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Year | Title | Investigators | Details | City |
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2022 |
New tool allows primary caregivers to predict asthma risk early |
Padmaja Subarao, Malcolm Sears | asthma risk, wheeze, cough, lung function | Hamilton |
2021 |
A mother’s prenatal egg intake may influence her child’s food allergy risk |
Elinor Simons, Keely Loewen | prenatal maternal egg consumption, pregnancy, food allergy risk, sensitization | Winnipeg |
2021 |
Phthalate exposure in house dust during baby’s first year associated with later asthma risk |
Jeffrey Brook, Garthika Navaranjan, Chris Carlsten | phthalates, house dust, childhood asthma risk, household chemicals, wheeze, di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), urine | Hamilton |
2021 | B. Brett Finlay, Charisse Petersen, Stuart Turvey | meconium, infant gut microbiome, allergy risk, immune development, sensitization | Hamilton | |
2021 |
Makeup of fungi in baby’s gut may influence allergies at age 5 |
Rozlyn Boutin, B. Brett Finlay, Stuart Turvey | infant gut microbiome, fungi, allergies, allergic sensitization, inhaled allergens, house dust, mites, pollen, animal dander, mould, mycobiota, antibiotic use, siblings, breastfeeding, fungal communities | Hamilton |
2021 | Meghan Azad, Padmaja Subbarao | COVID-19, data, pandemic, infection | Hamilton | |
2020 | Meghan Azad, Malcolm Sears | peanut, breastfeeding, early introduction, food allergy risk, allergic sensitization, maternal consumption, triple exposure, allergenic, milk, peanut, diet | Winnipeg | |
2020 |
Birth factors influence infant gut microbiome and risk of childhood obesity and allergies |
Anita Kozyrskyj, Khanh Vu | Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, cesarean delivery, gut microbiome, prolonged labour, pathways, Enterobacteriaceae, Bacteroidaceae, Clostridioides difficile, C. difficile, first pregnancy, stool, skin prick test, allergic sensitization, metabolite | Edmonton |
2020 |
Alberta funds COVID-19 antibody testing among Edmonton children in CHILD Cohort Study |
Piush Mandhane, Padmaja Subbarao | COVID-19 antibody prevalence, Government of Alberta, University of Alberta, Serologic tests, blood | Edmonton |
2020 |
Living close to natural green space benefits gut bacteria of urban, formula-fed infants, study shows |
Anita Kozyrskyj | Environment International, SyMBIOTA, University of Alberta, natural green space, infant gut bacteria, microbiome, formula feeding, breastfeeding, stool, postal codes, microbial diversity, pets, dog, fur, household dust, delivery mode, caesarean section, | Edmonton |
2020 |
CHILD Cohort Study awarded $1.7M to study impacts of COVID-19 on Canadian families |
Meghan Azad, Padmaja Subbarao, Piush Mandhane, Theo Moraes, Stuart Turvey | CIHR, Research Manitoba, COVID-19, pandemic, risk factors, mental health, wellbeing, policies, biological samples, coronavirus infection, psychosocial data, antibody testing, Public Health Agency of Canada | Winnipeg |
2020 |
Exposure to cleaning products in first 3 months of life can increase risk of childhood asthma |
Tim Takaro, Jaclyn Parks | Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), Simon Fraser University, household cleaning products, asthma risk, childhood wheeze, atopy, respiratory problems, sex, male, female, detergents, disinfectants, air fresheners, deodorizers, dusting sprays, antim | Vancouver |
2020 |
CHILD Cohort Study researchers awarded $2M to study microbial causes of asthma |
Padmaja Subbarao, Meghan Azad, Qingling Duan, Jeremy Hirota, Anita Kozyrskyj, Wendy Lou, Kelly McNagny, Michael Surette, Stuart Turvey | Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2 (CMI2), award, asthma, microbiome, genetics, sex, early-life exposures, breastmilk, antibiotics, mice, gut bacteria | Winnipeg |
2020 |
Influence of vitamin D supplementation on a baby’s gut microbiome |
