Sharon Smile

MD, MSc

Investigator and Division Head of Developmental Pediatrics, BC Children's Hospital

My current research focuses on identifying model of care for the management of feeding/eating disturbances in autistic children and youth.

Academic Affiliations

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Developmental Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Brain, Behaviour & Development
  • Research Group(s): Neurodevelopmental and Neurological Disorders

Contact Information

Location

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H3N1

Experiences of Ableism and Racism Among Racially Minoritized Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities

Disabilities

Sally Lindsay and Peiwen Cao and Nicole Thomson and Jennifer Stinson and Sharon Smile

DOI: 10.3390/disabilities5040109

11 / 2025

Exploring Clinicians' Suggestions for Addressing Discrimination Towards Children and Youth With Disabilities With Multiple Minoritized Identities

Child Care Health and Development

Lindsay, S. and Phonepraseuth, J. and Thomson, N. and Stinson, J. and Smile, S.

DOI: 10.1111/cch.70155

A time to act: Anti-racist paediatric research

Paediatrics & Child Health

Sharon Smile and Alison Williams

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxab018

07 / 2021

General paediatric practice in autism spectrum disorder screening in Ontario, Canada: Opportunities for improvement

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Ip, A. and Dupuis, A. and Anagnostou, E. and Loh, A. and Dodds, T. and Munoz, A. and Smile, S.

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxz150

Intestinal permeability correlates with behavioural severity in very young children with ASD: A preliminary study

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Teskey, G. and Anagnostou, E. and Mankad, D. and Smile, S. and Roberts, W. and Brian, J. and Bowdish, D.M.E. and Foster, J.A.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2021.577607

Re-imagining the physicians' role in the assessment of feeding challenges in children with autism spectrum disorder

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Smile, S. and Raffaele, C. and Perlin, R.

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxaa008

Annals graphic medicine- Social determinants of health

Annals of Internal Medicine

Smile, S. and Smile, W.

DOI: 10.7326/G20-0067

Supporting children with autism spectrum disorder in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

CMAJ

Smile, S.C.

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.75399

A 4-year-old boy with food selectivity and autism-spectrum disorder

CMAJ

Smile, S.

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.180695

Prospective cohort study of vitamin D and autism spectrum disorder diagnoses in early childhood

Autism

Ali, Y. and Anderson, L.N. and Smile, S. and Chen, Y. and Borkhoff, C.M. and Koroshegyi, C. and Lebovic, G. and Parkin, P.C. and Birken, C.S. and Szatmari, P. and Maguire, J.L. and Lau, E. and Laupacis, A. and Salter, M. and Weir, S. and Dai, D.W.H. and Kowal, C. and Mason, D. and Abdurrahman, M. and Anderson, B. and Anderson, K. and Arbess, G. and Baker, J. and Barozzino, T. and Bergeron, S. and Bhagat, D. and Blanchette, N. and Bloch, G. and Bonifacio, J. and Bowry, A. and Brown, A. and Bugera, J. and Calpin, C. and Campbell, D. and Cheema, S. and Cheng, E. and Chisamore, B. and Constantin, E. and Culbert, E. and Danayan, K. and Das, P. and Beth Derocher, M. and Do, A. and Dorey, M. and Doukas, K. and Egger, A. and Farber, A. and Freedman, A. and Freeman, S. and Gazeley, S. and Guiang, C. and Ha, D. and Hafiz, S. and Handford, C. and Hanson, L. and Harrington, L. and Hatch, H. and Hughes, T. and Jacobson, S. and Jagiello, L. and Jansz, G. and Jasuja, M. and Kadar, P. and Kiran, T. and Kitney, L. and Knowles, H. and Kwok, B. and Lakhoo, S. and Lam-Antoniades, M. and Leung, F.-H. and Li, A. and Li, P. and Loo, J. and Louis, J. and Mahmoud, S. and Malach, J. and Male, R. and Mascoll, V. and Meret, A. and Moodie, R. and Morinis, J. and Nader, M. and Nash, K. and Naymark, S. and Owen, J. and Parry, J. and Peer, M. and Pena, K. and Perlmutar, M. and Persaud, N. and Pinto, A. and Porepa, M. and Qi, V. and Ramji, N. and Ramji, N. and Rana, J. and Raza, D. and Rosenthal, A. and Rouleau, K. and Saunderson, J. and Saxena, R. and Schiralli, V. and Sgro, M. and Shuja, H. and Shepherd, S. and Smiltnieks, B. and Srikanthan, C. and Taylor, C. and Turner, S. and Uddin, F. and van den Heuvel, M. and Vaughan, J. and Weisdorf, T. and Wijayasinghe, S. and Wong, P. and Wormsbecker, A. and Ying, E. and Young, E. and Zajdman, M. and Bazeghi, F. and Bouchard, V. and Bustos, M. and Camacho, C. and Dalwadi, D. and Malhi, T. and Thadani, S. and Thompson, J. and Thompson, L. and Aglipay, M. and Bayoumi, I. and Carsley, S. and Cost, K. and Eny, K. and Kim, T. and Kinlin, L. and Omand, J. and Vanderhout, S. and Vanderloo, L. and Allen, C. and Boodhoo, B. and Chan, O. and Hall, J. and Juni, P. and Pope, K. and Thorpe, K. and Kandel, R.

