2020 Kawasaki Disease Canada Research Award
Congratulations to Dr. Michelle Batthish!
We are pleased to announce the first recipient of our 2020 Kawasaki Disease Canada Research Award.
On Monday, October 26, 2020, we presented Dr. Michelle Batthish, Pediatric Rheumatologist, McMaster Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, with the award for her research on long-term cardiovascular outcomes in children with Kawasaki disease.
Our award will help to support the next phase of Dr. Batthish’s research.
“We do know there’s a window of opportunity to treat these patients to prevent coronary artery aneurysms. What we don’t know – and what a lot of parents ask us – is whether there are any long-term effects on the heart. What does this mean when they’re adults, regarding heart health? These are the questions we’re hoping to find answers to in the next phase of our study.”
We are grateful for all of the work Dr. Batthish does for Kawasaki disease patients and look forward to learning more about the results of her research.
The abstract of first phase results of Dr. Batthish’s study can be viewed here.
Thank you to all of our donors for making this award possible!
Together, we can save a child’s heart!
Photo: Kenneth Manson, Research Committee Chair, Kawasaki Disease Canada; Elizabeth Heald, Board Chair, Kawasaki Disease Canada and Dr. Michelle Batthish.