Jaime Guzman

MD, MSc, FRCPC

Investigator and Staff Rheumatologist, BC Children's Hospital

Clinical Epidemiology is a "basic science for clinical medicine." It is the scientific process of learning from groups of patients to develop better ways to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor diseases. Dr. Guzman applies clinical epidemiology methods to childhood rheumatic diseases in collaboration with other researchers and clinicians. He advises on the design, planning, analysis, and interpretation of clinical studies.

Dr. Guzman is a physician who cares regularly for children with rheumatic diseases, the same children he hopes to help with his research. Three of his current projects investigate: 1) what are the top priorities of children with arthritis and their parents in dealing with arthritis, and how to predict what a given child can expect from the disease; 2) how physical activity impacts arthritis in children; and 3) whether mobile technologies can help document the impact of arthritis and its treatment on the day-to-day lives of children.

Academic Affiliations

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Childhood Diseases
  • Research Group(s): Clinical and Community Data, Analytics and Informatics; Immunity in Health and Disease

Contact Information

Location

4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6H 3N1

Grants

2011 Guzman J, Benseler S, Berard R, Brant R, Duffy C, Jurencak R, Oen K, Petty R, Shiff N, Tucker L. What matters the most for parents, patients and clinicians in predicting the course of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis? Funded by the Canadian Initiative for Outcomes in Rheumatology Care (CIORA). One year funding

$54,366. Principal Investigator.

2010 Duffy C, Baxter-Jones ADG, Houghton KM, McKay HA, Oen KG, Rosenberg AM, Roth J, Tucker LB, Ward LM, Yeung RS, Benseler S, Feldman D, Guzmán J, Stringer E. CIHR Team in Linking Exercise, Physical Activity and Pathophysiology in Childhood Arthritis

A Canadian Collaborative Team (LEAP). Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada. Five year funding

$2,500,000. Co-investigator

2014 Guzman J, Loughin T, Berard R, Shiff NJ, Jurencak R, Benseler S, Tucker LB. Predicting disease course in children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Funded by the Canadian Initiative for Outcomes in Rheumatology Care (CIORA), Canada. Eighteen months funding $65,053. Principal Investigator

Honours & Awards

2010

Duncan Murray Award for Excellence in Teaching. Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia

2010

Martin M. Hoffman award for Excellence in Research. Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia.

2014

Kourir Gold Medal Award at the 2014 congress of the Pediatric Rheumatology European Society

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