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Nicole Letourneau, PhD
Team Leader
Nursing; parenting and child development, parent-infant mental health, developmental social neuroscience, community-based interventions.
Co-Leaders
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Bonnie J.
Kaplan,
PhD
Co-Leader
Psychology; expertise in nutrition, mental/behavioural illness; population & clinical health researcher.
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Catherine
Field,
PhD
Co-Leader
Nutrition researcher; expertise in fatty acids, micronutrients, and infant development.
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Deborah
Dewey,
PhD
Co-Leader
Psychology; pediatric neuropsychology, developmental disorders; population & clinical health researcher.
Investigators
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Anna
Farmer,
RD, PhD
Investigator
Nutrition researcher; expertise in dietary behaviours in infants and mothers.
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Brenda
Leung,
PhD
Investigator
Epidemiology, mental health, maternal and child health, neurodevelopment, perinatal nutrition.
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Carly McMorris, PhD
Investigator
Psychology, neurodevelopmental disabilities, children and adolescents, mental health and well being.
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Donna
Manca,
MD
Investigator
Family medicine; maternal and newborn; community practice based research networks.
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Francois
Bernier,
MD
Investigator
Genetics; expertise in congenital anomalies research, syndrome delineation, population genetics.
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Gerald
Giesbrecht,
PhD
Investigator
Psychology, Psychophysiology, Infant Temperment and Child Development.
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Jon
Martin,
PhD
Investigator
Environmental Analytical Chemistry; expertise in toxicology and trace analysis of organic contaminants in human samples.
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Laki
Goonewardene,
PhD
Investigator
Biostatistics; analysis of nutrition data.
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Libbe
Kooistra,
PhD
Investigator
Psychology; expertise in developmental psychology & thyroid, especially in relation to attention and motor skills.
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Linda
Casey,
MD, FRCPC, MSc
Investigator
Pediatric Nutrition, Body Composition and Feeding.
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Linda
McCargar,
PhD
Investigator
Nutrition researcher; expertise in the assessment of nutrient intake, and women and child nutrition.
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Lisa
Gagnon,
MD
Investigator
Psychiatry; adult mood disorders; special interest in women’s mental health.
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Maeve
O’Beirne,
MD
Investigator
Family medicine; maternal and newborn.
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Marja
Cantell,
PhD
Investigator
Psychology; neurodevelopmental disorders and exercise psychology, especially motor skills & physical activity.
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Misha
Eliaswiz,
PhD
Investigator
Biostatistics; expertise in study design; statistical methods to identify risk factors; regression modelling.
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Nalini
Singhal,
MD
Investigator
Neonatology; expertise in newborn health.
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Rhonda
Bell,
PhD
Investigator
Nutrition researcher; expertise in maternal-fetal nutrition programming.
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Victor
Pop,
MD, PhD
Investigator
General Practitioner; research expertise in maternal mood; thyroid function.