Jennifer Protudjer, PhD

Dr. Jennifer Protudjer's research themes focus on the social, psychological and financial burden of food allergy, as well as associations between allergic disease and maternal-infant bonding. She employs a mixed-methods approach to fully examine the impact of allergic disease on the child, the family, and the community in which they live, and actively engages with families, schools, policy makers, and government to make meaningful change. She has a strong focus on pediatric allergy and is particularly interested in anaphylaxis and food allergy. Her research has been recognized by her peers and she is affiliated with several research groups including International Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood from Care (INTRAC), SPOR Evidence Alliance Research Network and Specialized Services for Children and Youth (SSCY) Research and Evaluation Committee.

Research themes 

  • The social, psychological and financial burden of food allergy
    Associations between allergic disease and maternal-infant bonding

Research interests 

  • Environmental risk factors for, and societal consequences of allergic disease
  • Knowledge translation

Research affiliations

Research groups

  • International Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood from Care (INTRAC)
  • SPOR Evidence Alliance Research Network
  • Specialized Services for Children and Youth (SSCY) Research and Evaluation Committee

Keywords

  • Allergic disease
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Environmental risk factors
  • Food allergy
  • Maternal-infant bonding
  • Mixed methods research
  • Pediatric allergy 

Biography

Dr. Jennifer Protudjer is an accomplished researcher in the field of allergic disease. She holds the position of Endowed Research Chair in Allergy, Asthma and the Environment and is an associate professor of pediatrics and child health at the Max Rady College of Medicine. She is also co-director of Academic Skills in Medicine (ASK), with the Pediatric Postgraduate Medical Education program for the University of Manitoba.

Additionally, Dr. Protudjer is a research scientist at the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, an epidemiologist at the George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, an adjunct professor in food and human nutritional sciences at the University of Manitoba, and an affiliated researcher at the Centre for Allergy Research at Karolinska Institutet. She completed her post-doctoral training at Karolinska Institutet.

Education

  • Post-doctoral fellowship in environmental medicine at Karolinska Institutet from 2014 to 2018
  • Post-doctoral fellowship in medical epidemiology and biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet from 2012 to 2014
  • Doctor of Philosophy in applied health sciences from University of Manitoba in 2012
  • Master of Science in human nutritional sciences from University of Manitoba in 2007
  • Bachelor of Science in human nutritional sciences from University of Manitoba in 2005
  • École Normale Cantonale I in Fribourg, Switzerland in 1994

Awards

  • Michelle Harkness Memorial Award Mentorship Development Grant in 2019

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

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204-787-8020
204-787-4807