Where to Find CHEO Research Institute Reports and Clinical Trial Information
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The CHEO Research Institute website (cheoresearch.ca) is the primary source for its institutional reports and clinical trial information. The homepage links directly to two key strategy documents — the 2025-2026 Annual Report and the CHEO Research Strategy 2025-2029 — and announces a New Clinical Trial Access Core and Clinical Investigation Unit intended to strengthen pediatric clinical trials in Canada. If you want to understand the institute's research priorities or its clinical trial capacity, those three entry points are the place to start.
Reports and strategy documents
The site's homepage presents these as featured "Learn more" items:
| Document | What it covers | Where to find it |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 Annual Report | The institute's activities and results for the reporting year | Linked from the homepage |
| CHEO Research Strategy 2025-2029 | The institute's multi-year research direction and priorities | Linked from the homepage |
Both are described on the homepage as featured items, so they are reachable directly from the landing page rather than buried in a submenu.
Clinical trial information
The homepage highlights a New Clinical Trial Access Core and Clinical Investigation Unit, described as strengthening pediatric clinical trials in Canada. This is the most direct signal on the site about the institute's clinical trial infrastructure and capability.
For context on what the institute actually studies, the homepage also surfaces a "Latest Discoveries" section. Recent entries include:
- A fifteen-year study laying the foundation to study long-term mental health outcomes (23/09/2026)
- Research by New Scientist Michelle Kameda-Smith to improve outcomes for children with brain tumours (17/09/2026)
- A study linking parental awareness of online activity to healthier eating behaviours in adolescents (09/09/2026)
- Work on social determinants of adolescent eating behaviours, screen time and social media as developmental contexts, light-intensity physical activity, and childhood adversity in relation to adult sleep health
These give a practical sense of the institute's focus areas — pediatric mental health, oncology, adolescent behaviour and public health — which is useful context when reading the strategy document or evaluating whether a trial area matches your interest.
How to use these resources
- Start on the homepage. The annual report, strategy, and clinical trial announcement are all featured there.
- Read the strategy first if you want direction, and the annual report if you want results. The strategy covers 2025-2029; the annual report covers 2025-2026.
- Check the Latest Discoveries and Updates & News sections for current output. News items are dated, so you can judge how recent the information is.
- For clinical trial specifics, the Clinical Trial Access Core and Clinical Investigation Unit announcement is the relevant page; the homepage does not list individual open trials, so treat it as a starting point rather than a trial registry.
What the site does not tell you
The available page information does not include pricing, registration requirements, or a searchable list of individual clinical trials. If you need to enroll in a specific trial or access a specific dataset, the homepage alone will not answer that — you would need to follow the linked pages or contact the institute directly.