Collaborations

We are proud to partner with TRIANGLE (TRaIning A New Generation of researchers in Gastroenterology and LivEr), a national initiative dedicated to improving digestive health for Canadians. TRIANGLE provides comprehensive training for undergraduate summer students, PhD candidates, research fellows, and early-career faculty. Through a multifaceted curriculum, mentorship, and professional development, TRIANGLE equips researchers for success across all sectors in GI and liver health.

As part of this collaboration, CIDsCaNN members actively serve as mentors within the TRIANGLE platform, sharing expertise and guidance with emerging researchers. This partnership also helps recognize and support outstanding trainees through dedicated opportunities focused on paediatric digestive health.

Nutritional Therapy for IBD is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing evidence-based nutrition as part of IBD treatment plans to enhance the well-being and health outcomes of all children and adults with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis.  

They inform, support, and empower patients and clinicians by providing education, essential tools, and resources to utilize nutritional therapy alongside medication. CIDsCaNN is committed to bringing our expertise in paediatrics to nutritionaltherapyforibd.org. 

The Inflammation, Microbiome, and Alimentation: Gastro-Intestinal and Neuropsychiatric Effects (IMAGINE) Chronic Disease Network studies the interactions between the inflammation, miocrobiome, diet, and mental health in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). 

The Mind and Gut Interactions Cohort (MAGIC) studies the relationship between gut bacteria, diet, and GI symptoms of those suffering from IBS and IBD, compared to healthy people. This information will be used to develop new ways to treat these disorders and to understand how to best use our current treatments. We are also interested in understanding how stress and mental health, like depression and anxiety, can affect GI symptoms.

CIDsCaNN Patient Engagement -- Bringing together patients, caregivers, physicians, allied health professionals, and representatives from relevant national organizations, our research team identified and prioritized the top 10 unanswered questions related to the causes and management of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). 

The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the TUMMY-CD index, a signs and symptoms index for paediatric Crohn's Disease scored directly from the patient without a proxy.