In The Media

• "Equipment upgrades will boost innovative metabolomics research linking environmental exposures with health outcomes"

University of Alberta Folio, March 3, 2021

Selected Publications

Fetal/Neonatal Health

• Ghotra S, Feeny D, Barr R, Yang J, Saigal S, Vincer M, Afifi J, Shah PS, Lee SK, Synnes AR, Canadian Neonatal Follow-Up Network Investigators. Parent-reported health status of preterm survivors in a Canadian cohort. Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition Published Online First: 23 June 2021. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-321635. link here.

• Wood S, Crawford S, Hicks M, Mohammad K. Hospital-related, maternal, and fetal risk factors for neonatal asphyxia and moderate or severe hypoxic-ischemic-encephalopathy: A retrospective cohort study. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 2021 May;34(9):1448-1453. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2019.1638901. JCR 1.569. link here.

• Rizzolo A, Shah PS, Bertelle V, Makary H, Ye XY, Abenhaim AH, Piedboeuf B, Beltempo M, on behalf of the Canadian Neonatal Network (CNN) and Canadian Preterm Birth Network (CPTBN) Investigators. Association of timing of birth with mortality among preterm infants born in Canada. J Perinatol 2021 May. link here

• Rios JD, Prakesh Shah PS, Beltempo M, Louis D, Mukerji A, Premji S, Shah V, Lee SK, Pechlivanoglou P, Canadian Preterm Birth Network Investigators; Canadian Neonatal Network Investigators. Costs of neonatal intensive care for Canadian infants with preterm birth. J Pediatr 2021 Feb;229:161-167.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.09.045.

• Zozaya C, Shah J, Pierro A, Zani A, Synnes A, Lee S, Shah PS; Canadian Neonatal Network and the Canadian Neonatal Follow-Up Network Investigators. Neurodevelopmental and Growth Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis or Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 May; S0022-3468(20)30326-2. PMID: 32553453.

• Rizzolo A, Shah PS, Boucorian I, Lemyre B, Bertelle V, Pelausa E, St Hilaire M, Dahlgren L, Beltempo M, Canadian Neonatal Network and Canadian Preterm Birth Network Investigators. Cumulative effect of evidence-based practices on outcomes of preterm infants born at <29 weeks' gestational age. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020 Feb;222(2):181.e1-181.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.08.058.

• Stockley EL, Ting JY, Kingdom JC, McDonald SD, Barrett JF, Synnes AR, Monterrosa L, Shah PS, Canadian Neonatal Network; Canadian Neonatal Follow-up Network; Canadian Preterm Birth Network Investigators. Intrapartum magnesium sulfate is associated with neuroprotection in growth-restricted fetuses. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2018 Dec;219(6):606.e1-606.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.09.010.

• Synnes A, Hicks M. Neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm children at school age and beyond. Clinics in Perinatology 2018;45(3):393-408. JCR 2.798

• Shah P, McDonald S, Barrett J, Synnes A, Robson R, Foster J, Pasquier JC, Joseph KS, Piedboeuf B, Lacaze-Masmonteil T, O'Brien K, Shivananda S, Chaillet N, Pechlivanoglou P, Canadian Preterm Birth Network Investigators. The Canadian Preterm Birth Network: a study protocol for improving outcomes for preterm infants and their families. CMAJ Open 2018 Jan 18;6(1):E44-E49. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20170128. link here

• Mohammad K, Hicks M, Buchhalter J, Esser MJ, Irvine L, Thomas S, Scott J, Javadyan J, Kamaluddeen M. Hemodynamic instability associated with increased risk of death or brain injury in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. J Neonatal Perinatal Med 2017;10(4):363-370.

• Mugarab-Samedi V, Howlett A, Hicks M, Arrieta M, Beaudry P, Dersch-Mills D, Alshaikh B. Probiotics supplementation and length of hospital stay in neonates with gastrointestinal surgery. International Journal of Surgery Protocols 2017;6:13-16. link here

• Hicks M, Sauve R, Robertson C, Joffe A, Alton G, Creighton D, Ross DB, Rebeyka IM. Early childhood language outcomes after arterial switch operation: a prospective cohort study. SpringerPlus 2016(5): 1681. JCR 1.130 (2016) link here

Child Respiratory Health

• Cromar KR, Gladson LA, Hicks EA, Marsh B, Ewart G. Excess Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Air Pollution above American Thoracic Society Recommended Standards, 2017-2019. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2021 Nov 30(ja). link here

• Kassam S, Serrano-Lomelin J, Hicks A, Crawford S, Baka J, Ospina MB. Health services utilization of pediatric respiratory illnesses in Alberta: A regional geographic overview. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021 18(6): 8347. link here

• Henry S, Ospina M, Dennett L, Hicks A. Assessing the risk of respiratory-related healthcare visits associated with wildfire smoke exposure in children 0-18 years old: A systematic review Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021 18(6): 8799. link here

• Yang CL, Hicks EA, Mitchell P, Reisman J, Podgers D, Hayward KM, Waite M, Ramsey CD. Canadian Thoracic Society 2021 Guideline update: Diagnosis and management of asthma in preschoolers, children and adults. Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. 2021 Nov 2;5(6):348-61. link here

• Yang CL, Hicks EA, Mitchell P, Reisman J, Podgers D, Hayward KM, Waite M, Ramsey CD. 2021 Canadian Thoracic Society Guideline–A focused update on the management of very mild and mild asthma. Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. 2021 Jan 27:1-41. link here

• Serrano-Lomelin J, Hicks A, Kumar M, Johnson DW, Chari R, Osornio-Vargas A, Crawford S, Bakal J, Ospina M Patterns of respiratory health services utilization from birth to 5 years of children who experienced adverse birth outcomes PLOS One 2021 16(2): e0247527. link here

