Astrid Guttmann

Senior Core Scientist (Full Status)
Chief Science Officer (on leave)

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Life Stage Research Program

Phone
416-480-4055

Other Affiliations

Staff Paediatrician, Division of Paediatric Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children

Professor, Paediatrics, cross appointment Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Senior Scientist, SickKids Research Institute

Co-Director, Leong Centre for Healthy Children

Recent ICES Grants

Maternal disability and child preventive health care: supporting family-centred care

Principal investigator: Brown H
Co-investigators: Cohen E, Gemmill M, Guttmann A, Lunsky YJ, Pituch E, Saunders NR, Telner D, Vigod SN, Zwicker JD

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2021-2025; $439,876

Informing the pediatric mental health recovery plan: evaluating delays to diagnoses and changing characteristics of children and adolescents with new neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders in Ontario, Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic

Principal investigators: Moran K, Saunders NR, Toulany A
Co-investigators: Cohen E, Guttmann A, Kurdyak PA, Moore Hepburn C, Penner M, Stukel TA, Sundar P, Vigod SN

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating Grant
2021-2022; $75,000

Deferred Care Outcomes in Canadian Children and Youth: Measuring and Mitigating Risk during COVID-19

Principal Investigators: Brownell MD, Cohen E, Guttmann A, Saunders NR
Co-investigators: Hanlon-Dearman A, Hepburn CM, Katz A, Mahar A, Rayner J, Stukel T, Wanigaratne S, Wilson S

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, COVID-19 Rapid Research
2020-2021; $258,686

Recent Awards & Recognition

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair

2022: Dr. Astrid Guttmann awarded Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Applied Child Health Services and Policy.

6/6/2022

Medal of Honour

2021: Awarded to Dr. Astrid Guttmann by the Health Research Foundation. The award recognizes Dr. Guttmann’s leadership and dedication to improving child and youth health through population-based research on health program and policy performance. Read more.

11/24/2021

Geoffrey C. Robinson Award

2021; Awarded to Dr. Astrid Guttmann by the Canadian Pediatric Society. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to child and youth health through population health or health services research.

9/21/2021

Recent ICES Publications

1/11/2023

Safety of prenatal opioid analgesics: Do results differ between public health insurance beneficiary and population-based cohorts?

Brogly SB, Bowie AC, Li W, Camden A, Velez MP, Guttmann A, Werler MM. Birth Defects Res. 2023; Jan 11 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bdr2.2147

1/3/2023

Disability and in-hospital breastfeeding practices and supports in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study

Brown HK, Taylor V, Vigod SN, Dennis CL, Fung K, Chen S, Guttmann A, Havercamp SM, Parish SL, Ray JG, Lunsky Y. Lancet Public Health. 2023; 8(1):E47-65. Epub 2023 Jan 3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00310-3

12/2/2022

Health care use and system costs among pediatric refugees in Canada

Saunders NR, Gandhi S, Wanigaratne S, Lu H, Stukel TA, Glazier R, Rayner J, Guttmann A. Pediatrics. 2022; 151(1):e2022057441. Epub 2022 Dec 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-057441