Christine Loock
MD, FRCPC
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Medical Director, Cleft Palate Program and Social Pediatrics RICHER program
British Columbia Medical Journal
Binda, C. and Beevor-Potts, A. and McFadden, A. and Lea, A.P. and Bland, C. and Lau, W. and Hodgson, K. and Vaghri, Z. and Loock, C.
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Alnasser, Y. and Proao, A. and Loock, C. and Chuo, J. and Gilman, R.H.
DOI: 10.1007/s44197-024-00214-8Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Ponton, E. and Singh, T. and Carwana, M. and Duffy, D.J. and Courtemanche, R. and Courtemanche, D.J. and Loock, C.A. and Baird, R.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.04.001Journal of Primary Care and Community Health
So, J. and Sun, S. and Kim, A. and Nemati, S. and Kim, M.M. and McIntosh, G. and Pikksalu, K. and Loock, C. and Carwana, M.
DOI: 10.1177/21501319241273284Cleft and Craniofacial Orthodontics
Fisher, E. and Gibson, T.L. and Loock, C.
DOI: 10.1002/9781119778387.ch47Research Square
He, B. and Binda, C. and Loock, C. and Gardiner, J.
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1344245/v1Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology
McGregor, S. and Boroditsky, M. and Blanchard-Rohner, G. and Loock, C. and Jade Hildebrand, K.
DOI: 10.1186/s13223-022-00693-zCleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
Ponton, E. and Courtemanche, R. and Singh, T.K. and Duffy, D. and Courtemanche, D.J. and Loock, C.
DOI: 10.1177/10556656211048742Pediatric Dermatology
Wingfield Rehmus and Misha Zarbafian and Saud Alobaida and Clea Bland and Denise Hanson and Gwyn McIntosh and Kristina Pikksalu and Christine Loock
DOI: 10.1111/pde.1476211 / 2021
Paediatrics & Child Health
Shazeen Suleman and Yasmine Ratnani and Katrina Stockley and Radha Jetty and Katharine Smart and Susan Bennett and Sarah Gander and Christine Loock
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxaa08608 / 2020
The American journal of clinical nutrition
Nguyen TT and Risbud RD and Mattson SN and Chambers CD and Thomas JD
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.142075 PubMed: 3275754607 / 2020
British Columbia Medical Journal
Boroditsky, M. and Courtemanche, R. and Courtemanche, D. and Robertson, S. and Loock, C.
Clinical Care for Homeless, Runaway and Refugee Youth: Intervention Approaches, Education and Research Directions
Loock, C. and Moore, E. and Vo, D. and Friesen, R.G. and Warf, C. and Lynam, J.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40675-2_7Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology
Mela, M. and Hanlon-Dearman, A. and Ahmed, A.G. and Rich, S.D. and Densmore, R. and Reid, D. and Barr, A.M. and Osser, D. and Anderson, T. and Suberu, B. and Ipsiroglu, O. and Rajani, H. and Loock, C.
DOI: 10.15586/jptcp.v27i3.681The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ
Fisher E and Loock C and Melamed A and Blank S and Koren G
PubMed: 3068590401 / 2019
International Journal of Public Health
Tyler, I. and Lynam, J. and O?Campo, P. and Manson, H. and Lynch, M. and Dashti, B. and Turner, N. and Feller, A. and Ford-Jones, E.L. and Makin, S. and Loock, C.
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1190-7Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
McLachlan, K. and Vavasour, I. and MacKay, A. and Brain, U. and Oberlander, T. and Loock, C. and Reynolds, J.N. and Beaulieu, C.
DOI: 10.1111/acer.14024Plastic Surgery
Leung, L.T.F. and Loock, C.A. and Courtemanche, R. and Courtemanche, D.J.
DOI: 10.1177/2292550319876664Israel Medical Association Journal
Fisher, E. and Loock, C. and Melamed, A. and Blank, S. and Koren, G.
Paediatrics & Child Health
Loock C and Beaulieu E and Carwana M and Singh T and Hanson D and Suleman S
05 / 2018
Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent
Cook JL and Green CR and Lilley C and Psych R and Anderson S and Baldwin ME and Chudley AE and Conry J and LeBlanc N and Loock CA and Mallon B and McFarlane A and Temple V and Psych C
PubMed: 2966251904 / 2018
Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Cook, J.L. and Green, C.R. and Lilley, C. and Anderson, S. and Baldwin, M.E. and Chudley, A.E. and Conry, J. and Leblanc, N. and Loock, C.A. and Mallon, B. and McFarlane, A. and Temple, V.
Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
McLachlan, K. and Paolozza, A. and Kully-Martens, K. and Portales-Casamar, E. and Pavlidis, P. and Andrew, G. and Hanlon-Dearman, A. and Loock, C. and McFarlane, A. and Nikkel, S.M. and Pei, J. and Oberlander, T.F. and Samdup, D. and Reynolds, J.N. and Rasmussen, C.
DOI: 10.1007/s41252-017-0034-4Alcohol
McLachlan, K. and Rasmussen, C. and Oberlander, T.F. and Loock, C. and Pei, J. and Andrew, G. and Reynolds, J. and Weinberg, J.
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2016.03.003PLoS ONE
Treit, S. and Zhou, D. and Chudley, A.E. and Andrew, G. and Rasmussen, C. and Nikkel, S.M. and Samdup, D. and Hanlon-Dearman, A. and Loock, C. and Beaulieu, C.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150370CMAJ
Cook, J.L. and Green, C.R. and Lilley, C.M. and Anderson, S.M. and Baldwin, M.E. and Chudley, A.E. and Conry, J.L. and LeBlanc, N. and Loock, C.A. and Lutke, J. and Mallon, B.F. and McFarlane, A.A. and Temple, V.K. and Rosales, T.
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.141593Journal of population therapeutics and clinical pharmacology = Journal de la therapeutique des populations et de la pharmacologie clinique
Koren G and Chudley A and Loock C and MacLeod SM and Orrbine E and Rosales T and Rosenbaum C and Sarkar M
PubMed: 2501930307 / 2014
Journal of population therapeutics and clinical pharmacology = Journal de la therapeutique des populations et de la pharmacologie clinique
LaFrance MA and McLachlan K and Nash K and Andrew G and Loock C and Oberlander TF and Koren G and Rasmussen C
PubMed: 2489706105 / 2014
Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition
Burnell, L. and Verchere, C. and Pugash, D. and Loock, C. and Robertson, S. and Lehman, A.
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305390Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology
LaFrance, M.-A. and McLachlan, K. and Nash, K. and Andrew, G. and Loock, C. and Oberlander, T.F. and Koren, G. and Rasmussen, C.
Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology
Koren, G. and Chudley, A. and Loock, C. and Macleod, S.M. and Orrbine, E. and Rosales, T. and Rosenbaum, C. and Sarkar, M.
Social Science and Medicine
Ipsiroglu, O.S. and McKellin, W.H. and Carey, N. and Loock, C.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.10.027BMC Pediatrics
Wong, S.T. and Lynam, M.J. and Khan, K.B. and Scott, L. and Loock, C.
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-158Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)
Lynam MJ and Scott L and Loock C and Wong ST
DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2011.22576 PubMed: 2200857201 / 2011
International journal of pediatrics
Jan JE and Asante KO and Conry JL and Fast DK and Bax MC and Ipsiroglu OS and Bredberg E and Loock CA and Wasdell MB
DOI: 10.1155/2010/639048 PubMed: 2070665507 / 2010
Journal of Research in Nursing
Lynam, M.J. and Loock, C. and Scott, L. and Wong, S.M. and Munroe, V. and Palmer, B.
DOI: 10.1177/1744987109360651The Canadian journal of clinical pharmacology = Journal canadien de pharmacologie clinique
Goh YI and Chudley AE and Clarren SK and Koren G and Orrbine E and Rosales T and Rosenbaum C and Taskforce for Development of FASD Screening Tools
PubMed: 1884092109 / 2008
Journal of Research in Nursing
Lynam, M.J. and Loock, C. and Scott, L. and Khan, K.B.
DOI: 10.1177/1744987108088639Alaska medicine
George MA and Masotti P and MacLeod S and Van Bibber M and Loock C and Fleming M and McDiarmid T and Morton AM and Penno E and Prince E and Ranford J and Salmon A and Smith C
PubMed: 1792962301 / 2007
PLoS Medicine
Masotti, P. and George, M.A. and Szala-Meneok, K. and Morton, A.M. and Loock, C. and Van Bibber, M. and Ranford, J. and Fleming, M. and MacLeod, S.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030008CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
Loock CA and Chudley AE and Conry J and Cook JL and Rosales T and LeBlanc N
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.105013510 / 2005
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
Chudley AE and Conry J and Cook JL and Loock C and Rosales T and LeBlanc N
03 / 2005
CMAJ
Chudley, A.E. and Conry, J. and Cook, J.L. and Loock, C. and Rosales, T. and LeBlanc, N.
