- Overview
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My research involves the treatment and prevention childhood obesity and diabetes. As rates of childhood obesity increase, type 2 diabetes in children, a disease that was previously seen only in the adults, will continue to increase. Obesity is the single most important risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes and therefore, I am interested in developing and evaluating community-based programs designed to prevent childhood obesity. Also, I am interested in developing and evaluating innovative ways to provide the health services necessary for children with diabetes in order to optimize their care and prevent long term complications of this disease.
- Publications
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Needs Assessment by Caregivers of Children and Youth Living with T1D and Health Care Providers to Inform the Design of a Collaborative Patient-Centered Digital Health Platform for Pediatric Diabetes Care in British Columbia (Preprint)
Fatema S Abdulhussein and Susan Pinkney and Matthias Görges and Tibor van Rooij and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.2196/preprints.46432
02/2023RAISE (Raising Infants to Be Smart Eaters) Pilot Study
Childhood obesity (Print)
Hale, I. and Fergus, T. and Buhler, H. and Purcell, M. and Amed, S.
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2021.0278
2023Anthropometric Measurements and Laboratory Investigations in Children and Youth With Type 1 Diabetes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Carolina Silva and Qian Zhang and Jeffrey N. Bone and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2022.04.003
10/2022Toward Building a Provincial Diabetes Registry of Children and Youth Living With Diabetes in British Columbia, Canada
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Aysha Ayub and Crystal Ng and Elodie Portales-Casamar and Daniel Metzger and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2021.11.006
06/2022Effectiveness of Mobile Apps in Promoting Healthy Behavior Changes and Preventing Obesity in Children: Systematic Review
JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting
Kiana W Yau and Tricia S Tang and Matthias Görges and Susan Pinkney and Annie D Kim and Angela Kalia and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.2196/34967
03/2022Peer Support Interventions on Digital Platforms for Children With Type 1 Diabetes and Their Caregivers
Diabetes Spectrum
Reena Titoria and Shazhan Amed and Tricia S. Tang
DOI: 10.2337/ds21-0081
02/2022Evaluation of two social norms nudge interventions to promote healthier food choices in a Canadian grocery store
ResearchSquare
Suleman, S. and Sweeney-Magee, M. and Pinkney, S. and Charbonneau, K. and Banh, K. and Hale, I. and Amed, S.
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1602470
2022Evaluation of two social norms nudge interventions to promote healthier food choices in a Canadian grocery store
BMC Public Health
Suleman, S. and Sweeney-Magee, M. and Pinkney, S. and Charbonneau, K. and Banh, K. and Hale, I. and Amed, S.
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-14370-8
2022Insulin pump complications among children with diabetes,Complications de la pompe à insuline chez les enfants diabétiques
Canadian Family Physician
Hou, M. and Amed, S. and Goldman, R.D.
DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6812893
2022Drawing on Cultural Traditions to Improve Cardiorespiratory Fitness with South Asian Children: A Feasibility Study
Childhood Obesity
Tang, T.S. and Mahmood, B. and Amed, S. and Mckay, H.
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2021.0187
2022Effectiveness of Mobile Apps in Promoting Healthy Behavior Changes and Preventing Obesity in Children: Systematic Review (Preprint)
Kiana W Yau and Tricia S Tang and Matthias Görges and Susan Pinkney and Annie D Kim and Angela Kalia and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.2196/preprints.34967
11/2021An Analysis of Self-Reported Barriers to Type 1 Diabetes Care in a Pediatric Population in British Columbia, Canada
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Safia Ladha and Danya Fox and Jeffrey N. Bone and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2020.10.015
07/2021Risk Factors for Developing Posttransplant Diabetes After Pediatric Kidney Transplant in a Canadian Tertiary Care Children’s Hospital Between 1995 and 2016
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Alejandra Acosta-Gualandri and Tom Blydt-Hansen and Nazrul Islam and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2021.05.004
07/2021The four I's of adolescent transition in type 1 diabetes care: A qualitative study
Diabetic Medicine
Joseph M. W. S. Leung and Tricia S. Tang and Catherine E. Lim and Lori M. Laffel and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1111/dme.14443
07/2021Celiac disease in children with type 1 diabetes varies around the world: An international, cross-sectional study of 57 375 patients from the SWEET registry,1¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿:¿¿¿¿¿SWEET¿¿¿¿¿57375¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
Journal of Diabetes
Taczanowska, A. and Schwandt, A. and Amed, S. and Tóth-Heyn, P. and Kanaka-Gantenbein, C. and Volsky, S.K. and Svensson, J. and Szypowska, A.
