcomes-chu-sainte-justine-for-first-in-person-pchp-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pchp.ca\/en\/news\/sickkids-welcomes-chu-sainte-justine-for-first-in-person-pchp-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"SickKids welcomes CHU Sainte-Justine for first in-person PCHP Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week, SickKids hosted the inaugural symposium of the Precision Child Health Partnership (PCHP) \u2014 a collaboration between SickKids and CHU Sainte-Justine to fuel Precision Child Health. For the first time, researchers, clinicians, students, philanthropic partners and leadership from both institutions came together in-person to share progress and discuss what\u2019s on the horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agenda included updates from seven ongoing projects funded through the Catalyst Program,<\/u><\/a> DECODE(u)R, a joint study to improve diagnostic yield and accelerate the path to treatment for children with rare disease, as well as built-in opportunities for dynamic exchanges and collaboration between project teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A significant highlight was the pitch presentations from the three finalist teams of the Translational Program<\/u><\/a>: Drs. Uri Tabori and S\u00e9bastien Perreault, Drs. Gregory Costain and Philippe Campeau, and Drs. Christoph Licht and Alexandra Cambier. The program is designed to support cross-institutional teams in carving new paths to innovation, discovery and, importantly \u2013 the translation of new, individualized approaches into patient care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a thorough cross-institutional assessment of the projects and presentations,\u00a0ASO Connect<\/a><\/strong>, a project led by Drs.\u00a0Gregory Costain<\/u><\/a>\u00a0(SickKids) and Philippe Campeau (CHU Sainte-Justine) was selected as the Translational Program winner. The project aims to improve access and streamline the development of a promising new treatment for children with rare disease \u2013 antisense oligonucleotides (ASO). Congratulations Drs. Costain and Campeau!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explore the gallery below to see more of the day!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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