Professor — Status Only | Lawson Family Foundation Chair in Patient Engagement in Childhood Nutrition

Jonathon Maguire

Department of Nutritional Sciences

MD

Publications

Location

St. Michael's Hospital

Address

Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (LKSKI), 209 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5B 1T8

Research Interests

clinical trials, patient-oriented research, paediatric nutrition

Appointment Status

Cross-Appointed

Accepting

Accepting new students

Qualification

MSc, Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto (2007-2009)
Academic General Pediatric Fellow, Division of Pediatric Medicine, the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto (2007-2009)
Chief Resident, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto (2006-2007)
Pediatric Resident, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto (2003-2007)
MD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (1999-2003)
MSc, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto (1997-1999)
BSc, Molecular Genetics and Molecular Biology, University College, University of Toronto (1993-1997)

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Other Academic and Clinical Appointments

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (2021 – present)

Professor, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto (2021 – present)

Lawson Family Foundation Chair in Patient Engagement in Childhood Nutrition, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (2019 – present)

Member, Pediatrics Section, Ontario Medical Association Executive Council (2016 – present)

Project Investigator, The Hospital for Sick Children (2010 – present)

Co-lead, The Applied Research Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!) (2009 – present)

Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital (2009 – present)

Consultant Pediatrician, Specialized Nutrition Clinic, St. Michael’s Hospital (2009 – present)

At a Glance

Dr. Maguire is a Scientist in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital and a Staff Pediatrician in the Department of Pediatrics at St. Michael’s Hospital with an active pediatric clinical practice. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Lawson Chair in Patient Engagement in Child Nutrition at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Maguire’s research interests focus on clinical trials involving nutrition and development in young children, as well as the creation of tools to facilitate evidence informed child health practice. He co-leads TARGet Kids!, the largest primary care research network for children in Canada.

About Dr. Jonathon Maguire

Professor Maguire holds the Lawson Chair in Patient Engagement in Child Nutrition at U of T, through which he conducts patient-oriented research — an approach in which families and children provide input throughout the research process, including identifying questions they want answered, how they would like them answered and which results they are most likely to use in day-to-day life.

Prof. Maguire is a staff pediatrician in the Department of Pediatrics at St. Michael’s Hospital, with an clinical practice focussed on urban child nutrition. His research is focused on clinical trials which aim to improve the nutrition and health of urban children. He co-leads TARGet Kids!, the largest primary care research network for children in Canada.

Prof. Maguire has received several awards including the Samuel J. Fomon Young Physician Award from the American Society of Nutrition, the Canadian Paediatric Society Young Investigator Award, a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award, an Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Early Researcher Award, an American Academy of Pediatrics Special Achievement award and holds a CIHR/SPOR Chair in Innovative Clinical Trials.

Research Synopsis

Dr. Maguire’s research interests focus on clinical trials involving nutrition and development in young children, as well as the creation of tools to facilitate evidence informed child health practice. As a CIHR/SPOR Innovative Clinical Trials Mentorship Chair and CIHR Foundation Grant Awardee, Dr. Maguire’s program of research has focused on the prevention of childhood illness. His leadership roles include co-lead of TARGet Kids!, and Steering Committee Chair of the Canadian Pediatric Surveillance Program (CPSP). Dr. Maguire has created a large practice-based research network (TARGet Kids!), engaged key decision makers including parent groups, clinicians and policy makers and am a leader in early childhood prevention research receiving global media attention and invitations for academic presentations at multiple universities.

Recent Awards and Distinctions (Selected)

Lawson Family Foundation Chair in Patient Engagement in Childhood Nutrition, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto (2019)

Special Achievement Award, American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatricians Alliance of Ontario (2018)

CIHR/SPOR Innovative Clinical Trials Chair (2016)

National and International Committee Memberships (Current)

Board Member, Pediatric Alliance of Ontario, American Academy of Pediatrics, Ontario Chapter (2016 – present)

Chair, Canadian Pediatric Surveillance Program (2012 – present)

Inner City Child Health Research Committee, Department of Pediatrics, St. Michael’s Hospital (2012 – present)

