Hannah Piper

MD

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital

My research is focused on children who have lost a significant amount of their intestine or whose intestines do not function properly. Often these children have difficulty gaining weight and reaching their growth potential. I am interested in determining how changes to the community gut bacteria in these children can impact their growth and metabolism. Ultimately, I want to find treatments to restore a healthy balance of gut bacteria in these children in order to improve intestinal function, overall nutrition, and growth. I am also interested in determining how changes to the gut bacteria impact the body's immune system and overall level of inflammation potentially predisposing children with intestinal failure to infection, liver disease, and blood clots.

Academic Affiliations

  • Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Healthy Starts
  • Research Group(s): Immunity in Health and Disease; Origins of Child Health and Disease

Contact Information

Location

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

Grants

"Targeted probiotic therapy to improve the gut microbiota and growth in children with short bowel syndrome"; ASPEN Rhoads Foundation Grant; 1/2017- 1/2018.

"Role of intestial microbiota in children with intestinal failure and bacterial overgrowth"; APSA Foundation Grant; 7/2014- 7/2015.

"The role of the intestinal microbiota in the development of cholestatic liver disease in infants with short bowel syndrome"; Discovery Fund Grant; 1/2016- 1/2017.

Honours & Awards

Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis is Associated with Poor Growth in Children with Show Bowel Syndrome; 2015- 2017.

Provider of the Month Award for the provider who best fulfills the hospital mission; Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; 2016.

Poster with Distinction, International Pediatric Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation Symposium; 2016.

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