01/08/2026
Our partners at Women and Children's Health Research Institute are leading incredible research in children's health care with researchers like the Samina Ali.
Thanks to donors, we're able to fund research that makes a life-changing difference.
One of the largest randomized clinical trials ever conducted on pediatric pain in Canada, the No OUCH study showed that giving children ibuprofen (Advil) with Tylenol or an oral opioid provided no better pain relief than ibuprofen alone.
The lead investigator, WCHRI member Samina Ali, says the research — funded in part by the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation — will prompt changes in national guidelines for doctors.
Read more: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/2026/01/kids-with-fractures-sprains-dont-need-oral-opioids-for-pain.html