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Sanjukta Basak
MDCM, FRCPC, MScCH HPTE

Investigator and Staff Pediatric Endocrinologist, BC Children's Hospital

My research focuses on Type 2 Diabetes in youth from a health equity lens. Self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination in healthcare is known to be associated with poor diabetes outcomes and complications. I am currently working with community and provincial partners to understand the lens of access to pediatric Type 2 Diabetes care, including those at high risk for developing Type 2 Diabetes. My research focuses on the impact of family and youth experience in health care, notably self-reported exposure to microaggressions, racial/ethnic discrimination and stigma on diabetes distress, and self-care behaviours.

I am also involved in supporting a number of clinical trials as a co-investigator with Dr. Jean-Pierre Chanoine and Dr. Shazhan Amed for the Division of Endocrinology. These include the (1) X-linked Hypophosphatemia Disease Monitoring Program (XLH-DMP), (2) Global Safety and Efficacy Registration Study of Crinecerfont in Pediatric Patients with Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAHtalyst Pediatric Study), (3) A multi-centre follow up study of the effect of in-utero exposure to metformin in 5-11 year old offspring of mothers in the MiTy Trial (MiTy Tykes), (4) Pfizer Registry of Outcomes in Growth hormone RESearch (PROGRES) to collect safety and efficacy data in children receiving somatrogon and daily growth hormone.

Other areas of interest include medical education, particularly transition to practice programs for graduating residents, and complex obesity, particularly understanding of clinical care models for management of Prader Willi syndrome.

Academic Affiliations

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Evidence to Innovation
  • Research Group(s): Clinical Practice, Outcomes and Innovation; Diabetes

Contact Information

Assistant

Benard Kimwei

benard.kimwei@cw.bc.ca

Location

4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4

sanjukta.basak@cw.bc.ca

Integrating the Novel iCARE Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Equation for Youth Living With Type 2 Diabetes Into Care: Program Report

Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease

Allison B. Dart and J. Grace Zhou and Elizabeth A. C. Sellers and Jill Hamilton and Sanjukta Basak and Paul Ryan and Giliana P. Garcia Acevedo and Brianna Hunt and Melissa Del Vecchio and Jennifer Lopez and Onalee Alecio-Garcia and Chukwudumebi Onyiuke and Jacqueline Linklater and Valerie Umaefulam and Kalie Tommerdahl and Petter Bjornstad and Brandy A. Wicklow

DOI: 10.1177/20543581251413452

02 / 2026

Switching from active vitamin D and phosphate supplementation to burosumab significantly corrects lower limb malalignment in pediatric X-linked hypophosphatemia

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Leanne M Ward and Erik A Imel and David Frumberg and Lisa Dilworth and Catherine Siener and Zunqiu Chen and Stanley Krolczyk and Thomas O Carpenter and XLH Disease Monitoring Program Investigators and Andrea Arcari and Ambika Ashraf and Richard Baquero and Sanjukta Basak and Sasigarn Bowden and Oscar Brunetto and Thomas O Carpenter and Janet Crane and Kathryn Dahir and Bradley Dixon and Walter Guillermo Douthat and Pablo Florenzano and Ian Glass and Francis Glorieux and Gary Gottesman and Eric Gyuricsko and Ingrid Holm and Erik A Imel and Steven Ing and Suzanne Jan De Beur and Sarah Khan and Michael Levine and Regina Matsunaga Martin and Adriana Meza and Carolina Moreira and Neil Paloian and Anthony Portale and David Rodriguez-Buritica and Anna Ryabets-Lienhard and Jill Simmons and Puja Singh and Laila Tabatabai and Leanne M Ward and Halley Wasserman and Thomas Weber

DOI: 10.1093/jbmr/zjaf079

06 / 2025

Designing a Structured Insulin Pump Program Pathway and Reducing Wait Times in the Diabetes Clinic at BC Childrens Hospital

Clinical Diabetes

Abdulhussein, F.S. and Basak, S. and McGregor, D. and Breadon, H. and Vance, E. and Creagh, J. and Moffitt, T. and Herrmann, S. and Morgan, S. and Amed, S.

DOI: 10.2337/cd24-0016

Hypertension in diabetes

Pediatric Nephrology

Balgobin, S. and Basak, S. and Teoh, C.W. and Noone, D.

DOI: 10.1007/s00467-023-06163-x

Proteins and proteases of Prader"Willi syndrome: a comprehensive review and perspectives

Bioscience Reports

Basak, S. and Basak, A.

DOI: 10.1042/BSR20220610

All Aboard Meal Train: Can Child-Friendly Menu Labeling Promote Healthier Choices in Hospitals?

Journal of Pediatrics

Basak, S. and Steinberg, A. and Campbell, A. and Dupuis, A. and Chen, S. and Dayan, A.B. and Dello, S. and Hamilton, J.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.08.073

A Qualitative Description of the Development and Evaluation of Our Voice, a Health Promotion Magazine Created by Pediatric Patients for Hospitalized Pediatric Patients

Hospital Pediatrics

Paola D. Luca and Melissa Chan and Sanjukta Basak and Audrey O. Segal and Michelle Porepa and Marie Pinard and Hosanna Au and Catherine S. Birken

DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2012-0038

01 / 2013

Erratum: (Journal of Cell Biology (2005) 170: 6 (913-924))

Journal of Cell Biology

Ferraiuolo, M.A. and Basak, S. and Dostie, J. and Murray, E.L. and Schoenberg, D.R. and Sonenberg, N.

DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200504039091905c

A role for the eIF4E-binding protein 4E-T in P-body formation and mRNA decay

Journal of Cell Biology

Ferraiuolo, M.A. and Basak, S. and Dostie, J. and Murray, E.L. and Schoenberg, D.R. and Sonenberg, N.

DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200504039

Weight stigma in youth with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

This project aims to evaluate prevalence of weight stigma in our pediatric diabetes population. We intend to identify any patient level factors associated with higher prevalence of weight stigma as well as determine if experienced weight stigma and internalized weight bias are associated with poorer outcomes in patients with diabetes.

Reducing wait times for initiating insulin pump therapy at the BC Children’s Hospital Diabetes Clinic

This is a quality improvement project aimed to improve the efficiency and patient education experience of the insulin pump program. The second aim of this project aims to improve medical education of insulin pump within the endocrinology fellowship.

Evaluation of the Insulin resistance/Type 2 Diabetes program at the BC Children’s Hospital Diabetes Clinic

In collaboration with the diabetes team, this project will evaluate this program’s effect on diabetes, BMI, metabolic syndrome, in psychological outcomes, and lifestyle changes. In addition to assessing program outcomes, this project will also look at family and provider level barriers, and facilitators towards participation.

Honours & Awards

2022 Lionel Weinstein Clerkship Teaching Award, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children

2016 Dr. John Bailey Resident Research Award, Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group

2012 The Christopher Ondaatje Award for Excellence in Third Year Resident Clinical Teaching, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children

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