image003.JPGAbbreviated CV

Current Academic Appointments:

Professor & Chair,  Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics,

Schulich Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario

 

Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,

And Department of Paediatrics,

Schulich Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario

 

Scientist, Children’s Health Research Institute,

Lawson Health Research Institute, London Ontario

 

Degrees:

BSc in Biophysics, MESc in Biomedical Engineering, PhD in Epidemiology & Biostatistics

 

Research Program:

My main interest is in studying how the health of mothers and their fetuses during pregnancy influences the lifelong trajectories of maternal and child health. Over my career, my epidemiological research has covered various aspects of health research in this population group including:  health services research (regionalization of perinatal care);  population health surveillance;  and determinants of health (with particular interest in small-for-gestational-age infants and premature infants).   Typically, I conduct research on population-based samples using cohort or case-control designs. 

Currently, my research program is mainly focused on a longitudinal cohort study. In 2002-2005, my colleagues and I recruited a cohort of 2357 women who were at 10-22 weeks gestational age.  Prenatal data included detailed demographic data, standardized measures of stress and distress and nutritional data from a validated Food Frequency Questionnaire.  Follow up of this cohort into childhood is in progress and to date has produced findings, published by myself, my students and former students including:  the relationship between maternal depressive symptoms and the utilization of health services in infancy (Anderson et al.: Can Fam Physician 54:1718-19.e5, Dec. 2008); the relationship between omega-3 fatty acid consumption and prenatal depression (Sontrop et al.: Preventive Medicine 42:4-13, Dec. 2006); and the role of zinc intake as a buffer of the impact of stress on depressive symptoms in pregnancy (Roy et al.: Nutr Res 30:695-704, Oct. 2010).  As well, our study has highlighted important deficiencies in the diets of pregnant women (Fowler et al.: Can J Diet Pract Res 73:72-7, May, 2012). This project is having important impact because the cohort was assembled prenatally and determinants are being investigated within the context of hypotheses arising from carefully constructed conceptual models.

I enjoy working collaboratively with colleagues from a variety of disciplines.   Due to the complex, multifactoral nature of children’s health trajectories, most questions are best answered collaboratively.  The cohort study described above has involved a productive collaboration with an interdisciplinary group of co-investigators.  Each of the members of this group has his/her own research focus that relates to issues relevant to maternal or child health and we have collaborated, in various combinations, on each other’s projects.   Additionally, graduate students in my research group have each evolved their own research projects within the above program of research.

 

Recent External Grant Funding:

Campbell MK, Speechley KN, Avison WR, daSilva O, Sorenson A, Bocking AD, Hoch J, Vlaicu S. Research Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR 2005-2010), Maternal and infant health, health services needs and utilization following term and preterm birth: outcomes in a cohort assembled antenatally.

Han et al. Research Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR 2005-2010), RFA on Healthy Pregnancy “Fetal Growth Restriction: Mechanisms and Outcomes”.

Sharma, V, Campbell, MK, Bartha R, Hampson E, Khan, M. Research Grant from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation (OMHF 2007-2009), Heterogeneity of Postpartum Depression: Continuation of a Prospective Study of Nature, Prevalence, Course and Etiology.

Sarma S, Campbell MK, Choi YH, Zaric G, Gilliland JA. Research Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR 2009-2012), Econometric Analyses of Adult Obesity in Canada: Modifiable Risk Factors and Policy Implications.

 

Recent Publications (since 2007):

Martinuk A, Speechley KN, Campbell MK, Secco M, Donner A. Evaluation of an epilepsy education program for grade five students: a cluster randomized trial. Epilepsy and Behavior, 10(4):604-10. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.03.009, 2007.

Martiniuk A, Speechley KN, Secco M, Campbell MK. Development and psychometric properties of a questionnaire assessing children's knowledge and attitudes about epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior, 10(4):595-603, 2007.

Sontrop JM, Campbell MK (supervisor), Evers SE, Speechley KN, Avison WR.  Fish Consumption among Canadian Pregnant Women: Associations with Sociodemographic and Health and Lifestyle Factors, Can J Pub Health, 98 (5): 389-394, Sept/Oct 2007.

Hill J, Campbell MK (supervisor), Zou GY, Challis, JRG. Bocking AD. Prediction of Preterm Birth in Symptomatic Women Using Decision Tree Modeling for Biomarkers. Am J Obstet Gynecol., 198(4): 468.e1-7; discussion 468.e7-9, April 2008.

