In October 2022, Kids Brain Health Network leaders submitted policy recommendations to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health (HESA) titled, “Disability-inclusive policy to meet the needs of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families”.
KBHN National Training Program aims to enhance the training of the next generation of researchers and professionals to develop and implement innovative solutions and services with the potential to improve the lives of children living with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families. To support, promote, and acknowledge those who have shown excellence and dedication within [...]
Gathering Again for the Kids Brain Health Network Conference KBHN hosted its12th annual conference in partnership with the 2022 DOHaD World Congress—the first in-person gathering for trainees, researchers, families, partners, Board members and staff for the first time since meeting in Ottawa in December, 2019. Led by Board Chair Geoff Pradella, the Board of [...]
Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) convenes global scientists with the International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) August 27-31, 2022 This summer, Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) hosted a Network-wide gathering in person since December 2019. Partnering with the International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) World [...]
KBHN is one of 35 organizations that have been invited to submit a full application to the inaugural competition of the Strategic Science Fund (SSF), the federal government’s new approach to investing in not-for-profit science and research organizations.
Pictured here is Nicola Lewis, KBHN CEO speaking at DOHaD 2022 KBHN and DOHaD Put the Spotlight on Canadian Health Research for a Global Stage Leading up to the 2022 World Congress for the International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) this August, Research Canada announced the DOHaD-KBHN partnership on [...]
Cracking the Code of Mental Health & Social Supports for Kids with Autism Vivian Lee, KBHN and Carleton University Bring the Secret Agent Society (SAS) App to Ottawa Vivian Lee, Ph.D., began working with Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) as a postdoctoral trainee in 2017. Now she holds a faculty position at Carleton [...]
Pictured here are Maude and colleagues in their new roles AFCCA roles with Adopt4Life (left to right): Nancy Lockwood, Tanya Eichler, and Maude Champagne (photo courtesy of Tracy Moisan) Weathering the Storm: Aggression toward Family/Caregivers in Childhood and Adolescence (AFCCA) Maude Champagne, KBHN and Adopt4Life Create a New AFCCA Family Support Program As [...]
When a child receives a diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), families often don’t know where to turn and struggle to find supports that are FASD informed. The Fetal Alcohol Resource Program exists to change this. The program was established in 2015 as a community-based collaboration involving Citizen Advocacy Ottawa (now ABLE2), the [...]
For Tracy and Eric, adoption always felt like the right choice. They adopted their first two children—daughter Mackenzie and son Alex—in 2010, and their family expanded in 2011 when they adopted their youngest son, Jackson. It became apparent early on that all three kids had complex developmental needs, and the couple spent many years [...]
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