Research Communications - Chanchlani Research Centre

Study Publications

A selection of notable publications from our studies.

NutriGen Birth Cohort Alliance

The relationship between diet, gut microbiota, and serum metabolome of South Asian infants at 1 year. Bruce CY, Shanmuganathan M, Azab SM, Simons E, Mandhane P, Turvey SE, Subbarao P, Azad MB, Britz-McKibbin P, Anand SS, de Souza RJ, Stearns JC. Journal of Nutrition. 153(2):470-482. 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2022.12.016

Serum metabolomic signatures of gestational diabetes in South Asian and white European women. Claudia S.; Sandi A.; Russell J d.S.; Meera S.; Dipika D.; Koon T.; Stephanie A.; Katherine M.; Milan G.; Philip B.; Sonia A. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, 10:e002733. 2022. DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2021-002733.

DNA methylation changes in cord blood and the developmental origins of health and disease – a systematic review and replication study. Loubna A.; Randa S.; Dipika D.; Piush M.; Meghan A.; Theo M.; Padmaja S.; Stuart T.; Guillaume P.; Sonia A. & NutriGen Alliance. BMC genomics, 23(1), 221. 2022. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08451-6

Barriers and facilitators to healthy active living in South Asian families in Canada: a thematic analysis. Sabina M.; Sujane K.; Russell J d.S.; Gita W.; Dipika D.; Sonia A.; Paul R. BMJ Open, 12(11): e060385. 2022. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060385

The association of maternal sugary beverage consumption during pregnancy and the early years with childhood sugary beverage consumption. Jayneel L.; Dipika D.; Nora A.; Russell d.S.; Koon T.; Katherine M.; Zubin P.; Milan G.; Scott L.; Sonia A. for the START, FAMILY, and RICH LEGACY investigators. Can J Public Health. 2022. DOI: 10.17269/s41997-022-00681-1

The genetic risk of gestational diabetes in South Asian women. Amel L.; Jayneel L.; Karleen S.; Dipika D.; Brian K.; Russell d.S.; Guillaume P.; Deborah L.; John W.; Sonia A. eLife, 11:e81498. 2022. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.81498

Does the impact of a plant-based diet during pregnancy on birth weight differ by ethnicity? A dietary pattern analysis from a prospective Canadian birth cohort alliance. Zulyniak MA, de Souza RJ, Shaikh M, Desai D, Lefebvre DL, Gupta M, Wilson J, Wahi G, Subbarao P, Becker AB, Mandhane P, Turvey SE, Beyene J, Atkinson S, Morrison KM, McDonald S, Teo KK, Sears MR, Anand SS for the NutriGen Alliance investigators. BMJ Open. ;7:e017753. 2017. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017753

Harmonization of food-frequency questionnaires and dietary pattern analysis in 4 ethnically diverse birth cohorts. de Souza RJ, Zulyniak MA, Desai D, Shaikh MR, Campbell NC, Lefebvre DL, Milan G, Wilson J, Wahi G, Atkinson SA, Teo KK, Subbarao P, Becker AB, Mandhane PJ, Turvey SE, Sears MR, Anand SS. Journal of Nutrition. 146(11): 2343-2350. 2016. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.116.236729

COVID CommUNITY

Seropositivity and risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in a South Asian community in Ontario: a cross-sectional analysis of a prospective cohort study. Sonia A.; Corey A.; Shrikant B.; Shelly B.; Dawn B.; Rahul C.; Russell d.S.; Dipika D.; Sujane K.; Farah K.; Zainab K.; Marc-André L.; Jayneel L.; Scott L.; Mark L.; Lawrence L.; Baanu M.; Kiran N.; Martin P.; Zubin P.; Karleen S.; Natalie W.; Gita W. CMAJ Open, 10 (3) E599-E609. 2022. DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20220031

South Asian Youth as Vaccine Agents of Change (SAY-VAC): evaluation of a public health programme to mobilise and empower South Asian youth to foster COVID-19 vaccine-related evidence-based dialogue in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Canada. Kandasamy S, Ariyarajah A, Limbachia J, An D, Lopez L, Manoharan B, Pacht E, Silver A, Uddandam A, Vansjalia KM, Williams NC, Anand SS for the SAY-VAC team. BMJ Open, 12:e061619. 2022. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061619

