Our History

To us at the Evaluating Children's Health Outcomes (ECHO) Research Centre, it has always been well recognized that children represent the future of our society. We've always believed that each generation must strive to promote optimal health, education, and social development among our children.
The ECHO Research Centre has supported and promoted these concepts via its wide array of research projects since it was born as a research group in 2006.
Originally composed of four core members, ECHO began to actively collaborate internally (within Laurentian University) and externally (within the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto). Because of the hard work and dedication of ECHO's original membership, these connections are still active today.
ECHO has evolved over time, demonstrating growth from the original four member research group. ECHO was approved by Laurentian University's Senate on April 17th, 2012, to become the ECHO Research Centre within Laurentian University. ECHO is now composed of fourteen faculty members, as well as several staff and student researchers.
Collectively, ECHO has been involved in millions of dollars of grant activities that have touched children locally, nationally, and internationally. The core members of the group continue to obtain external research funding, which is highlighted by funding from the Laurentian University Research Fund (LURF), the SickKids Foundation, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), and a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) which was held, at the time, by Dr. Nancy Young. Thus, this group has demonstrated that it is very active in both research and training the next generation of highly qualified personnel in the north, for the north.
The ECHO Research Centre has supported and promoted these concepts via its wide array of research projects since it was born as a research group in 2006.
Originally composed of four core members, ECHO began to actively collaborate internally (within Laurentian University) and externally (within the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto). Because of the hard work and dedication of ECHO's original membership, these connections are still active today.
ECHO has evolved over time, demonstrating growth from the original four member research group. ECHO was approved by Laurentian University's Senate on April 17th, 2012, to become the ECHO Research Centre within Laurentian University. ECHO is now composed of fourteen faculty members, as well as several staff and student researchers.
Collectively, ECHO has been involved in millions of dollars of grant activities that have touched children locally, nationally, and internationally. The core members of the group continue to obtain external research funding, which is highlighted by funding from the Laurentian University Research Fund (LURF), the SickKids Foundation, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), and a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) which was held, at the time, by Dr. Nancy Young. Thus, this group has demonstrated that it is very active in both research and training the next generation of highly qualified personnel in the north, for the north.