Catherine Birken

Adjunct Scientist

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Life Stage Research Program

Phone
416-813-4930

Assistant
Donna Whitely, Administrative Assistant, 416-813-7654 Ext. 301544

Biography

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Education

MSc, Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, University of Toronto
FRCPC, Paediatrics, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
MD, University of Toronto
BA, Psychology, University of Western Ontario

Research Focus

Children and youth
Pediatric care
Primary care
Public health

Other Affiliations

Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute
Staff Physician (Clinician-Scientist), Hospital for Sick Children

Recent Awards & Recognition

POWER Award

2019: Awarded to Dr. Catherine Birken for excellence in post-graduate teaching at the Hospital for Sick Children.
9/7/2019
POWER Award

2014: Awarded to Dr. Catherine Birken for excellence in post-graduate teaching at the Hospital for Sick Children.
7/13/2014
Special Achievement Award

2012: Awarded to Dr. Catherine Birken by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in recognition of exceptional work in the Ontario chapter of the AAP.
8/22/2012

Recent ICES Publications

11/1/2020

Association between weight status and mental health service utilization in children and adolescents

Carsley S, Pope E, Tu K, Parkin PC, Toulany A, Birken CS. J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020; 29(4):229-40. Epub 2020 Nov 1.

7/22/2019

Agreement between a health claims algorithm and parent‐reported asthma in young children

Omand JA, Maguire JL, O'Connor DL, Parkin PC, Birken CS, Thorpe KE, Zhu J, To T. Pediatr. Pulmonol. 2019; 54(10):1547-56. Epub 2019 Jul 22. DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24432.

5/19/2019

Temporal trends in severe obesity prevalence in children and youth from primary care electronic medical records in Ontario: a repeated cross-sectional study

Carsley S, Pope E, Anderson LN, Tremblay MS, Tu K, Birken CS; Team to Address Bariatric Care in Canadian Children. CMAJ Open. 2019; 7(2):E351-59. Epub 2019 May 19. DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20180174.

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