Anita Kozyrskyj, Kelsea Drall | Gut Microbes, vitamin D supplementation, gut microbiome, bacteria Megamonas, stool, asthma, respiratory viral infections, Clostridioides difficile, C. difficile, breastfeeding, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), COVID-19 | Edmonton |
2020 | Meghan Azad, Stuart Turvey, B. Brett Finlay, Kelsey Fehr, Shirin Moossavi, Rozlyn Boutin, Hind Sbihi | Cell Host & Microbe, University of Manitoba, University of British Columbia (UBC), bacteria, breastmilk, direct breastfeeding, infant gut microbiome, Streptococcus, Veillonella, stool, pumped milk, bottle-feeding, exclusivity, duration, milk bacteria, mil | Winnipeg | |
2020 |
Falling childhood asthma rates linked to declining use of unnecessary antibiotics |
Stuart Turvey, B. Brett Finlay, David Patrick, Hind Sbihi | Lancet Respiratory Medicine, BC Children’s Hospital, BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), University of British Columbia (UBC), unnecessary antibiotics, childhood asthma, gut bacteria, microbiome, antibiotic resistance, drug reactions, | Vancouver |
2020 |
Mom’s depression in late pregnancy may impact her baby’s immune system |
Anita Kozyrskyj, Liane Kang, | Clinical Experimental Allergy, University of Alberta, mother, maternal psychological wellbeing during pregnancy, immune health, newborn, depression, late pregnancy, antibody, secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA), distress, allergy risk, gut immunity, microbi | Edmonton |
2019 |
Even infants at low risk of peanut allergy should eat peanut early |
Elinor Simons | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, peanut allergy, early introduction, food allergy, timing, low-risk, delayed introduction of potentially allergenic foods | Winnipeg |
2019 | Meghan Azad, Kozeta Miliku, Catherine Field | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, breastmilk, nutrients, longchain polyunsaturated fatty acids, breast milk fats, mothers, diet, fish, omega-3, omega-6, body mass index (BMI), pregnancy, DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), infant brain development | Winnipeg | |
2019 |
Screen time associated with behavioural problems in preschoolers |
Piush Mandhane, Sukhpreet Tamana | PLOS One, University of Alberta, screen time, screen-time, behavioural problems, inattention, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), guidelines, Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), sleep, organized sports, physical activity, | Edmonton |
2019 | Meghan Azad, Shirin Moossavi | breastmilk, microbiome, microbiota, bacteria, gut, mouth, breastfeeding, direct, indirect, pumped, oral, formula | Winnipeg | |
2019 |
Air pollution exposure in early pregnancy linked to infants’ risk of developing allergies |
Stuart Turvey, Hind Sbihi, Michael Kobor | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, mother, exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP), pregnancy, allergic sensitization, in utero, asthma, allergies, skin prick test, food allergy, inhaled allergens, Epigenetic gestational age (eGA), ges | Hamilton |
2019 | Piush Mandhane, Anita Kozyrskyj, Brittany Matenchuk | Sleep Medicine, University of Alberta, level of education, prenatal depression, method of delivery, infant sleep duration, maternal distress, emergency cesarean section, vaginal delivery, birth mode | Edmonton | |
2018 |
“Every feed counts”: Breastfeeding may protect against obesity in early life |
Meghan Azad | breastfeeding, obesity, exclusive, dose dependent, Pediatrics, infant weight gain, cardiovascular health, expressed, bottle, pumped, formula, direct, indirect, freezing, thawing, heating, overweight | Winnipeg |
2018 | Anita Kozyrskyj, Mon Tun | University of Alberta, CIHR, Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), SyMBIOTA, household disinfectants, cleaners, obesity, risk, Lachnospiraceae, infant gut microbiome, body mass index (BMI), overweight, detergents, eco-friendly, multi-surface, aeros | Edmonton | |
