- Overview
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My research focus is exploring the treatment and outcomes of patients with childhood cancer or chronic hematological conditions. In particular, I am interested in exploring how health care delivery models and health care policies influence patient’s medical outcomes. I am also interested in how patients and families report their experiences with their illness and health care encounters and how their illness affects their quality of life. In order to examine these areas, I use a combination of clinical research methodology, administrative databases as well as evaluations of existing health care programs.
- Publications
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Reproductive Health Outcomes among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Cancers
DOI: 10.3390/cancers15061707
2023Sexual health outcomes among adolescent and young adult cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-Analysis
JNCI Cancer Spectrum
DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkad087
2023Prognostic factors and outcomes of infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), hypodiploid ALL, and mixed-phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL) in Canada: a report from CYP-C
Leukemia and Lymphoma
Tibout, P. and Ledjiar, O. and Athale, U. and Rayar, M. and Kulkarni, K. and Truong, T. and Cellot, S. and Bittencourt, H. and Pelland-Marcotte, M.-C. and Tran, T.H.
DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2022.2118536
2022Poor outcome after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation of patients with unclassified inherited bone marrow failure syndromes
European Journal of Haematology
Lim, Y.J. and Arbiv, O.A. and Kalbfleisch, M.E. and Klaassen, R.J. and Fernandez, C. and Rayar, M. and Steele, M. and Lipton, J.H. and Cuvelier, G. and Pastore, Y.D. and Silva, M. and Brossard, J. and Michon, B. and Abish, S. and Sinha, R. and Corriveau-Bourque, C. and Breakey, V.R. and Tole, S. and Goodyear, L. and Sung, L. and Zlateska, B. and Cada, M. and Dror, Y.
DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13733
2022Incidence of childhood cancer in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic
CMAJ
Pelland-Marcotte, M.-C. and Xie, L. and Barber, R. and Elkhalifa, S. and Frechette, M. and Kaur, J. and Onysko, J. and Bouffet, E. and Fernandez, C.V. and Mitchell, D. and Rayar, M. and Randall, A. and Stammers, D. and Larouche, V. and Airhart, A. and Fidler-Benaoudia, M. and Cohen-Gogo, S. and Sung, L. and Gibson, P.
DOI: 10.1503/CMAJ.210659
2021Androgen therapy in inherited bone marrow failure syndromes: analysis from the Canadian Inherited Marrow Failure Registry
British Journal of Haematology
Català, A. and Ali, S.S. and Cuvelier, G.D.E. and Steele, M. and Klaassen, R.J. and Fernandez, C.V. and Pastore, Y.D. and Abish, S. and Rayar, M. and Jardine, L. and Breakey, V.R. and Brossard, J. and Sinha, R. and Silva, M. and Goodyear, L. and Lipton, J.H. and Michon, B. and Corriveau-Bourque, C. and Sung, L. and Lauhasurayotin, S. and Zlateska, B. and Cada, M. and Dror, Y.
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.16445
2020Regional differences in access to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation among pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia
Pediatric Blood and Cancer
Truong, T.H. and Pole, J.D. and Bittencourt, H. and Schechter, T. and Cuvelier, G.D.E. and Paulson, K. and Rayar, M. and Mitchell, D. and Schultz, K.R. and O'Shea, D. and Barber, R. and Sung, L.
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28263
2020Cellular and molecular architecture of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitors in genetic models of bone marrow failure
JCI Insight
Heidemann, S. and Bursic, B. and Zandi, S. and Li, H. and Abelson, S. and Klaassen, R.J. and Abish, S. and Rayar, M. and Breakey, V.R. and Moshiri, H. and Dhanraj, S. and De Borja, R. and Shlien, A. and Dick, J.E. and Dror, Y.
DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.131018
2020A feasibility study examining the impact of yoga on psychosocial health and symptoms in pediatric outpatients receiving chemotherapy
Supportive Care in Cancer
Stein, E. and Rayar, M. and Krishnadev, U. and Gupta, A. and Hyslop, S. and Plenert, E. and Schechter-Finkelstein, T. and Sung, L.
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-019-04673-9
2019Access to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation among Pediatric Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Population-Based Analysis
Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Truong, T.H. and Pole, J.D. and Bittencourt, H. and Schechter, T. and Cuvelier, G.D.E. and Paulson, K. and Rayar, M. and Mitchell, D. and Schultz, K.R. and O'Shea, D. and Barber, R. and Wall, D. and Sung, L.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2019.02.009
2019Reanalysing genomic data by normalized coverage values uncovers CNVs in bone marrow failure gene panels
npj Genomic Medicine
Lauhasurayotin, S. and Cuvelier, G.D. and Klaassen, R.J. and Fernandez, C.V. and Pastore, Y.D. and Abish, S. and Rayar, M. and Steele, M.G. and Jardine, L. and Breakey, V.R. and Brossard, J. and Sinha, R. and Silva, M. and Goodyear, L. and Lipton, J.H. and Michon, B. and Corriveau-Bourque, C. and Sung, L. and Shabanova, I. and Li, H. and Zlateska, B. and Dhanraj, S. and Cada, M. and Scherer, S.W. and Dror, Y.
DOI: 10.1038/s41525-019-0104-9
2019Qualitative development of the sinus control test: A survey evaluating sinus symptom control
International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology
Banglawala, S.M. and Schlosser, R.J. and Morella, K. and Chandra, R. and Khetani, J. and Poetker, D.M. and Rayar, M. and Rudmik, L. and Sautter, N.B. and Sommer, D.D. and Smith, T.L. and Soler, Z.M.
DOI: 10.1002/alr.21690
2016Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Comparing Pre-diagnosis Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)-Targeted Intervention with Ontario’s Autism Intervention Program
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Penner, M. and Rayar, M. and Bashir, N. and Roberts, S.W. and Hancock-Howard, R.L. and Coyte, P.C.
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2447-0
2015Do we need a formalized humanism and professionalism curriculum in pediatric hematology and oncology training?
Pediatric Blood and Cancer
Cheng, S. and Rayar, M. and Punnett, A.
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25638
2015Sarcopenia in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Rayar, M. and Webber, C.E. and Nayiager, T. and Sala, A. and Barr, R.D.
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318279eea2
2013Predictors of bony morbidity in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Pediatric Blood and Cancer
Rayar, M.S. and Nayiager, T. and Webber, C.E. and Barr, R.D. and Athale, U.H.
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24040
2012Educational services for hospitalized children
Paediatrics and Child Health
Ratnapalan, S. and Rayar, M.S. and Crawley, M.
DOI: 10.1093/pch/14.7.433
2009Should prevention of chronic kidney disease start before pregnancy?
International Urology and Nephrology
Filler, G. and Rayar, M.S. and Da Silva, O. and Buffo, I. and Pepelassis, D. and Sharma, A.P.
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-007-9328-1
2008 - Research
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Honours & Awards
Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship
Clinicial Graduate Degree Scholarship
Clinical Research Fellowship Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario
Research Group MembersPrerna Bhasin, INSPIRE TRAINEE
Jenny Hsieh, INSPIRE TRAINEE
Justin Yap
Transforming childhood cancer care across the country
BC Children's Hospital clinicians and researchers are part of a new Canadian Pediatric Cancer Consortium that aims to transform pediatric cancer care and research by ensuring every child diagnosed with cancer in Canada will have increased and equitable access to therapies and care.
