2026-27 IMPaCT Fellows

  • Alexandra Hudson

    Early Career Researcher

    Project: Artificial intelligence assisted handheld intestinal ultrasound probe measurement of bowel wall inflammation in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

  • Ashley Hayward

    Early Career Researcher

    Project: From Isolation to Kindship Care: Evaluating Community-Based Indigenous Doula Care for Urban Indigenous Families in Winnipeg

  • Bernadette Kina Kombo

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Project: Family Circles for Perinatal Wellbeing: A Hybrid Type II Trial Protocol to Culturally Adapt and Evaluate a Behavioural Family-Based Mental Health Intervention for Black Immigrant Mothers in Winnipeg

  • Bob Sun

    Early Career Researcher

    Project: Reducing Wildfire Smoke Indoors for Children with Asthma

  • Busisiwe Zapparoli

    Early Career Researcher

    Project: Adapting and Piloting a Cognitive Intervention for Adolescents with Neurofibromatosis, Type 1

  • Carmen Riggioni

    Early Career Researcher

    Project: Validation of Clinical and Immunological Eligibility Criteria for Home up dosing in Food Oral Immunotherapy

  • Elisabeth McClymont

    Early Career Researcher

    Project: Optimizing infant protection: a randomized clinical trial of repeat RSV vaccination in subsequent pregnancies

  • Emma Stallwood

    Doctoral Student

    Project: Comparing the Effectiveness of a One-Day versus Traditional 12-week Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder During Pregnancy and Postpartum

  • Erin Hamanishi

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Project: First-in-Child Trial of a CD24-Targeted Antibody in Pediatric Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors

  • Faly Golshan

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Project: Feasibility and Clinical Potential of Technology-assisted Mindfulness for Emotion Regulation in Autistic Children

  • Janys Lim

    Early Career Researcher

    Project: Use of an Orexin Receptor Antagonist for Improving Sleep in Neurodevelopmental Disorders in the Pediatric Population – A Pilot Study

  • Judith Zarek

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Project: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Liraglutide for the Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

  • Julia St Louis

    Doctoral Student

    Project: The GIFT (Guided Intervention for Family-centred organ donaTion) Trial: A Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Trial to Improve Organ Donation Processes in Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care

  • Kelsey Cochrane

    Early Career Researcher

    Project: Prenatal colostrum expression: A natural alternative to artificial labour induction?

  • Lauren Irving

    Doctoral Student

    Project: Post Partum Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in People Who Have Experienced Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Brief Action Plan Feasibility Trial in the Primary Care Setting

  • NaDeana Norris

    Doctoral Student

    Project: Examining the effect of dexmedetomidine for pain management in newborns with a hypoxic brain injury undergoing therapeutic cooling.

  • Sabine Laguë

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Project: Improving heart and lung health and quality of life in children with pulmonary hypertension

  • Scott Ramsay

    Early Career Researcher

    Project: Telehealth Examination for Pediatric Concussion Follow-up: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Wallace Wee

    Early Career Researcher

    Project: Determining the right antibiotic duration for children with PCD

2025-26 IMPaCT Fellows

  • Akua Kwarko-Fosu

    Doctoral Student

    A Pilot RCT of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Pregnant Asylum-Seeking Women

  • Bahaa Abu-Raya

    Early Career Researcher

    Concurrent versus sequential administration of Tdap and RSV vaccines in pregnancy - a non-inferiority randomized observer-blinded placebo-controlled multi-center phase 2 trial

  • Bobby McHardy

    Doctoral Student

    Integrating mental health care into perinatal services: A randomized controlled trial for pregnant and postpartum people experiencing diabetes and co-occurring mental health challenges

  • Crystal Acosta

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Cannabidiol for chemotherapy-induced neuropathy and cognitive dysfunction in pediatric cancer patients

  • Danielle Baribeau

    Early Career Researcher

    Fluoxetine for developmental and neurological outcomes in KCNC1-related disorders: a randomized within subject multiple baseline clinical trial

  • David Zorko

    Early Career Researcher

    Ketamine versus usual Practice for Under-sedation in PICU: a pilot randomized controlled trial (K-PUP Pilot Trial)

  • Ishnoor Nahal

    Doctoral Student

    Nova Sleepcare, an Innovative Sleep Education to Improve Behaviours of Concern and Sleep Amongst Youth with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

  • Kaitlin Berris

    Doctoral Student

    Feeding futures: Feasibility trial for using defatted human milk at home

  • Kevin Meesters

    Early Career Researcher

    Safety, Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetics of Oral Antibiotics in Infants with Urinary Tract Infections

  • Lena Xiao

    Early Career Researcher

    SleepPOSAtive Trial: Positional Therapy for the Treatment of Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children

  • Liton Furukawa

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Enhancing Social Skills in Children with Autism and ADHD: Evaluating the Impact of an Interactive Multisensory Physical Movements Model Combined with Traditional Behavioral Therapies

  • Liza Pulcine

    Early Career Researcher

    Is aspirin or low molecular weight heparin more effective at reducing stroke recurrence in the first twelve months in children with congenital heart disease?

