The Department of Pediatrics of the University of British Columbia and British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital consists of physicians, scientists, allied health professionals and administrative staff trained in pediatric and allied child health disciplines. Department members include full-time, part-time and community-based pediatricians. The Department’s mandate is to provide leadership and excellence in patient care, education, research and child advocacy.
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Bettinger, Julie | Public and population health; Epidemiology; Vaccination; Infectious diseases; Health Promotion; Community Health / Public Health; Infectious disease epidemiology; vaccine clinical trials; Vaccine hesitancy; vaccine programs; vaccine safety; Epidemiology, Vaccination, Infectious Diseases, Health Promotion, Community Health / Public Health, Infectious disease epidemiology, Vaccine clinical trials, Vaccine hesitancy, Vaccine programs, Vaccine safety |
| Blydt-Hansen, Tom | Childhood Diseases; Pediatric kidney transplant; Injury phenotype; Rejection; Biomarkers; Metabolomics; Chemokines |
| Boerner, Katelynn | Pediatrics; Health equity; Gender and health relationship; Sex and gender-based analysis; Health psychology; Clinical child psychology; Developmental psychology; Patient and citizen engagement research; chronic pain; pediatric psychology; Qualitative research; intensive longitudinal methods; sex and gender based analysis; gender diversity; Autism; neurodiversity; clinical psychology; Health Equity; rehabilitation; chronic illness; eating disorders; medical trauma; Health Psychology; Development; adolescence ; chronic pain, pediatric psychology, qualitative research, intensive longitudinal methods, sex and gender based analysis, gender diversity, autism, neurodiversity, clinical psychology, health equity, rehabilitation, chronic illness, eating disorders, medical trauma, health psychology, development, adolescence |
| Brown, Kelly | Medical, health and life sciences; childhood rheumatic diseases; Inflammation; phagocytes; childhood rheumatic diseases, inflammation, phagocytes |
| Brussoni, Mariana | Developmental psychology; Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health; Population health interventions; Developmental psychology; injury prevention; Children's outdoor play; Risky play; Parenting; health behaviour change; Implementation Science; Developmental psychology, Injury prevention, Children's outdoor play, Risky play, Parenting, health behaviour change, Implementation science |
| Carleton, Bruce | Pediatrics, clinical pharmacology, outcomes research, drug policy evaluation, health services research, drug safety and adverse drug reactions |
| Dell, Sharon | Asthma in Children; Bronchial Disorders; Children's Health; Interstitial Lung Diseases; Rare diseases; Primary ciliary dyskinesia; Asthma in Children, Bronchial Disorders, Children's Health, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Rare Diseases, Primary ciliary dyskinesia |
| Devlin, Angela | Human nutrition and dietetics; Human reproduction and development sciences; Pathology (except oral pathology); cardiovascular disease; Children; developmental programming; Diabetes; Obesity; Cardiovascular disease, Children, Developmental programming, Diabetes, Obesity |
| Doan, Quynh | Medical, health and life sciences; Health Services; Child and youth mental health; Emergency medicine work load modelling; Health Services, Child and youth mental health, Emergency medicine work load modelling |
| Eddy, Rachel | Cardiorespiratory medicine and hematology; Medical and biomedical engineering; Artificial intelligence (AI); Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Hyperpolarized 129Xe; Computed tomography (CT); Pulmonary imaging; Lung structure-function; Lung health; Respiratory disease; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Hyperpolarized 129Xe, Computed tomography (CT), Pulmonary imaging, Lung structure-function, Lung health, Respiratory disease |
| Elango, Rajavel | Protein Nutrition, Maternal-Fetal Nutrition, Childhood Malnutrition, Amino Acid Metabolism, Human Nutrition |
| Gano, Dawn | brain health, fetal and newborn brain health |
| Goldman, Ran | Evidence to Innovation; Pediatric Research in Emergency Therapeutics (PRETx) Program |
| Harris, Kevin | Evidence to Innovation; Preventive Cardiology; Cardiovascular Outcomes; Interventional Pediatric Cardiology |
| Hawkes, Michael | Pediatric infectious diseases; global pediatric infections; Pediatric Infectious Diseases, global pediatric infections |
| Khan, Rabia | Health Professions Education; Burnout; critical theory; Global Health; mental health; Health Professions Education, Burnout, Critical Theory, Global Health, Mental Health |
| Kissoon, Niranjan | Sepsis and critical care |
| Lavoie, Pascal | Neonatal Immunity, Infection/Inflammation, Inheritance/Genetics of Neonatal Morbidities, Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease |
| Lim, Chinten James | tumour cell biology; mechanisms of drug resistance; cell adhesion, migration and invasion; tumour microenvironment; pediatric oncology; tumor xenografts; tumour organoids; tumour cell biology, mechanisms of drug resistance, cell adhesion, migration and invasion, tumour microenvironment, pediatric oncology, tumor xenografts, tumour organoids |
| Loock, Christine Ann | Brain, Behaviour & Development; Social Pediatrics; Health Inequities; Child-health medical-home: children/families, integration / patient care / community services; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; Pediatric Sleep Disorders |
| Loucks, Catrina | Medical, health and life sciences; Pharmacogenomics; Pain management; Medical Genetics; Model organism genetics; Drug reactions; Pharmacogenomics, Pain management, Medical genetics, Model organism genetics, Drug reactions |
| Lunken, Genelle | Clinical nutrition; Human nutrition and dietetics, n.e.c.; Gastroenterology; Personalised nutrition therapies; Dietary fibre; Inflammatory bowel disease; Gut microbiome; Food additives; Personalised nutrition therapies, Dietary fibre, Inflammatory bowel disease, Gut microbiome, Food additives |
| Macnab, Andrew | Developmental Neurosciences, Child Health, Diabetes, Nutrition & Metabolism (Nutrition & Metabolism) |
| Matsell, Douglas | Childhood kidney disease, Congenital urinary tract obstruction |
| Maxwell, Christopher | Hereditary Cancer; Cell division; Cell migration; Differentiation; Cell polarity; Hereditary Cancer, Cell division, Cell migration, Differentiation, Cell polarity |