DOI: 10.1111/1753-0407.13126
2021Hyperthyroidism With Atrial Fibrillation in Children: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subramonian, D. and Wu, Y.J. and Amed, S. and Sanatani, S.
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.689497
2021Family conflict in type 1 diabetes: Who is at risk?
Pediatric Diabetes
Danya A. Fox and Jeffrey N. Bone and Shelly Keidar and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1111/pedi.13116
12/2020Fluid management in children with diabetic ketoacidosis.
Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien
McGregor S and Metzger DL and Amed S and Goldman RD
PubMed: 33208421
11/2020Evaluation of telephone and virtual visits for routine pediatric diabetes care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology
Fung A and Irvine M and Ayub A and Ziabakhsh S and Amed S and Hursh BE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcte.2020.100238
PubMed: 33072519
10/2020Incidence Trends of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes in British Columbia, Canada
The Journal of Pediatrics
Kung-Ting Kao and Nazrul Islam and Danya A. Fox and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.02.069
06/2020Clinical Impact and Cost Efficacy of Newborn Screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
The Journal of Pediatrics
Danya A. Fox and Rebecca Ronsley and Asif R. Khowaja and Alon Haim and Hilary Vallance and Graham Sinclair and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.12.057
05/2020MON-631 Quality of Life in a Pragmatic Trial of a Type 1 Diabetes Adolescent Transition Program.
Journal of the Endocrine Society
Leung JMWS and Al-Yahyawi NY and Choi HS and Stewart LL and Tang TS and Amed S
05/2020Fluid management in children with diabetic ketoacidosis,Prise en charge des liquides chez les enfants atteints d’acidocétose diabétique
Canadian Family Physician
McGregor, S. and Metzger, D.L. and Amed, S. and Goldman, R.D.
2020The live 5-2-1-0 toolkit for family physicians: Mixed methods evaluation of a resource to facilitate health promotion in a primary care setting
British Columbia Medical Journal
Karacabeyli, D. and Shea, S. and Keidar, S. and Pinkney, S. and Bepple, K. and Edwards, D. and Hale, I. and Suleman, S. and Amed, S.
2020Mixed methods study exploring parent engagement in child health research in British Columbia.
BMJ open
Smith J and Pike I and Brussoni M and Tucker L and Mâsse L and Mah JWT and Boudreau A and Mount D and Bonaguro R and Glegg S and Amed S
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025404
PubMed: 31154301
06/2019SAT-265 Diabetes Distress in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Transitioning to Adult Care.
Journal of the Endocrine Society
Leung J and Al-Yahyawi N and Choi H and Stewart L and Tang T and Amed S
DOI: 10.1210/js.2019-SAT-265
04/2019SAT-268 Association between Transition Readiness and Diabetes Distress in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Transitioning to Adult Care.
Journal of the Endocrine Society
Leung J and Al-Yahyawi N and Choi H and Stewart L and Tang T and Amed S
DOI: 10.1210/js.2019-SAT-268
04/2019SAT-267 Predictors of Poor Glycemic Control in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Transitioning to Adult Care.
Journal of the Endocrine Society
Al-Yahyawi N and Leung J and Choi H and Stewart L and Tang T and Amed S
DOI: 10.1210/js.2019-SAT-267
04/2019Propagating Change: Using RE-FRAME to Scale and Sustain A Community-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Initiative.
