The Foundation for Children with Intestinal and Liver Disorders (CH.I.L.D) have partnered with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to fund the creation of the Canadian Children Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network: A Joint Partnership of CIHR and the CH.I.L.D. Foundation. This national research network and data platform aims to pursue a cure for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in children and to improve the quality of care for patients and their families who suffer from these debilitating diseases. This partnership will produce a framework to bring researchers and stakeholders together to work collectively with their focus on a cure for pediatric IBD, opening up opportunities to exchange information with researchers, patients, and families. CIHR and CH.I.L.D. have launched a competition open to the best Canadian researchers in the field to create a network of at least five centres of pediatric IBD research expertise across the country; the national network will help establish a framework to share the latest advances and best ideas in treating children with IBD, and to apply them in new treatment regimens built on the principles of standardized high quality patient focused care.