TARGet Kids! (The Applied Research Group) Steering Committee, The Hospital for Sick Children (2017 – present)

Lead, Special Nutrition Clinic, St. Michael’s Hospital (2008 – present)

Co-Lead, TARGet Kids! (The Applied Research Group for Kids; 2008 – present)

Recent Publications

Wu LC, Hattangadi N, Keown-Stoneman CDG, Maguire JL, Birken CS, Stremler R, Constantin E, Charach A. Sleep Duration and Internalizing Symptoms in Children. J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2022 Aug;31(3):115-123. Epub 2022 Aug 1. PMID: 35919906; PMCID: PMC9275369.
South CA, Keown-Stoneman CDG, Birken CS, Malik VS, Zlotkin SH, Maguire JL; TARGet Kids! collaboration. Underweight in the First 2 Years of Life and Growth in Later Childhood. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 1;5(7):e2224417. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.24417. PMID: 35904782; PMCID: PMC9338407.
Omand JA, Li X, Keown-Stoneman CDG, Borkhoff CM, Duku E, Lebovic G, Maguire JL, Mamdani MM, Parkin PC, Reid-Westoby C, Randall Simpson J, Tremblay MS, Janus M, Birken CS; TARGet Kids! Study Group. Body Weight at Age Four Years and Readiness to Start School: A Prospective Cohort Study. Child Obes. 2022 Jul 13. doi: 10.1089/chi.2022.0018. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35834646.
Yoshida-Montezuma Y, Sivapathasundaram B, Brown HK, Keown-Stoneman C, de Souza RJ, To T, Borkhoff CM, Birken CS, Maguire JL, Anderson LN. Association of Late Preterm Birth and Size for Gestational Age With Cardiometabolic Risk in Childhood. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 May 2;5(5):e2214379. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.14379. PMID: 35622362.
Massara P, Spiegel-Feld C, Hamilton J, Maguire JL, Birken C, Bandsma R, Comelli EM. Association between gut MIcrobiota, GROWth and Diet in peripubertal children from the TARGet Kids! cohort (The MiGrowD) study: protocol for studying gut microbiota at a community-based primary healthcare setting. BMJ Open. 2022 May 9;12(5):e057989. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057989. PMID: 35534076; PMCID: PMC9086606.
Giannoumis M, Mok E, Borkhoff CM, Birken CS, Maguire J, Parkin PC, Li P, Constantin E. Association of accelerometry-derived social jetlag and sleep with temperament in children less than 6 years of age. J Clin Sleep Med. 2022 May 9. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.10056. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35532114.
Elliott LJ, Keown-Stoneman CDG, Birken CS, Jenkins DJA, Borkhoff CM, Maguire JL. Vegetarian Diet, Growth, and Nutrition in Early Childhood: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Pediatrics. 2022 May 2:e2021052598. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-052598. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35499383.
Vanderhout SM, Birken CS, Wong PD, Weir S, Batten J, Maguire JL. Parent Engagement in a COVID-19 Cohort Study of Children and Families: Successes, Challenges and Next Steps. Healthc Q. 2022 Apr;24(SP):31-34. doi: 10.12927/hcq.2022.26777. PMID: 35467508.
Janus M, Ryan J, Pottruff M, Reid-Westoby C, Brownell M, Bennett T, Birken CS, Duku E, Ferro MA, Forer B, Georgiades S, Gorter JW, Guhn M, Maguire J, Manson H, Pei J, Santos R, Coplan RJ. Population-Based Teacher-Rated Assessment of Anxiety Among Canadian Kindergarten Children. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2022 Mar 4:1–12. doi: 10.1007/s10578-022-01332-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35244815; PMCID: PMC8894824.
Vanderloo LM, Janus M, Omand JA, Keown-Stoneman CDG, Borkhoff CM, Duku E, Mamdani M, Lebovic G, Parkin PC, Simpson JR, Tremblay MS, Maguire JL, Birken CS. Children's screen use and school readiness at 4-6 years: prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health. 2022 Feb 23;22(1):382. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-12629-8. PMID: 35197009.