Erin Peebles

Investigator and General Academic Pediatrician, BC Children's Hospital
Pediatric Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia

Academic Affiliations

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Research Theme

Evidence to Innovation

Research Group

Implementing Knowledge for Equity and System Change

Research Areas

Social Determinants of Health

Social Issues

Structural Determinants of Health

Contact

erin.peebles@cw.bc.ca

Mailing Address

4480 Oak Street
Vancouver, BC
V6H3V4

Overview: My research explores how trainees reconcile what they are taught about the health effects of the social and structural determinants of health and what they are able to do in practice.
Publications: Trainee resistors: Have our students become our teachers?
Medical Education
Erin R. Peebles and Rabia Khan
DOI: 10.1111/medu.15569
10/2024
Lost in translation: a national cross-sectional study on medical interpreter use by pediatric residents
Postgraduate Medical Journal
Sarah Peters and Erin Peebles and Matthew Carwana
DOI: 10.1093/postmj/qgae026
03/2024
From helplessness to transformation: An analysis of clinician narratives about the social determinants of health and their implications for training and practice
Medical Education
DOI: 10.1111/medu.15184
2023
Severe Generalized Bullous Fixed Drug Eruption Treated with Cyclosporine: A Case Report and Literature Review
Case Reports in Dermatology
DOI: 10.1159/000513469
2021
A Blended Model of Case-Based Learning in a Paediatric Clerkship Program
Medical Science Educator
Amrit Kirpalani and Joanne Grimmer and Erin R. Peebles
DOI: 10.1007/s40670-020-00922-3
01/2020
Five-month-old male with chronic diarrhea
Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxz155
2020
Unanticipated admissions to paediatric cardiac critical care after cardiac catheterisations
Cardiology in the Young
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951119000817
2019
Complex care for kids Ontario: Protocol for a mixed-methods randomised controlled trial of a population-level care coordination initiative for children with medical complexity
BMJ Open
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028121
2019
Factors Associated with Discharge Home after Transfer to a Pediatric Emergency Department
Pediatric Emergency Care
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001098
2018
4 poor feeding and lethargy in a 32-day-old infant
Pediatrics in Review
DOI: 10.1542/pir.2016-0159
2018
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric emergency department in Newfoundland and Labrador
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
DOI: 10.1155/2014/267901
2014
Cyberbullying: Hiding behind the screen
Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)
DOI: 10.1093/pch/19.10.527
2014
Face and neck swelling in a 16-year-old boy
BMJ Case Reports
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006747
2012
Research: Implementation of Self-determination Theory in Pediatrics Clerkship Academic Half Day
Resident project looking at the implementation of self-directed learning within a pediatric clerkship rotation. This is a quality improvement project eliciting year 3 student feedback, and exam performance.
Pediatric Residents’ Assessment of Their Postgraduate Training on the Social and Structural Determinants of Obesity
Resident project performing a thematic analysis of pediatric resident perceptions and experiences with managing the social and structural determinants of obesity.
Unseen and Unheard: Medical Student Perspectives on Interpreter Use and the Hidden Curriculum
Resident project exploring the experiences of undergraduate medical students and the use of translator use to provide equitable care.

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Torin Halvorson and Hebah Hussaina awarded Vanier scholarships for immunotherapy and mental health research

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) is proud to announce that two of its outstanding research trainees, Torin Halvorson, an MD/PhD student working with the Levings research team, and Hebah Hussaina, a graduate research assistant in the Brussoni Lab, have been awarded the prestigious 2024 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

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Studies highlight the impact of the pandemic on children and youth’s mental health

The Pediatric Outcome ImProvement through COordination of Research Networks — which involves BCCHR — has published their latest research findings on mental health hospitalizations of children and youth throughout the pandemic. These findings led the team to a second study where they evaluated the relationship between hospital admissions for eating disorders and public health restrictions.

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Recognizing a brain injury quickly can save lives

Knowing how to recognize brain injury as early as possible and what to do is crucial to reduce potential long-term complications. Mild traumatic brain injuries are more prevalent in children and youth than adults, often as a result of sport- and recreation-related events.

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A decade of work advances care for children with cancer

Researchers at the Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute have been working for over a decade on the BC Pediatric Personalized OncoGenomics (PedsPOG) study, using genomics to identify treatments specific to an individual child’s cancer.

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BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute brings Mini Science Night to Salmon Arm

Scheduled for May 2, in Salmon Arm, BC, Mini Science Night is a public lecture that explores the newest discoveries and innovations in health research. Admission is free and everyone in the community is welcome to attend, including students, teachers, parents, seniors, and local health-care professionals. There are 50 seats available to the public when registration opens on April 2.

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