International journal of environmental research and public health
Kennedy L and Pinkney S and Suleman S and Mâsse LC and Naylor PJ and Amed S
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16050736
PubMed: 30823640
03/2019Reply: Do Adults with Gynecomastia Require Routine Evaluation by Endocrinology?
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
Malhotra AK and Amed S and Bucevska M and Bush K and Arneja JS
DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000005336
PubMed: 30601302
03/2019Enhancing Health Surveillance: Validation of a Novel Electronic Medical Records-Based Definition of Cases of Pediatric Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Canadian journal of diabetes
Kosowan L and Wicklow B and Queenan J and Yeung R and Amed S and Singer A
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2019.02.005
PubMed: 30956098
02/2019Parents' perceptions of obesity prevention during infancy: a qualitative study.
CMAJ open
Hale I and Amed S and Keidar S and Purcell M and Lee D and Farhadi D
DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20180066
PubMed: 30782770
01/2019Reply: Do Adults with Gynecomastia Require Routine Evaluation by Endocrinology?
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Malhotra, A.K. and Amed, S. and Bucevska, M. and Bush, K. and Arneja, J.S.
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005336
2019In support of point-of-care social needs screening: The effects of five social determinants on the health of children with chronic diseases in British Columbia
Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)
Seear, M. and Amed, S. and Dionne, J. and Yang, C. and Tourigny, K. and De Mello, A. and Hamilton, Z. and Espinosa, B.G.
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxy090
2019Type 1 diabetes outcomes: Does distance to clinic matter?
Pediatric Diabetes
Danya A. Fox and Nazrul Islam and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12749
11/2018Evaluation of complex community-based childhood obesity prevention interventions
Obesity Reviews
D. Karacabeyli and S. Allender and S. Pinkney and S. Amed
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12689
08/2018Do Adolescents with Gynecomastia Require Routine Evaluation by Endocrinology?
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
Malhotra AK and Amed S and Bucevska M and Bush KL and Arneja JS
DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000004465
PubMed: 29952889
07/2018Incidence and prevalence trends of youth-onset type 2 diabetes in a cohort of Canadian youth: 2002-2013
Pediatric Diabetes
Shazhan Amed and Nazrul Islam and Jenny Sutherland and Kim Reimer
DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12631
06/2018Type 1 diabetes incidence and prevalence trends in a cohort of Canadian children and youth
Pediatric Diabetes
Danya A Fox and Nazrul Islam and Jenny Sutherland and Kim Reimer and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12566
05/2018DEFINING PEDIATRIC DIABETES USING EMR RECORDS AND VALIDATION FROM LINKABLE MANITOBA COHORT DATA.
Paediatrics & Child Health
Singer A and Kosowan L and Queenan J and Yeung R and Amed S and Wicklow B
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxy054.027
05/2018Application of genomics to identify therapeutic targets in recurrent pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies
Ronsley R and Rassekh SR and Shen Y and Lee AF and Jantzen C and Halparin J and Albert C and Hawkins DS and Amed S and Rothstein R and Mungall AJ and Dix D and Blair G and Nadel H and J Deyell R
DOI: 10.1101/mcs.a002568
PubMed: 29610391
04/2018A228 FIRST REPORT OF ADRENAL CRISIS IN TWO PATIENTS WITH EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS.
Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
Avinashi V and Amed S and Hursh B and Chan E
DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwy008.229
02/2018Pituitary Dysfunction in Pediatric Patients with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia: A Retrospective Cohort Study (1975-2014)
Hormone Research in Paediatrics
Alyahyawi, N. and Dheensaw, K. and Islam, N. and Aroichane, M. and Amed, S.
DOI: 10.1159/000484046
2018Do adolescents with gynecomastia require routine evaluation by endocrinology?
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Malhotra, A.K. and Amed, S. and Bucevska, M. and Bush, K.L. and Arneja, J.S.
