Overview

Dr. Jill Houbé, MD, MPhil, FAAP, FRCPSC, is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and Designated Founder of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada subspecialty in Developmental Pediatrics. She is an investigator at the Sunny Hill Research Centre at BC Children's Hospital, with clinical appointments in the Complex Developmental and Behavioural Conditions Clinic, the Provincial Autism Resource Centre, and the Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit.

With formal training in policy analysis from the RAND Graduate School as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, Dr. Houbé's research examines how upstream system-level factors influence early childhood developmental outcomes. Her work spans both original research and knowledge mobilization, bridging developmental pediatrics with policy analysis. In British Columbia, her knowledge mobilization work has included co-organizing two international Healthy Child BC Forums and co-founding the BC Healthy Child Development Alliance. Her current policy scholarship examines legislative and governance approaches to healthy child development.

Publications

Period prevalence of epilepsy in children in BC: a population-based study.
Schiariti V and Farrell K and Houbé JS and Lisonkova S
PubMed: 19294886
01/2009

Severe retinopathy of prematurity and visual outcomes in British Columbia: a 10-year analysis.
Schiariti V and Matsuba C and Houbé JS and Synnes AR
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.34
PubMed: 18368058
08/2008

Perinatal characteristics and parents' perspective of health status of NICU graduates born at term.
Schiariti V and Klassen AF and Houbé JS and Synnes A and Lisonkova S and Lee SK
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.9
PubMed: 18288117
05/2008

Healthy child development: Legislative and policy approaches in Westminster democracies
The Canadian Bar Review
Michelle Jenkins and Jill Houbé and Neale Smith and Craig Mitton
04/2008

Caregiver-reported health outcomes of preschool children born at 28 to 32 weeks' gestation.
Schiariti V and Houbè JS and Lisonkova S and Klassen AF and Lee SK
DOI: 10.1097/01.dbp.0000257516.52459.33
PubMed: 17353725
02/2007

Chorioamnionitis with a fetal inflammatory response is associated with higher neonatal mortality, morbidity, and resource use than chorioamnionitis displaying a maternal inflammatory response only.
Lau J and Magee F and Qiu Z and Houbé J and Von Dadelszen P and Lee SK
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.01.017
PubMed: 16150264
09/2005

Abstracts / résumés.
PubMed: 20098489
05/2004

A search for guidance: examining prenatal substance exposure protocols.
Zellman GL and Fair C and Houbé J and Wong M
DOI: 10.1023/a:1019734314414
PubMed: 12236668
09/2002

Physician response to prenatal substance exposure.
Zellman GL and Bell RM and Archie C and DuPlessis H and Hoube J and Miu A
DOI: 10.1023/a:1021810129171
PubMed: 10728287
03/1999

Do Child Rights Laws Work? Child Well-Being Trajectories in Nordic and Westminster Systems, 2009–2020
Canadian Paediatric Society Annual Conference (CPS 2026)
Jill Hoube

Person-Centered Analyses of Early Childhood Screening Data: A Scoping Review
Canadian Paediatric Society Annual Conference (CPS 2026)
Jill Hoube

Research

Improved models of health service delivery for infants and children with developmental disabilities examining patient-held multi-disciplinary electronic health records

Impact of education policy on the health of early school-age children with developmental disabilities

Short- and longer-term health outcomes of premature infants born in British Columbia over the last 20 years

Honours & Awards

Clinician Scientist Award, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – 1995

National Research Scientist Award, Agency for Health Care Policy Research – 1997

Centre Investigatorship and Establishment Awards, BC Research Institute for Children’s & Women’s Health – 2001