- Overview
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My current research focuses on identifying model of care for the management of feeding/eating disturbances in autistic children and youth.
- Publications
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A time to act: Anti-racist paediatric research
Paediatrics & Child Health
Sharon Smile and Alison Williams
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxab018
07/2021Intestinal permeability correlates with behavioural severity in very young children with ASD: A preliminary study
Journal of Neuroimmunology
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2021.577607
2021General paediatric practice in autism spectrum disorder screening in Ontario, Canada: Opportunities for improvement
Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxz150
2021Re-imagining the physicians' role in the assessment of feeding challenges in children with autism spectrum disorder
Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxaa008
2021Supporting children with autism spectrum disorder in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
CMAJ
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.75399
2020Annals graphic medicine- Social determinants of health
Annals of Internal Medicine
DOI: 10.7326/G20-0067
2020A 4-year-old boy with food selectivity and autism-spectrum disorder
CMAJ
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.180695
2019Prospective cohort study of vitamin D and autism spectrum disorder diagnoses in early childhood
Autism
DOI: 10.1177/1362361318756787
2019A pilot dose finding study of pioglitazone in autistic children
Molecular Autism
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-018-0241-5
2018Case 3: Regression in an adolescent with autism spectrum disorder
Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)
DOI: 10.1093/pch/21.1.13
2016Case 2: Persistent skin discolouration in a child with autism spectrum disorder
Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)
DOI: 10.1093/pch/21.2.67a
2016Cognitive and neurobehavioral profile in boys with duchenne muscular dystrophy
Journal of Child Neurology
DOI: 10.1177/0883073815570154
2015A randomized, placebo controlled trial of omega-3 fatty acids in the treatment of young children with autism
Molecular Autism
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-015-0010-7
2015Intranasal oxytocin in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders: A review of literature and early safety and efficacy data in youth
Brain Research
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.01.049
2014Autism spectrum disorder phenotype in children with ambulatory cerebral palsy: A descriptive cross-sectional study
Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2012.10.008
2013Informing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for children with cerebral palsy at risk of osteoporosis: A systematic review
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04091.x
2012New models for considering the role of medication in the treatment and elucidation of the etiology of autism
Current Psychiatry Reports
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-012-0326-3
2012 - Research
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Grants
Co-Investigator. Listening to the Margins: Building a New Research Network to Support the Social Needs of Racialized Children with Disabilities in Canada. Funding Source: SSHRC
Co-Principal Investigator. Equity in Access: Have telemedicine autism spectrum disorder diagnostic assessments inadvertently disadvantaged children from marginalized populations? Funding Source: AHSC AFP Innovation Fund
Principal Investigator. ASD and ARFID Feeding Hub: Improving Health. Funding Source: Autism Speaks Canada Family Services Community Grant
Principal Investigator. Applying a multidisciplinary framework, the Medico Oral/Motor Behaviour Sensory Environmental approach, MOBS E approach, to assess feeding challenges in children with neurodevelopmental and neurobehavioural disorder. A feasibility study. Funding Source: AHSC AFP Innovation Fund
Congratulations CIHR Fall 2024 Project Grant recipients
Congratulations to the investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fall 2024 Project Grant competition!
