Meet the IMPaCT Mentors

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Patient engagement • Childhood disability • Knowledge translation

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Child and youth mental health • Innovative clinical trial design

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Patient advocacy & partnership in research • Accessible & patient-centred research

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Indigenous health & wellness • Cultural safety • Responsive research & care

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Reproductive health • Community-driven research

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Novel statistical trial design • Bayesian adaptive clinical trials • Decision-making under uncertainty

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Creative health interventions • Chronic conditions • Child & family wellbeing

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Indigenous maternal health • Community-led research

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Stem cell-based lung disease therapies • Neonatology

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Childhood rare diseases • Patient-caregiver research partnership

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Infant pain assessment & management • Breastfeeding & skin-to-skin contact • Perinatal & neonatal nursing

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Black peoples health • Immigrant child and youth health • Immigrant mental health

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Paediatric medicine • Health system advisory • Public policy

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Perinatal epidemiology • Maternal-fetal medicine • Adverse perinatal event outcomes

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Anemia prevention & treatment • Risk-benefit of micronutrient interventions

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Paediatric oncology • Early phase clinical trials • Precision medicine

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Child & youth mental health • Adolescent depression • Integrated care approches

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Decolonizing post-secondary education • Mothering & parenting • Anti-black racism & critical race theory

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Neurodevelopmental conditions • Autism Spectrum Disorder • Diagnostic and intervention pathways

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NICU family advocacy • Preterm infant care • Knowledge mobilization

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Neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation • Fetal-to-neonatal physiology • Short- and long-term newborn outcomes

Youth mentor

Clinical trials • Paediatric research • Youth recruitment 

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Neurodevelopmental disability • Health Equity • Patient & Family-Centered Care

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Research ethics • Health policy consultation

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Pregnancy & postpartum • Prediction & prevention of maternal mortality

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Paediatric clinical trials • CRO & industry research

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Clinical research operations • Clinical research education

Youth mentor

Youth mental health advocacy • Youth engagement in research • Research ethics

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Youth Leadership • Patient Partnership & Engagement • Disability & Chronic Illness Advocacy

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Pain & symptom management • Digital health • Pain education

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Neonatal infections • Neonatal hemodynamics • Perinatal epidemiology and outcomes of at-risk infants

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Patient-Oriented research • Pediatric nutrition

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Community-based participatory action research • Diabetes prevention in youth • Urban population health

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Food allergy treatment • Immunodeficiencies

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Women’s & youth mental health • Mixed methods research • Trauma innovation

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Paediatric pain management • Patient-oriented research • Knowledge mobilization

Parent mentor

Patient quality improvement • Holistic neonatal and paediatric healthcare • Healthcare safety & policy

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Cannabinoids • Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome • Pharmacovigilance

Patient engagement mentor

Patient & community engagement • Health & social policy analysis

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Diagnosis & treatment of bone disorders • Rare diseases • Mental health

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Childhood motor disability • Pragmatic clinical trials • Paediatric rehabilitation interventions

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Mental health equity • eHealth & digital health • Program development

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Maternal health • Venous thromboembolism prevention • Obstetrical antiphospholipid syndrome

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Parent & child mental health • Emotionally focused couples and parenting interventions • Cognitive behavioural therapy

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Home-based childhood cancer care • Evaluation of digital health technologies • Intervention empowerment & support

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Clinical trial design & conduct • Investigator-initiated & industry-sponsored trials • Regulated Health Canada clinical trials

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First Nations, Métis & Inuit health equity • Indigenous ways of knowing and self-determination • Strengths-based research approaches

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Applied research methodologies • Mixed-methods paediatric research • Art-based innovations

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Paediatric infectious disease • Immunization & vaccines • Maternal immunization

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Pregnancy complication & maternal mortality • Resource constrained settings • Community knowledge, attitudes & practices

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Neonatal pain, stress & neurodevelopment • NICU parental engagement • Newborn care

Patient engagement mentor

Patient engagement • Clinical trial engagement • Patient partnerships

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Neonatologist • Clinical epidemiologist • Paediatric core outcomes development

Youth mentor

Patient partnership • Patient centered research • Barrier removal

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Translational & qualitative research • Paediatric critical care • Research methodology

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Human milk composition • Breastfeeding • Patient engagement

Parent mentor

Family advisory participation • Patient partnerships • Paediatric medical education

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Clinical trialist & methodologist • Family-centred clinical trials • Child & youth mental health

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Maternal health research • Women's heart & brain health • Obstetric general internal medicine

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Sexuality during pregnancy & postpartum • Evidence-based information dissemination • Research mentorship

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Child health • Research methods • Paediatric emergency knowledge translation

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Prenatal & perinatal trauma • Social determinants of child & youth development • Behavioral disorders in children & adolescents

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Child & youth mental health • Genetic & environmental risk factors • Neuropsychiatric disorders & brain structure

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Patient-oriented research • Inpatient care & outcomes • General pediatrics

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Child & adolescent psychopathology • Design & evaluation of innovative clinical interventions • Child & youth mental health

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Neonatal neurology • Neonatal encephalopathy • Translational research

Youth mentor

Translational research • Clinical & social determinants of health • Equitable healthcare access

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Concussion assessment • Health system capacity • Paediatric emergency care

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Health research capacity & sustainability • Patient oriented research & engagement

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Early childhood caries • Oral health & nutrition • Community dental care

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Neonatal brain injury • Complex Care

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Biostatistics • Randomized trial design • Statistical training & mentorship

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Hospitalized children • General paediatrics • Inpatient care outcomes

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Preterm birth prevention • High-risk pregnancy • Perinatal epidemiology

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Pediatric headache & migraine • Determinants of health • Novel neuromodulation and technology-based solutions

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Preterm infants • Family-important clinical outcomes • Neonatal clinical trials

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Paediatric infectious disease • Critical illness in children • Healthcare systems optimization

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Pediatric anxiety & depression • Core outcome sets

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Global clinical trials • Research ethics

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Paediatric nephrology • Precision medicine • Chronic disease outcomes

Parent Mentor

Rare & complex paediatric disease • Digital health tools • Caregiver support

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Pediatric procedural pain & anxiety management • Virtual reality interventions • Clinical instrument development

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Neonatal pharmacology • Precision medicine • Pharmacokinetic & pharmacodynamics

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Paediatric emergency medicine • Knowledge synthesis & translation • Clinical trial leadership

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Neonatology • Academic research organizations • Clinical research capacity

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Pediatric kidney transplant • Kidney injury & rejection

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Child maltreatment • Mental health resilience • Prevention & intervention research

Youth mentor

Patient engagement & patient oriented outcomes • Paralympic athlete • Nutrition & food sciences

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Paediatric patients advocacy • Youth mental health • Youth advisory networks

Parent Mentor

Engagement & inclusion • Parent advocacy • Institutional & organizational partnerships

Youth mentor

Paediatric research engagement • Patient-centred research outcomes • Rare disease