2018 | Padmaja Subbarao, Christoffer Dharma | mothers, black, first nations, ethnic minorities, maternal depression, stress, pregnant, psychosocial distress, Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, ethnicity, depressive symptoms | Hamilton | |
2018 |
Lung Clearance Index a sensitive marker for infants at risk for asthma |
Padmaja Subbarao, Zihang Lu | Lung Clearance Index (LCI), asthma, risk, airway disease, airways, Thorax, recurrent wheezing, wheeze, Multiple Breath Washout (MBW), lung function in infants, lung disease | Hamilton |
2018 |
Infants who sleep less may have lower cognitive and language skills by age two |
Piush Mandhane, Lisa Smithson | sleep disruption, cognitive, language skills, snore, sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), apnea, nighttime, nose and ear infections, hearing, speech, viral infections, daycare attendance, skin-prick test, allergic sensitization, acid reflux, smoke, dogs, div | Edmonton |
2018 | Meghan Azad, Kozeta Miliku, Lars Bode | breastmilk, sugars, food allergies, Allergy, sensitization, human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), skin prick tests, infant gut microbiome, bacteria, bioactive components | Winnipeg | |
2018 |
Infant feeding practices influence a baby’s gut bacteria and risk of becoming overweight |
Meghan Azad, Anita Kozyrskyj, James Scott, Jessica Forbes | infant feeding, gut bacteria, gut microbiome, overweight, exclusive breastfeeding, partial, formula, JAMA Pediatrics, Lachnospiracae, DNA sequences, SyMBIOTA, complementary foods, hospital stay | Winnipeg |
2018 |
Exclusive breastfeeding in hospital associated with longer breastfeeding duration |
Meghan Azad, Lorena Vehling, Maria Mackay, Marusia Kachkowski | exclusive breastfeeding in hospital, duration, formula supplementation, education level | Winnipeg |
2018 |
C-sections and gut bacteria increase risk of childhood obesity |
Anita Kozyrskyj, James Scott, David Guttman, Hein Min Tun | C-section, gut bacteria, childhood obesity, overweight, vaginal birth, cesarean section, gut microbiome, JAMA Pediatrics, stool, sequential mediation, Lachnospiracae | Edmonton |
2018 |
CHILD Study researchers awarded $9.1M toward search for asthma clues in dirty diapers |
Stuart Turvey, Padmaja Subbarao, Michael Kobor, B. Brett Finlay, Allan Becker, Meghan Azad, Fiona Brinkman, Timothy Caulfield,Piush Mandhane,Sara Mostafavi, Anna Goldenberg, Theo Moraes, Wendy Lou, Malcolm Sears | Genome Canada, award, childhood asthma, gut microbiome, genomic, stool, microbes | Hamilton |
2017 |
Study finds delayed food introduction increases risk of sensitization |
Malcolm Sears, Maxwell Tran | Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, potentially allergenic foods, timing, delay, early introduction, cow’s milk products, egg, peanut, sensitization, wheeze, asthma, eczema, allergic rhinitis, CIHR | Hamilton |
2017 | Meghan Azad | European Respiratory Journal, wheezing, wheeze, exclusive breastfeeding, breastmilk, asthma, complementary foods, formula, smoking, education | Winnipeg | |
2017 |
Pet exposure during early life affects infant gut microbiota |
Anita Kozyrskyj, James Scott, David Guttman, Hein Min Tun | furry pets, infant gut microbiota, microbiome, allergic disease, asthma, childhood obesity, bacteria, Group B Streptococcus, DNA sequencing, stool, Microbiome, Nature Outlook | Edmonton |
2017 | Anita Kozyrskyj | University of Alberta, asthma, microbes, gut microbiome, Caucasian, boys, Lactobacillus, sex, girls, Bacteroidaceae, puberty, gender switch, European Respiratory Journal | Edmonton | |
2017 |
Study finds asthma and food allergies predictable at age one |
Malcolm Sears, Maxwell Tran, Judah Denburg | asthma, food allergies, eczema, atopic dermatitis (AD), The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, atopic march, allergic sensitization, allergic rhinitis, early introduction, food allergy | Hamilton |
