Robert Bandsma

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University of Toronto

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Robert Bandsma is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada. His research primarily focuses on pediatric nutrition, the gut microbiome, and the long-term effects of nutritional interventions in children. Recent publications include studies on childhood obesity linked to autoimmune hepatitis, the impact of ultra-processed foods on gut microbiota, and the development of integrated nutritional pathways for acute care in pediatric settings.

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Optimization of ready-to-use therapeutic food: increasing protein quality and quantity to improve growth in children with severe acute malnutrition.

Open Date: 2020-01-01

Close Date: 2021-01-01

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A mechanistic understanding of the impact of pathogen-microbiome dynamics on maternal and infant nutrition during pregnancy in young women.

Open Date: 2019-01-01

Close Date: 2024-01-01

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Investigating pathways between maternal nutritional status, breastmilk consumption, and infant linear growth in rural Pakistan.

Open Date: 2019-01-01

Close Date: 2020-01-01

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One year support to develop a full research proposal on sarcopenia and malnutrition.

Open Date: 2018-01-01

Close Date: 2019-01-01

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The role of organelle dysfunction in the pathophysiology of severe malnutrition.

Open Date: 2018-01-01

Close Date: 2023-01-01

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Elena Comelli

Associate Professor

University of Toronto

CANADA

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Patrick Provost

Laval University

CANADA

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Joel Watts

Assistant Professor

University of Toronto

CANADA

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Melissa Gladstone

Professor of Neurodevelopmetntal Paediatrics and International Child Health

University of Liverpool

UNITED KINGDOM

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Peter Kim

Associate Professor

University of Toronto

CANADA

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David Hendrixson

Assistant Professor

University of Washington

UNITED STATES

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Exploring the relationship between ultra-processed food consumption and gut microbiota at school age in a Brazilian birth cohort

Children with autoimmune hepatitis receiving standard-of-care therapy demonstrate long-term obesity and linear growth delay

Upregulated pexophagy limits the capacity of selective autophagy

Accelerometer-based sleep metrics and gut microbiota during adolescence: Association findings from a Brazilian population-based birth cohort

Tribute to an outstanding scientist, caring clinician, and wonderful friend Pui-Ying Iroh Tam

Elucidating the dynamics and impact of the gut microbiome on maternal nutritional status during pregnancy, effect on pregnancy outcomes and infant health in rural Pakistan: study protocol for a prospective, longitudinal observational study

Development of the Pediatric Integrated Nutrition Pathway for Acute Care (P-INPAC) using a modified Delphi technique

Prevalence and correlates of paediatric guideline non-adherence for initial empirical care in six low and middle-income settings: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Weight gain during nutritional rehabilitation post-childhood malnutrition may influence the associations between adulthood desaturases activity and anthro-cardiometabolic risk factors

New approaches and technical considerations in detecting outlier measurements and trajectories in longitudinal children growth data

Association between gut MIcrobiota, GROWth and Diet in peripubertal children from the TARGet Kids! cohort (The MiGrowD) study: protocol for studying gut microbiota at a community-based primary healthcare setting

A Mixed-Methods Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Hospital-Based Psychosocial Stimulation and Counseling Program for Caregivers and Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition

Treating high-risk moderate acute malnutrition using therapeutic food compared with nutrition counseling (Hi-MAM Study): a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) Containing Low or No Dairy Compared to Standard RUTF for Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Pathways between caregiver body mass index, the home environment, child nutritional status, and development in children with severe acute malnutrition in Malawi.

Canadian Nationwide Survey on Pediatric Malnutrition Management in Tertiary Hospitals.

Identifying longitudinal-growth patterns from infancy to childhood: a study comparing multiple clustering techniques.

Dysglycemia in Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Extracellular vesicles isolated from milk can improve gut barrier dysfunction induced by malnutrition.

Maternal BMI is positively associated with human milk fat: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis

Collaborators (6)

Elena Comelli

Patrick Provost

Joel Watts

Melissa Gladstone

Peter Kim

David Hendrixson

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