  • Maryam Kebbe

    Early Career Researcher

    Gestational Diabetes to Postpartum Diabetes Risk: A Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating Probiotics, Exercise, Diagnosis Timing, and the Role of Gut Microbiome and Metabolites in Responders and Non-Responders

  • Sandra Hunter

    Doctoral Student

    Mino Ombigia Awasodaa Project: Reclamation Process and Development of an Indigenous Child Rearing Program Based on Traditional Cultural Practices to Promote Indigenous Wellbeing

  • Tanjot Singh

    Early Career Researcher

    Screening for youth violence and future victimization risk, a community clinic based randomized controlled trial

  • Taylor Morriseau

    Early Career Researcher

    Nurturing Child Wellness through Culturally Grounded Interventions and Innovative Clinical Trial Design

  • Titus Olukitibi

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Evaluating Cervical Screening and Low-Dose Aspirin for HPV Persistence and Cervical Cancer Prevention in Manitoba Pregnant Immigrant Women

2024-26 Enrichment Trials Group

2024-25 IMPaCT Fellows

  • Anna MacKinnon

    Early Career Researcher

    Pilot implementation of a Francophone version of the BEAM App-based Intervention for Parent Mental Health

  • Brenda Law

    Early Career Researcher

    Optimizing Delivery Room Respiratory Support for Preterm Infants Using Volume Targeted Mask Ventilation: a Pilot Trial

  • Brock Williams

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Increasing frequency of allergenic food intake among infants at high-risk of developing food allergy: A randomized controlled trial

  • Bukola Ibitoye

    Doctoral Student

    Evaluation of BoriZafi, a Pain Management Toolkit for Sickle cell Crisis Management in Adolescents living with Sickle Cell Disease: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial

  • Cal Robinson

    Doctoral Student

    Low-dosE SteroidS for Nephrotic Syndrome relapse treatment (LESS-NS): A Bayesian adaptive non-inferority randomized controlled trial

  • Elaine Toombs

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Evaluating a Cultually-Relevant Measurement-Based Mental Health Intervention Among First Nation Children

  • Helen McCord

    Doctoral Student

    Efficacy of intranasal fentanyl to reduce pain associated with eye examination to detect retinopathy of prematurity in infants born preterm

  • Hoda Badran

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Evaluating the Effectiveness of Nebulized Hypertonic Saline Compared to Normal Saline, in Conjunction with Epinephrine and Dexamethasone, on Hospital Stay Length and Clinical Outcomes in Infants with Bronchiolitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Karim Mithani

    Doctoral Student

    Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Refractory Repetitive Self-Injurious Behaviour in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Phase II Trial

  • Mariana Herrera Diaz

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Mobile Health Unit for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infection Screening-MU_STBBIS

  • Marion Erickson

    Doctoral Student

    Dakelh Midwifery Past and Present: Digitized Flipping Book Clinical Trial

  • Matthew Carwana

    Early Career Researcher

    Interventions to maximize family financial health and emotional wellbeing during acute pediatric hospitalizations: a multi-centre effectiveness-implementation hybrid factorial trial

  • Mohamed Eltorki

    Early Career Researcher

    A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Topical Diclofenac and Oral Ibuprofen for Pediatric Musculoskeletal Pain Management in Emergency Departments

  • Nicole McKinnon

    Early Career Researcher

    Advancing Brain Outcomes in pediatric critically ill patients sedated with Volatile AnEsthestic agents (ABOVE) Trial: multi-centre RCT

  • Peter Gill

    Early Career Researcher

    Corticosteroids vs. Placebo in Children Hospitalized for Orbital Cellulitis

  • Rishi Ganesan

    Early Career Researcher

    Bedside functional neuroimaging-based prediction of outcomes in critically ill children with acquired brain injury: a stepped wedge cluster randomized clinical trial

  • Samantha Dawson

    Early Career Researcher

    STORK: Supporting the Transition to Parenthood through Online Sex and Relationship Knowledge

  • Tasmia Hai

    Early Career Researcher

    HOPE (Helping Our Parents and children Excel) Trial: Family Intervention for Immigrants with Preschool Children