2017 | Anita Kozyrskyj, Liane Kang | Brain, Behavior and Immunity, maternal distress, pregnancy, immune system, pre- and postnatal depression, antibody, stress-microbiome-immunity pathway, allergic disease, gut microbiome, allergies, secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA), breastmilk, exclusive b | Edmonton | |
2017 | Meghan Azad, Annika Klopp | asthma risk, direct breastfeeding, formula, expressed breastmilk, The Journal of Pediatrics, freezing, thawing, heating, pumping, suckling, lungs | Winnipeg | |
2017 | Meghan Azad, Deborah Chan | breastmilk hormones, obesity, human milk, International Journal of Obesity, adiponectin, leptin, insulin, weight-for-length (WFL), body mass index (BMI), ethnicity, age, breastfeeding exclusivity, overweight | Winnipeg | |
2017 |
CHILD Study researchers uncover immune status “shift” during healthy pregnancy |
Kent HayGlass | immune status shift, healthy pregnancy, anti-inflammatory | Winnipeg |
2017 |
CHILD Study data to support new research into child lung health |
Teresa To, Padmaja Subbarao, Wendy Lou | The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), award, lung disease, CIHR, air quality, asthma | Toronto |
2017 |
CHILD Study team to study how prenatal artificial sweetener intake affects infant weight |
Meghan Azad, Marie-Claire Arrieta | University of Manitoba, University of Calgary, CIHR, artificial sweeteners, pregnancy, infant weight gain, overweight, microbiome, metabolism, obesity, air quality, lung health, maternal diet | Winnipeg |
2016 | Piush Mandhane, Francois Bolduc | University of Alberta, EBioMedicine, prenatal fruit consumption, developmental testing, cognitive development, maternal diet, pregnancy, IQ scale, fruit flies, brain function | Edmonton | |
2016 |
Consumption of artificially sweetened beverages in pregnancy influences infant BMI |
Meghan Azad | JAMA Pediatrics, body mass index (BMI), artificial sweeteners, in utero, maternal diet, pregnancy, overweight, obesity | Winnipeg |
2016 |
CHILD Study researchers to study environment’s impact on chronic diseases |
Malcolm Sears | award, CIHR, lung health, respiratory diseases, asthma, obesity, cardiometabolic disease | Hamilton |
2015 | Anita Kozyrskyj, James Scott, David Guttman, Meghan Azad | antibiotics, birth, infant gut microbiota, microbiome, labour, delivery, breastfeeding, Bacteroidaceae, Clostridiales, CIHR | Edmonton | |
2015 |
Four gut bacteria decrease asthma risk in first 100 days of life |
Brett Finlay, Stuart Turvey | gut bacteria, asthma risk, microbiome, microbiota, Science Translational Medicine, FLVR, Faecalibacterium, Lachnospira, Veillonella, Rothia, CIHR, hygiene hypothesis, mice | Vancouver |
2015 |
Asthma Society of Canada announces “Clearing the Air” award for leadership in health research |
Malcolm Sears | award, asthma research, leadership, prize | Hamiton |
2015 |
Environmental-exposures study tracks more than 3,200 Canadian babies |
Tim Takaro, Malcolm Sears | indoor and outdoor environmental exposures, Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, homes, dust, mould, furry pets, chemicals, cleaning products, cooking emissions, second-hand smoke, traffic-related air pollution | Vancouver |
2015 |
Exposure to air pollution in the first year of life increases risk for allergies |
Michael Brauer, Hind Sbihi | Environmental Health Perspectives, outdoor air pollution, allergies, traffic-related air pollution, allergic sensitization, furry pets, attached garage, daycare, siblings | Vancouver |
2015 |
Infant gut bacteria and food sensitization: associations in the first year of life |
Anita Kozyrskyj, James Scott, David Guttman, Meghan Azad | infant b=gut bacteria, microbiome, microbiota, food sensitization, allergy, asthma, Clinical & Experimental Allergy, Enterobacteriaceae, Bacteroidaceae, skin prick test | Edmonton |
2013 | Meghan Azad, Anita Kozyrskyj | infant gut bacteria, microbiome, microbiota, mode of delivery, birth, vaginal, cesarean section, exclusive, partial, breastfeeding, formula, asthma, allergies, cancer, type II diabetes, infant diet | Edmonton |