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004465
2018ANALYSIS ON USE OF THE FITBIT SYSTEM TO PROMOTE HEALTHY BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE ADOLESCENTS.
Paediatrics & Child Health
Riedlinger S and Keidar S and Amed S
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxx086.039
05/2017British Columbian Healthcare Providers' Perspectives on Facilitators and Barriers to Adhering to Pediatric Diabetes Treatment Guidelines
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Bonnie McIntosh and Karine Khatchadourian and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2016.10.002
04/2017The effects of distance to subspecialty care, ethnicity, gender, income and caregiver education on the health of children with chronic diseases
2017Pituitary Dysfunction in Pediatric Patients with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia: A retrospective cohort study (1975-2015)
Hormone Research in Paediatrics
2017Do Pediatric Patients with Gynecomastia Require Routine Evaluation by Endocrinology?
Pediatrics
2017Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY): Making the Right Diagnosis to Optimize Treatment
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Shazhan Amed and Richard Oram
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2016.03.002
10/2016Wayfinding the Live 5-2-1-0 Initiative—At the Intersection between Systems Thinking and Community-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Shazhan Amed and Stephanie Shea and Susan Pinkney and Joan Wharf Higgins and Patti-Jean Naylor
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13060614
06/2016Diagnosis of diabetes type in children and young people: challenges and recommendations
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
Shazhan Amed and Paolo Pozzilli
DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(16)00080-2
05/2016Persistent Albuminuria in Children with Type 2 Diabetes: A Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program Study
The Journal of Pediatrics
Elizabeth A.C. Sellers and Stasia Hadjiyannakis and Shazhan Amed and Allison B. Dart and Roland F. Dyck and Jill Hamilton and Valerie Langlois and Constadina Panagiotopoulos and Heather J. Dean
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.09.042
01/2016Diagnosis of diabetes type in children and young people: Challenges and recommendations
The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
Amed, S. and Pozzilli, P.
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)00080-2
2016Creating a collective impact on childhood obesity: Lessons from the SCOPE initiative
Can J Public Health
Shazhan Amed and Patti-Jean Naylor and Susan Pinkney and Stephanie Shea and Louise C. Mâsse and Stephen Berg and Jean-Paul Collet and Joan Wharf Higgins
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.106.5114
10/2015Sustainable childhood obesity prevention through community engagement (SCOPE) program: evaluation of the implementation phase
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Bonnie McIntosh and Amelia Daly and Louise C. Mâsse and Jean-Paul Collet and Joan Wharf Higgins and Patti-Jean Naylor and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2014-0127
10/2015The Future of Treating Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: Focusing Upstream and Extending Our Influence into Community Environments
Current Diabetes Reports
Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-015-0576-7
02/2015Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Youth – A Family Physician’s Role in Prevention
Canadian Journal of Diagnosis
2015Creating a collective impact on childhood obesity: Lessons from the SCOPE initiative
Canadian Journal of Public Health
Amed, S. and Naylor, P.-J. and Pinkney, S. and Shea, S. and Mâsse, L.C. and Berg, S. and Collet, J.-P. and Wharf Higgins, J.
DOI: 10.17269/CJPH.106.5114
2015Care delivery in youth with type 2 diabetes - are we meeting clinical practice guidelines?
Pediatric Diabetes
Shazhan Amed and Kimberly Nuernberger and Kim Reimer and Hans Krueger and Sema K. Aydede and Dieter Ayers and Jean-Paul Collet
DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12147
06/2014Clinical Management of Youth with Gender Dysphoria in Vancouver
The Journal of Pediatrics
Karine Khatchadourian and Shazhan Amed and Daniel L. Metzger
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.10.068
04/2014Adherence to Clinical Practice Guidelines in the Management of Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes—A Prospective Population Cohort Study
The Journal of Pediatrics
Shazhan Amed and Kimberly Nuernberger and Patrick McCrea and Kim Reimer and Hans Krueger and Sema K. Aydede and Dieter Ayers and Jean-Paul Collet
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.01.070
08/2013Sustainable Childhood Obesity Prevention Through Community Engagement (SCOPE): Development of a Social Media Resource for Communities
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Stephanie Shea and Bonnie McIntosh and Amelia Daly and Jean Paul Collet and Joan Wharf Higgins and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2013.03.256
04/2013The emerging landscape of childhood diabetes: unraveling the diagnosis
Diabetes Management
Shazhan Amed and Jill Hamilton
DOI: 10.2217/dmt.12.65
11/2012Sustainable Childhood Obesity Prevention Through Community Engagement (SCOPE): A Qualitative Study
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Bonnie Mcintosh and Amelia Daly and Louise Masse and Joan Wharf Higgins and Patti-Jean Naylor and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2012.07.445
10/2012Can surveillance provide epidemiological data on Aboriginal health?
