APrON Team

Nicole Letourneau, PhD
Team Leader

Nursing; parenting and child development, parent-infant mental health, developmental social neuroscience, community-based interventions.

Co-Leaders

Bonnie J.
Kaplan,
PhD

Co-Leader

Psychology; expertise in nutrition, mental/behavioural illness; population & clinical health researcher.

Catherine
Field,
PhD

Co-Leader

Nutrition researcher; expertise in fatty acids, micronutrients, and infant development.

Deborah
Dewey,
PhD

Co-Leader

Psychology; pediatric neuropsychology, developmental disorders; population & clinical health researcher.

Investigators

Anna
Farmer,
RD, PhD

Investigator

Nutrition researcher; expertise in dietary behaviours in infants and mothers.

Brenda
Leung,
PhD

Investigator

Epidemiology, mental health, maternal and child health, neurodevelopment, perinatal nutrition.

Carly McMorris, PhD

Investigator

Psychology, neurodevelopmental disabilities, children and adolescents, mental health and well being.

Donna
Manca,
MD

Investigator

Family medicine; maternal and newborn; community practice based research networks.

Francois
Bernier,
MD

Investigator

Genetics; expertise in congenital anomalies research, syndrome delineation, population genetics.

Gerald
Giesbrecht,
PhD

Investigator

Psychology, Psychophysiology, Infant Temperment and Child Development.

Jon
Martin,
PhD

Investigator

Environmental Analytical Chemistry; expertise in toxicology and trace analysis of organic contaminants in human samples.

Laki
Goonewardene,
PhD

Investigator

Biostatistics; analysis of nutrition data.

Libbe
Kooistra,
PhD

Investigator

Psychology; expertise in developmental psychology & thyroid, especially in relation to attention and motor skills.

Linda
Casey,
MD, FRCPC, MSc

Investigator

Pediatric Nutrition, Body Composition and Feeding.

Linda
McCargar,
PhD

Investigator

Nutrition researcher; expertise in the assessment of nutrient intake, and women and child nutrition.

Lisa
Gagnon,
MD

Investigator

Psychiatry; adult mood disorders; special interest in women’s mental health.

Maeve
O’Beirne,
MD

Investigator

Family medicine; maternal and newborn.

Marja
Cantell,
PhD

Investigator

Psychology; neurodevelopmental disorders and exercise psychology, especially motor skills & physical activity.

Misha
Eliaswiz,
PhD

Investigator

Biostatistics; expertise in study design; statistical methods to identify risk factors; regression modelling.

Nalini
Singhal,
MD

Investigator

Neonatology; expertise in newborn health.

Rhonda
Bell,
PhD

Investigator

Nutrition researcher; expertise in maternal-fetal nutrition programming.

Victor
Pop,
MD, PhD

Investigator

General Practitioner; research expertise in maternal mood; thyroid function.