{"id":1631,"date":"2026-01-16T00:14:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/cangard\/?page_id=1631"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:55:17","slug":"rare-disease-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/cangard\/events\/rare-disease-day-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Disease Day 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Registration now open !<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Registration deadline: 5PM, Feb 24, 2026<\/p>\n

Abstract submission deadline: 5PM, Feb 6, 2026<\/p>\n

 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1768526437102{background-color: #E4E8ED !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””]This year’s theme will be “The lifelong impacts of neonatal genomic medicine<\/em><\/strong>“.<\/em><\/p>\n

Rare Disease Day at SickKids<\/strong>
\nPeter Gilgan Centre for Research & Learning
\n686 Bay St<\/p>\n

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Agenda<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n

(Agenda times subject to change. Full agenda details can be found: Agenda – 2026 SickKids Rare Disease Day<\/a>)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
10am<\/td>\nPoster Session<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:30pm<\/td>\nWelcoming Remarks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/u><\/td>\nKeynote<\/em>
\nDr. Monica Wojcik<\/strong>
\nMedical Director, Manton Center Gene Discovery Core;
\nNewborn Medicine Medical Director\u200b, Fetal Care and Surgery Center;
\nAttending Physician, Divisions of Newborn Medicine and Genetics and Genomics
\nBoston Children’s Hospital
\nAssistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/u><\/td>\n <\/em><\/p>\n

Spotlight Speakers<\/em><\/p>\n

Lena Dolman, MD, MSC<\/strong>
\nPGY-4 Pediatrics Resident University of Toronto
\nIncoming CanGARD Fellow in Advanced Genomics in Paediatric Rare Disease (May 2026<\/p>\n

&
\nTamorah Lewis, MD, PhD<\/strong>
\nDivision Head, Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology Staff Physician, Division of Neonatology The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario Senior Associate Scientist , Translational Medicine, SickKids<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Family Experience<\/em><\/p>\n

Tracy Ng & Matthew Wong<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

3:30pm<\/td>\nReception and Award Announcements<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Trainee Oral Presentations \u2013 Thursday Feb 19, 2026
\n<\/strong>To launch Rare Disease Week, Can-GARD invites you to attend Can-GARD Trainee Oral presentation which will be held at 12:30pm, Feb 19, 2026 <\/strong>at the PGCRL.
\n<\/u><\/strong>Further details will be shared in an upcoming email \u2013 no registration required for this event<\/u>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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