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1040302CMAJ
Loock, C. and Conry, J. and Cook, J.L. and Chudley, A.E. and Rosales, T.
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050135CMAJ
Goulden, K.J. and Loock, C.A. and Chudley, A.E. and Conry, J. and Cook, J.L. and Rosales, T. and LeBlanc, N.
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1050107Pediatrics
Clark, C.M. and Li, D. and Conry, J. and Conry, R. and Loock, C.
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.5.1096Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Fast, D.K. and Conry, J. and Loock, C.A.
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-199910000-00012Physical Therapy
Harris, S.R. and Osborn, J.A. and Weinberg, J. and Loock, C. and Junaid, K.
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/73.9.608Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly
Coutts, K. and McKenzie, D. and Loock, C. and Beauchamp, R. and Armstrong, R.
DOI: 10.1123/apaq.10.1.22Canadian Journal of Public Health
Robinson, G.C. and Armstrong, R.W. and Moczuk, I.B. and Loock, C.A.
CMAJ
Macnab, A.J. and Loock, C.
Journal of Infectious Diseases
Schaad, U.B. and McCracken, G.H. and Loock, C.A. and Thomas, M.L.
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/143.2.156Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Schaad, U.B. and McCracken Jr., G.H. and Loock, C.A. and Thomas, M.L.
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.17.3.406The RICHER (Responsive, Intersectoral, Child & Community Health, Education and Research) Program in Social Pediatrics is a translational research to practice community outreach program seeking to make health services (primary to specialized) accessible to socially vulnerable children and families. Our “place-based” work approach has brought provincial and national, and recently international, attention. We are in our 10th year of collaborative study with UBC, PHSA (Children’s, Women’s and Sunny Hill), and BC regional health authorities. The RICHER Social Pediatrics Initiative (SPI) is co-lead with Dr. Judith Lynam , Professor of Nursing (UBC, CFRI), and is a participatory research program with primary health providers focusing on improving methods to measure health care access, patient trust and engagement, and developmental outcomes for socially and materially disenfranchised children and youth. We recently have partnered with Public Health Ontario and other Canadian Social Pediatrics initiatives on a ‘Realist Synthesis of Social Pediatrics Theory’ literature review, with focus on mechanisms and outcomes for effective service provision and engagement with vulnerable child/youth populations.
Our work with NeuroDevNet on Clinical Community Research with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is addressing gene-environment interactions, predictive biomarkers, and the relationship between structural alterations in the brain and functional outcomes. Thanks to our partnership with the communities engaged with the RICHER Social Pediatrics Initiative, we have been able to assist in the engagement and recruitment of families who often are unable to participate in research studies due to financial and other social barriers. Many of our families have experienced early life adversity with adverse childhood experiences (ACES). We are committed to knowledge transfer and dissemination of new discoveries from this national study of children with disabilities that will inform the development of effective interventions for children, youth and young adults affected by FASD and other disabilities, compounded by poverty, early life adversity and other ACES. This research is on-going, and in collaboration with Drs. Dan Goldowitz and and Tim Oberlander (BC Children's Hospital) and co-lead FASD Principle Investigators, Drs. James Reynolds and Joanne Weinberg,
The Sleep/Wake Behaviour Clinic and Research Lab, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, has developed an innovative and internationally acclaimed approach to pediatric sleep research that uses mixed methods to measure, describe and address sleep problems in children and youth with disabilities, including those with both genetic and acquired craniofacial conditions, including Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). This collaborative research partnership is led by Dr. Osman Ipsiroglu (BC Children's Hospital), with our collaborations from the BC Children’s Provincial Cleft Palate Program with Dr. Douglas Courtemanche, Division of Plastic Surgery, C&W Chief of Staff, Dr. William McKellin, UBC Anthropology and Sociology, and Dr. Amy Salmon, researcher with the Canada FASD Research Network.
To be updated with input from BB&D Theme lead, T. Oberlander. Please refer to CVs of BC Children's Hospital Investigators
Oberlander, Ipsiroglu and Lynam for prior grants as co-applicant.
BC Pediatrics Society Judith Hall Advocacy Award, November 2015
Canadian Pediatric Society Certificate of Merit, 2009
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for service to the community, Governor General of Canada, 2012, presented by Minister of Parliament, Dr. Hedy Fry, January 17, 2013
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