Paediatrics & Child Health
Danielle Grenier and Shazhan Amed and Paul Dancey and Heather Dean and Stasia Hadjiyannakis and Jill Hamilton and Adam Huber and Louise Pelletier and Elizabeth Sellers and Lori Tucker and Wendy Vaudry and Tom Wong
DOI: 10.1093/pch/17.8.441
10/2012Adherence to Clinical Practice Guidelines Among Youth with Type 2 Diabetes in British Columbia, Canada
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2012.07.448
10/2012Process Evaluation of a BC Initiative: Sustainable Childhood Obesity Prevention Through Community Engagement (SCOPE)
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2012.07.446
10/2012Evaluation of a Provincial Education Resource for Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes - A Guide for Families: Diabetes Care for Children and Teens
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Heather Nichol and Bonnie Mcintosh and Shazhan Amed
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2012.07.026
10/2012Differing clinical features in Aboriginal vs. non-Aboriginal children presenting with type 2 diabetes
Pediatric Diabetes
Shazhan Amed and Jill K. Hamilton and Elizabeth A.C. Sellers and Constadina Panagiotopoulos and Stasia Hadjiyannakis and Baiju R. Shah and Gillian L. Booth and Tessa A. Laubscher and David Dannenbaum and Heather Dean
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2012.00859.x
02/2012Reply
Journal of Pediatrics
Amed, S. and Dean, H. and Hamilton, J.K.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.11.020
2012Evaluation of the usefulness and accessibility of a provincial educational resource for pediatric type 1 diabetes: A guide for families: Diabetes care for children and teens
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Nichol, H. and McIntosh, B. and Woo, S. and Amed, S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2012.08.005
2012Validation of classification algorithms for childhood diabetes identified from administrative data
Pediatric Diabetes
Vanderloo, S.E. and Johnson, J.A. and Reimer, K. and McCrea, P. and Nuernberger, K. and Krueger, H. and Aydede, S.K. and Collet, J.-P. and Amed, S.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2011.00795.x
2012Risk Factors for Medication-Induced Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes
The Journal of Pediatrics
Shazhan Amed and Heather Dean and Elizabeth A.C. Sellers and Constadina Panagiotopoulos and Baiju R. Shah and Gillian L. Booth and Tessa A. Laubscher and David Dannenbaum and Stasia Hadjiyannakis and Jill K. Hamilton
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.01.017
08/2011Validation of diabetes case definitions using administrative claims data.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03238.x
PubMed: 21392063
04/2011Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents
Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy
Shazhan Amed and Denis Daneman and Farid H Mahmud and Jill Hamilton
DOI: 10.1586/erc.10.15
03/2010Type 2 Diabetes, Medication-Induced Diabetes, and Monogenic Diabetes in Canadian Children: A prospective national surveillance study
Diabetes Care
S. Amed and H. J. Dean and C. Panagiotopoulos and E. A. C. Sellers and S. Hadjiyannakis and T. A. Laubscher and D. Dannenbaum and B. R. Shah and G. L. Booth and J. K. Hamilton
DOI: 10.2337/dc09-1013
01/2010National Surveillance of Non-Type 1 Diabetes (NT1DM) In Canadian Children.
