
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.

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.