Harriet MacMillan Recognized as Distinguished University Professor
Dr. Harriet MacMillan, Offord Centre for Child Studies researcher, and member of the McMaster University’s Faculty of Health Sciences, has been recognized as a Distinguished University Professor, the highest award that McMaster University can confer on a faculty member. Dr. MacMillan (centre)…
McMaster Collaborating on Multinational Autism Study Funded by NIH
McMaster University and McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is participating in a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) – funded project on autism and neurodevelopment disorders. Led by the University of California, San Francisco, and called “Development of a standardized measure of social-communication…
McMaster Psychiatry Research Day to be Hosted by Offord Centre Leaders
The Offord Centre for Child Studies’ director, Dr. Ellen Lipman, and Offord Centre researcher and co-director of McMaster Autism Research Team (MacART), Dr. Stelios Georgiades, will host the 30th McMaster University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neursociences’ Research Day on May 2, 2018. This year…
Professor Emeritus Dr. Michael Boyle
[caption id="attachment_3071" align="alignright" width="250"] Dr. Nick Kates, L., bestows the honour of Professor Emeritus on Dr. Michael Boyle, long time researcher at, and former director of, the Offord Centre for Child Studies. Dr. Michael Boyle, of the Offord Centre for Child Studies, has been honoured as…
Family Check-up Canada Wins Story Contest
The winner of Hamilton Health Sciences’ latest strategy story contest – Family Check-up Canada: Making the Race Fair, submitted by Dr. Terry Bennett of the Offord Centre for Child Studies. The Offord Centre has partnered with McMaster Children’s Hospital to become the first group to bring the…
Dr. Charlotte Waddell on Child Health Policy
L to R. Ellen Lipman, director of Offord Centre for Child Studies; Charlotte Waddell, director, SFU Children’s Health Policy Centre; and Nick Kates, chair, psychiatry dept., McMaster. Simon Fraser University professor and director of the Children’s Health Policy Centre there, Dr….
Stelios Georgiades at Senate of Canada’s Autism Awareness Day
Dr. Stelios Georgiades participated in Autism Awareness Day at the Senate of Canada on Oct. 25, 2017. During this event Dr. Georgiades had a chance to showcase the work of McMaster’s Autism Research Team (MacART), of which he is co-director, and to promote the idea…
Harriet MacMillan Research Award for Trainees Working in Child Maltreatment
The Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) has created the Harriet MacMillan Research Award, named for the Offord Centre researcher known for her groundbreaking work in child maltreatment and prevention of family violence. Dr. MacMillan, a fellow of the CPS, received the Order of Canada in early 2017. The…
Publication Search Tool for Offord Centre Research
Researchers, policy makers, community partners and the public can now easily find leading published research in child and youth studies, searching by author (researcher), study team and/or topic including Autism Spectrum Disorder, early development, child maltreatment, community-based interventions, psychiatric disorders, and many others. The Offord…
Improvements & Struggles for Ontario Kindergartners: 9 Years of EDI Data
Over the last decade there has been a growing number of Ontario kindergartners who are vulnerable in at least one domain of their development (physical health and well-being; social competence; emotional maturity; language and cognitive development; communication skills and general knowledge). However, children are improving in…