Jennifer Yamamoto, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Research summary

Dr. Jennifer Yamamoto’s research focuses on improving outcomes for mothers/birthing people and children affected by diabetes in pregnancy through the use of diabetes technology. She has several ongoing clinical studies to improve use and access to diabetes technology in the way of management and screening for diabetes in pregnancy and postpartum. Her program aims to enhance the health of mothers/birthing people with diabetes in pregnancy and their children.

Research interests

• Continuous glucose monitoring
• Gestational diabetes
• Neonatal outcomes
• Pregnancy
• Type 1 diabetes
• Type 2 diabetes

Research affiliations

Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)

Brief bio

Dr. Yamamoto is an endocrinologist and clinician researcher at the University of Manitoba. She completed her medical school and internal medicine residency at the University of Manitoba. She subsequently completed her Endocrinology training and MSc in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Calgary.

Dr. Yamamoto now holds the Henry G. Friesen Professorship in Endocrinology at the University of Manitoba. She has over 60 peer-reviewed publications to date and has national funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Diabetes Canada. Her clinical work and research focus on diabetes preconception, during pregnancy and postpartum.

Education

• Masters of Science, University of Calgary, 2019
• Doctor of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 2011
• Bachelor of Science in Medicine, University of Manitoba, 2011
• Bachelor of Science, McGill University, 2005

Awards

• Aubie Angel Young Investigator’s Award in Clinical Research, 2024
• Henry G. Friesen Professorship in Endocrinology, University of Manitoba, 2021-2026
• Community Health Sciences Achievement Award, University of Calgary, 2019
• Allen-Carey Scholarship in Women’s Health, 2017