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Shazhan Amed and Heather Dean and Jill Hamilton and Ntldm study Team
DOI: 10.1016/s1499-2671(08)24033-5
01/2008Variation in Growth Hormone Immunoassays in Clinical Practice in Canada
Hormone Research
Shazhan Amed and Edgard Delvin and Jill Hamilton
DOI: 10.1159/000114860
2008When Sugar is Not a Sweet: Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrom
Turner Syndrome: Across the Lifespan
2008Unravelling the risk factors for non-type 1 diabetes in children
Paediatrics & Child Health
DOI: 10.1093/pch/11.8.506
10/2006 - Research
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Current projects
I recently completed a national surveillance study for Non-type 1 diabetes mellitus in Canadian children under 18 years of age. This study will provide the minimum incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Canadian children allowing for researchers and policy makers to evaluate future trends as well as to focus prevention programs for T2DM and childhood obesity. The results of this study will be published in Diabetes Care in the upcoming months.
One of the most striking findings in the national surveillance study for type 2 diabetes was that 95% of Canadian children with T2DM are obese. Therefore, obesity is the single most important risk factor for T2DM. As a result, I am currently leading SCOPE: Sustainable Childhood Obesity Prevention through Community Engagement, a project rooted in the principles of community based participation. SCOPE is a community-based, multi-sectoral childhood obesity prevention project that addresses the mid- and up-stream determinants of health and incorporates the unique characteristics of BC populations. SCOPE will be piloted in the cities of Prince George and Abbotsford.
I am also working closely with Child Health BC to develop a provincial pediatric diabetes program in British Columbia. Recognizing the importance of evaluating and reporting the impact of new models of care, I will use existing provincial and national databases to determine if this provincial pediatric model of diabetes care will improve clinical (i.e. diabetes control, reduction of complications) and non-clinical outcomes (i.e. school performance, psychosocial outcomes) in children with diabetes.GrantsCIHR Operating Grant: Knowledge to Action - Project: "Tele-SCOPE - Translation, Evaluation and Learnings Exchanged for Sustainable Childhood Obesity Prevention Through Community Engagement."
Honours & AwardsRestracomp Fellowship Appointment—2007/08 Salary support during a second year of research fellowship in Paediatric Endocrinology Amount: $40,000
Rookie of the Year, Department Of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital- 2009
Canadian Society For Clinical Investigation Canadian Institutes Of Research (Csci/Cihr) Resident Research Prize —2004
Resident Clinical Teaching Award, Child Health at the Health Sciences Center and University of Manitoba — 2003-2004
Resident Teaching Award, University of Manitoba — 2003-2004
Hoffman Laroche Canadian Paediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Research Award — 2006/07 Salary support during a year of research fellowship in Paediatric Endocrinology Amount: $60,000
Pediatric Resident Regional Research Competition — Winner 2004
Perls Teaching Award, Department Of Pediatrics, The Hospital For Sick Children —2008
Pediatric Resident National Research Competition — Winner 2004
Canucks for Kids Fund Catalyst Grant- 2013
Research Group MembersMara Balvers, Practicum Student
Kimberly Charbonneau, Live 5-2-1-0 Project Manager
Ariana Ighani
Marcus Lam, Volunteer Research Assistant
Madeleine Leung, Project Manager
Joseph Leung, Research Fellow
Claudia Luongo
Ruby Marshall, Live 5-2-1-0 Research Assistant
Kyle Moodley, Research Assistant
Crystal Ng, Provincial Research Coordinator
Susan Pinkney, Research Coordinator
Supraja Rengan
Selina Suleman
Molly Sweeney Magee, Live 5-2-1-0 Research & Evaluation Coordinator
Sukhpreet Tamana
Christina Tang
Anila Virani, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Bhangra dancing improves heart health of South Asian children
South Asian children are at a higher risk of heart disease compared to children of other ethnic groups. A seven-month Bhangra dance program trialled at four elementary schools in B.C. showed improved heart health for this population.
