Max Rady College of Medicine

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health

Established in 1920, Pediatrics and Child Health has a strong tradition of service to Winnipeg, providing care, training future pediatricians and researching children's medicine to improve patient outcomes. We offer a strong focus on family-centred care, excellent education, innovative research and the fostering of leadership.

Smiling kids.

What we offer

Pediatrics and Child Health offers comprehensive undergraduate (clerkship) and postgraduate (residency) programs. We are also actively involved in the education of physician assistants, international medical graduates and nurse practitioners.

Our story

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Current student resources

We are proud to educate the next generation of pediatricians, providing a supportive environment in which students learn the unique features of infant, child and adolescent medicine—from undergraduate programs to residencies and graduate studies.

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Find an advisor

You must have an advisor willing to accept you as a student to pursue graduate studies in pediatrics. 

Advisors accepting graduate students

Faculty advisorResearch area(s)
Alex Aregbesola
  • Randomized controlled trials in pediatric emergency care
  • Systematic reviews in pediatric emergency care
  • Translational research in pediatric emergency care
Meghan Azad
  • Breastfeeding
  • Human milk
  • Allergies
  • Obesity
  • Non nutritive sweeteners
  • Gut microbiome
Patricia Birk
  • Pediatric renal transplants
  • Pediatric nephrology
Allison Dart
  • Determinants of kidney disease
  • Indigenous health
  • Patient engagement and patient reported outcomes
  • Administrative data
Richard LeDuc
  • Providing bioinformatic support to catalyse translational medicine
  • Mass spectrometric proteomics and metabolomics
  • Transcriptomics
  • Particular interest and experience with managing big data projects
Jennifer Protudjer
  • The impact of allergic disease on child growth & pubertal development as well as financial and mental health
M. Florencia Ricci
  • Neurodevelopmental outcomes of premature infants and children born with complex medical conditions
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
Brandy Wicklow
  • Determinants of Type 2 diabetes and its complications in childhood
  • Prevention and intervention strategies for childhood onset Type 2 diabetes
  • Indigenous health
Kristy Wittmeier
  • Pediatric rehabilitation
  • Knowledge translation
  • Patient engagement and public involvement

Awards and scholarships

The University of Manitoba issues more than $17 million to students each year in the form of scholarships and bursaries. Find out how you can access funding so you can focus on your studies.

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Undergraduate Research Awards

Each year, the University of Manitoba provides a multitude of unique learning opportunities through the undergraduate research awards. This program allows undergraduate students to interact with the best minds and research leaders in their fields. This experience opens them up to new possibilities for a research career in either government, academic or industry sectors.

Department Research

We’re committed to developing and supporting world class research and discovery in our province. Research is the key to saving lives, preventing illness and helping sick children get well again.

Our researchers

Community and partners

Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)

Our partnership with the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM) allows our residents, fellows and physicians to be a part of collaborative projects—working in the areas of basic science, clinical trials and knowledge translation.

  • Each area is crucial to our vision of creating a learning hospital, to integrate our research in the care of our patients—transforming research from the bench to be used directly at the bedside.
  • Pediatrics is a uniquely rewarding specialty. We strive to provide excellent training and care for patients and their families, from infancy to adolescence.
  • Our research runs in partnership with CHRIM, working together to make kids better and keep them from getting sick.
  • With departmental training for undergraduate, postgraduate, nurse practitioner and international medical graduate students available, we're committed to training medical professionals across the spectrum of patient care.
  • Affiliated sections include anesthesia, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), radiology, surgery and urology.

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Faculty and staff

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Contact us

Pediatrics and Child Health
CE-208 Children's Hospital, Health Sciences Centre
840 Sherbrook Street
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3A 1S1 Canada

adowbenko@hsc.mb.ca
204-787-8020
204-787-4807