DOI: 10.1177/1362361318756787

A pilot dose finding study of pioglitazone in autistic children

Molecular Autism

Capano, L. and Dupuis, A. and Brian, J. and Mankad, D. and Genore, L. and Hastie Adams, R. and Smile, S. and Lui, T. and Odrobina, D. and Foster, J.A. and Anagnostou, E.

DOI: 10.1186/s13229-018-0241-5

Case 3: Regression in an adolescent with autism spectrum disorder

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Smile, S.

DOI: 10.1093/pch/21.1.13

Case 2: Persistent skin discolouration in a child with autism spectrum disorder

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Smile, S.

DOI: 10.1093/pch/21.2.67a

Cognitive and neurobehavioral profile in boys with duchenne muscular dystrophy

Journal of Child Neurology

Banihani, R. and Smile, S. and Yoon, G. and Dupuis, A. and Mosleh, M. and Snider, A. and McAdam, L.

DOI: 10.1177/0883073815570154

Pharmacotherapy in autism spectrum disorder

Clinician S Manual on Autism Spectrum Disorder

Smile, S. and Anagnostou, E.

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03056-2_5

A randomized, placebo controlled trial of omega-3 fatty acids in the treatment of young children with autism

Molecular Autism

Mankad, D. and Dupuis, A. and Smile, S. and Roberts, W. and Brian, J. and Lui, T. and Genore, L. and Zaghloul, D. and Iaboni, A. and Marcon, P.M.A. and Anagnostou, E.

DOI: 10.1186/s13229-015-0010-7

Intranasal oxytocin in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders: A review of literature and early safety and efficacy data in youth

Brain Research

Anagnostou, E. and Soorya, L. and Brian, J. and Dupuis, A. and Mankad, D. and Smile, S. and Jacob, S.

DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.01.049

Autism spectrum disorder phenotype in children with ambulatory cerebral palsy: A descriptive cross-sectional study

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Smile, S. and Dupuis, A. and MacArthur, C. and Roberts, W. and Fehlings, D.

DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2012.10.008

New models for considering the role of medication in the treatment and elucidation of the etiology of autism

Current Psychiatry Reports

Smile, S. and Anagnostou, E.

DOI: 10.1007/s11920-012-0326-3

Informing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for children with cerebral palsy at risk of osteoporosis: A systematic review

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Fehlings, D. and Switzer, L. and Agarwal, P. and Wong, C. and Sochett, E. and Stevenson, R. and Sonnenberg, L. and Smile, S. and Young, E. and Huber, J. and Milo-Manson, G. and Kuwaik, G.A. and Gaebler, D.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04091.x
Grants

Co-Investigator. Listening to the Margins: Building a New Research Network to Support the Social Needs of Racialized Children with Disabilities in Canada. Funding Source: SSHRC

Co-Principal Investigator. Equity in Access: Have telemedicine autism spectrum disorder diagnostic assessments inadvertently disadvantaged children from marginalized populations? Funding Source: AHSC AFP Innovation Fund

Principal Investigator. ASD and ARFID Feeding Hub: Improving Health. Funding Source: Autism Speaks Canada Family Services Community Grant

Principal Investigator. Applying a multidisciplinary framework, the Medico Oral/Motor Behaviour Sensory Environmental approach, MOBS E approach, to assess feeding challenges in children with neurodevelopmental and neurobehavioural disorder. A feasibility study. Funding Source: AHSC AFP Innovation Fund

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