• Serrano-Lomelin J, Nielsen C, Hicks A, Crawford S, Bakal J, Ospina M 2020 Geographic inequalities of respiratory health services utilization during childhood in Edmonton and Calgary, Canada: a tale of two cities International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(23): 8973. link here

• Baqays A, Johannsen W, Rashid M, Seikaly H, Jaffal H, Hicks A, Jefferey C, El-Hakim H 2020 Parent-Reported Outcome Questionnaire for Swallowing Dysfunction in Healthy Infants and Toddlers: Construction and Content Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery 165(1): 197-205. link here

• Adam DL, Eksteen E, Hicks EA. A 10-year-old girl with acute shortness of breath. Paediatrics & Child Health. 2021 Aug;26(5):264-5. link here

• Ospina MB, Serrano-Lomelin JA, Amjad S, Hicks A, Giesbrecht GF Complex exposures require comprehensive and accurate analysis. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease 2020 12(2):345-346 . link here

• Ospina M, Serrano Lomelin J, Amjad S, Hicks A, Giesbrecht G 2020 Latent factors of adverse childhood experiences and adult onset asthma. J Dev Orig Health Dis Jan 15:1-8.

Child Health and the Environment

• Buka I, Brennan L, Tarrabain J, Aghazadeh S, Drisse MN. Need for global core competencies in Child Health and the Environment: a Canadian perspective. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020 Dec 1;74(12):1056-9. link here

• Dai Q, Xu X, Eskenazi B, Asante KA, Chen A, Fobil J, Bergman Å, Brennan L, Sly PD, Nnorom IC, Pascale A. Severe dioxin-like compound (DLC) contamination in e-waste recycling areas: An under-recognized threat to local health. Environment international. 2020 Jun 1;139:105731. link here

• Nielsen CC, Amrhein CG, Shah PS, Stieb DM, Osornio-Vargas AR, Team D, Canadian Neonatal Network. Space-time hot spots of critically ill small for gestational age newborns and industrial air pollutants in major metropolitan areas of Canada. Environmental research. 2020 Jul 1;186:109472.

• Buka I, Shea KM. Global climate change and health in Canadian children. Paediatrics & child health. 2019 Dec 9;24(8):557-. link here.

• Serrano-Lomelin J.A., Nielsen C.C., Jabbar M.S.M., Wine O., Bellinger C., Villeneuve P.J., Stieb D., and the DoMiNO Project Team: Aelicks N., Aziz K., Bellinger C., Buka I., Chandra S., Crawford S., Demers P., Erickson A.C., Hystad P., Kumar M., Phipps E., Shah P.S., Yuan Y., Zaiane O.R., Osornio-Vargas A.R.. Building robust hypotheses on associations of mixtures of industrial air pollutants with adverse birth outcomes. Environment International July 2019 131:104972. link here

• Bellinger C., Jabbar M.S.M., Hojjati S., Wine O., Nielsen C., Serrano Lomelin J., Zaıane O.R., and Osornio-Vargas A.R. AI Applied to Air Pollution and Environmental Health: A Case Study on Hypothesis Generation (book chapter) in Humanity Driven AI: Productivity, Well-being, Sustainability and Partnership. Fang Chen and Jianlong Zhou editors Springer. link here

• Buka I, Hervouet-Zeiber C. Lead toxicity with a new focus: Addressing low-level lead exposure in Canadian children. Paediatrics & child health. 2019 Jun 21;24(4):293-. link here.

• Nielsen CC, Amrhein CG, Serrano-Lomelin JA, Osornio-Vargas AR. Geographic information assessment of maternal ambient health hazards and adverse birth outcomes in Canada. Science of The Total Environment. 2019 Dec 15;696:134091.

• World Health Organization. Air pollution and child health: prescribing clean air: summary. World Health Organization; 2018. link here.

• Ngwezi DP, Hornberger LK, Cabeza-Gonzalez JL, Chandra S, Fruitman D, Osornio-Vargas A. Tracking Trends in Emissions of Developmental Toxicants and Potential Associations with Congenital Heart Disease in Alberta, Canada. Challenges. 2018 Dec;9(2):28. link here

• Li J, Adilmagambetov A., Jabbar M.S.M, Zaiane O, Osornio-Vargas A, Wine O. On discovering co-location patterns in data sets: a case study of pollutant and child cancer. Geoinformatica 2016; 20(2),1-42. link here

• Wine O., Buka I., Osornio-Vargas A. Fish consumption by children in Canada: Review of evidence, challenges and future goals. Paediatrics and Child’s Health 2012;17(5):241-245. link here

Collaboration and Team Work

• Wine O., Zaiane R.O., Osornio Vargas A.R. and on behalf of the DoMiNO Project team. A collaborative research exploration of pollutant mixtures and adverse birth outcomes by using innovative spatial data mining methods: The DoMiNO Project. March 2019. Challenges,10, 25.link here

• Wine O., Buka I., Day A. Terris S., Clarkes M.A., Osornio Vargas A., Kovacs Burns K. Building a children’s health and environment research agenda in Alberta, Canada: A multi-stakeholder engagement process. January 2019 Gateway: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement Vol.11 No2. link here

• Wine O., Ambrose S. Campbell S. Villeneuve P.J., Kovacs Burns K., Osornio Vargas A. Key components of collaborative research in the context of the environment and human health: A scoping review. The Journal of Research Practice 2017 volume 13, issue 2. link here

• Wine O., Hackett C, Campbell S, Cabrera-Rivera O, Buka I, Zaiane O, DeVito S., Osornio-Vargas AR. Using Pollutant Release and Transfer Registries Data for Environmental Health Research: A Scoping Review. Environmental Reviews 2014;22(1):51-65. link here