Indigenous Birth Cohort (iABC)

Elder women’s perceptions around optimal perinatal health: a constructivist grounded-theory study with an Indigenous community in southern Ontario. Kandasamy S, Vanstone M, Oremus M, Hill T, Wahi G, Wilson J, Davis AD, Jacobs R, Anglin R, Anand SS. CMAJ Open. 5 (2): E411-E416. 2017. DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20160077

Aboriginal birth cohort (ABC): a prospective cohort study of early life determinants of adiposity and associated risk factors among Aboriginal people in Canada. Wahi G, Wilson J, Miller R, Anglin R, McDonald S, Morrison KM, Teo KK, Anand SS; ABC investigators. BMC Public Health. 13:608. 2013. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-608

Maternal and Newborn Health Profile in a First Nations Community in Canada. Oliveira AP, Kalra S, Wahi G, McDOnald S, Desai D, Wilson J, Jacobs L, Smoke S, Hill P, Hill K, Kandasamy S, Morrison K, Teo K, Miller R, Anand SS. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 35:10. 2013. DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30812-4

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in South Asian Children in Canada (ASHA)

Deriving Normative Data on 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring for South Asian Children (ASHA): A Clinical Research Protocol. Nazarali S., Robinson C.H., Khan F., Pocsai T., Desai D., de Souza R.J., Bhatt G., Dart A., Dionne J., Elmansy S., Kandasamy S., Lear S.A., Obeid J., Parekh R., Punthakee Z., Sinha R., Thabane L., Wahi G., Zappitelly M., Anand S.S., Chanchlani R. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease. 9:20543581211072329. 2022. DOI:10.1177/20543581211072329

SCORE!

Strengthening Community Roots: Anchoring Newcomers in Wellness and Sustainability (SCORE!): A protocol for the co-design and evaluation of a healthy active living program among a newcomer community in Canada. Wahi G, Kandasamy S, Bangdiwala SI, Baumann A, Crea-Arsenio M, Desai D, DiLiberto D, Georgiades K, Jackson-Best F, Kwan M, Montague P, Newbold KB, Sherifali D, Sim A, de Souza RJ, Anand SS. PLOS ONE. 18(9): e0288851. 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288851

Other Communication Products

Posters, presentations, Interactive maps and other content we have produced to share what we have learned with the broader community.

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Environmental Profiles of Community Health: Interactive Map from the Canadian Alliance for Health Hearts and Minds study

As part of the Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds (CAHHM) study, we collected data from communities across Canada and assembled it into an online interactive map. The map contains data about connectivity, as well as food, tobacco and alcohol availability and price.

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Video: Cardiology Rounds: Indigenous Heart Health

Cardiology Fellow Miles Marchand presents upstream risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Indigenous people, disparities in care between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and outlines strategies to engage Indigenous patients and communities.

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Video: Cardiology Rounds: Indigenous Heart Health (Sonia Anand)

Sonia Anand describes her experience partnering with the Six Nations of the Grand River community in health research and presents some results from the Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds study.

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Video: Dear Granddaughter

Poem written and performed by Tahnee Wilson, videography by Sujane Kandasamy. This film is a personal reflection of the research findings of a MSc thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, Health Research Methodology Program, McMaster University by Sujane Kandasamy titled "Perinatal Wellbeing in an Aboriginal context: Understanding the health beliefs and cultural perceptions of grandmothers from the Six Nations reserve in Southern Ontario".

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Video: Healthy Roots Pilot Study: Six Nations Health Services and McMaster University Collaboration

This video was created as a collaborative effort between Six Nations Health Services and McMaster University to track the experiences of participants enrolled in the "Healthy Roots" Pilot Study.

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Video: The Rise in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Chronic Diseases in Guyana

Loshana Sockalingam (a recent MSc graduate from McMaster University) presented at the 14th Guyana Medical Research Conference (GMRC 2022) organized by the Institute of Health Sciences Education, Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. Loshana’s presentation is based on her paper “The Rise in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Chronic Diseases in Guyana: A Narrative Review” (Annals of Global Health, 2021). This presentation discusses the main modifiable risk factors that have led to an increased prevalence and burden of cardiovascular disease, as well as focuses on strategies to curb the cardiovascular disease epidemic in Guyana.

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