Sontrop J, Speechley KN, Avison W, Evers S, Campbell MK (supervisor). Depressive symptoms during pregnancy in relation to fish consumption and intake of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 22(4): 389-99, July 2008.

Greene-Finestone L, Campbell MK (supervisor), Gutmanis I, Evers S, and DeWitt D.  Attitudes and health behaviours of young adolescent omnivores and vegetarians: A school-based study.  Appetite, 51(1): 104-110, July 2008.

Anderson L, daSilva O, Freeman T, Xie B, Campbell MK (supervisor). Maternal depression and anxiety were not found to influence infants’ health services utilization in a southwest Ontario cohort” Canadian Family Physician 54(12): 1718-1719.e5, Dec 2008.

Ferro MA, Avison WR, Campbell MK, Speechley KN. Do depressive symptoms affect mothers’ reports of child outcomes in children with new-onset epilepsy? Qual Life Res. 19(7):955-64 Sept 2010; Epub DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9660-2, May 2010.

Roy A, Evers SE, Avison WR, Campbell MK (supervisor).  Higher zinc intake buffers the impact of stress on depressive symptoms in pregnancy.  Nutrition Research 30:  695-704, 2010.

Davenport M, Campbell MK, Mottola MF.  Increased incidence of gestational diabetes is not explained by pre-pregnancy obesity in London, Canada.  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, doi:10.1186/1471-2393-10-85,  2010.

Ferro MA, Avison WR, Campbell MK, Speechley KN.  The Impact of Maternal Depressive Symptoms on Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Epilepsy: A Prospective Study of Family Environment as Mediators and Moderators.  Epilepsia. 2011 Feb;52(2):316-25. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02769.x. Epub 2010 Nov 3.

Ferro MA, Avison WR, Campbell MK, Speechley KN. Prevalence and trajectories of depressive symptoms in mothers of children with newly diagnosed epilepsy. Epilepsia 2011 Feb;52(2):326-36. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02899.x. Epub 2011 Jan 4.  

Ryan B, Stewart M, Campbell MK, Koval J, Thind A.  Understanding adolescent and young adult use of family physician services: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Community Health Survey.  BMC Family Practice 2011, 12: 118. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-118, Nov 2011.

Yama, BA, Freeman T, Graves E, Yuan S, Campbell MK (supervisor). Examination of the properties of the modified checklist for autism in toddlers (M-CHAT) in a population sample. Journal of Autism and Affective Disorders. 42(1): 23-24, Jan 2012.

Roy A, Evers SE, Campbell MK (supervisor).   Dietary supplement use and iron, zinc and folic acid intake in pregnant women in London Ontario. Chronic Diseases in Canada 33(2): 76-83.   March 2012.

Fowler JK, Evers SE, and Campbell MK. Pregnant women are not consuming the minimum number of servings recommended by Canada’s 2007 Food Guide Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research doi 10.3148/73.2.2012.72  73: 72-77, May 2012.    

Youash S, Campbell MK (co-supervisor), Avision W, Penava D, Xie B. Examining the Pathways of Pre- and Postnatal Health Information, CJPH 103(4):314-19. accepted May 2012 appeared July/Aug 2012.

Campbell MK, Cartier S, Kouniakis G, Huang W, Xie B, Han V.  Determinants of Small for Gestational Age Birth at Term: A causal pathways approach.  Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2012, 26: 525-533.  DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2012.01319.x  Nov 2012.

Hajizadeh M, Campbell MK (co-supervisor), Sarma S. Socioeconomic Inequalities in Adult Obesity Risk in Canada: Trends and Decomposition Analyses . European Journal of Health Economics,. Doi 10.1007/s10198-013-0469-0, March 2013.

Pope CJ, Xie B, Sharma V, Campbell MK. A prospective study of thoughts of self-harm and suicidal ideation during the post-partum period in women with mood disorders. Arch Womens Mental Health. DOI 10.1007/s00737-013-0370-y. published online June 20 2013.

Nash DM, Gilliland JA, Evers SE, Wilk P, Campbell MK (supervisor). Determinants of Diet Quality in Pregnancy: Does Neighborhood Food Environment Play a Role?  Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour, 45(6):627-34, November 2013.

Sharma V, Campbell MK, Hampston E.  A prospective study of diagnostic conversion of major depressive disorder to bipolar disorder in pregnancy and postpartum.  Bipolar Disorders, 16(1):16-21. doi: 10.1111/bdi.12140, online Oct 2013, print Feb 2014.

Youash S, Campbell MK (co-supervisor), Avision W, Penava D, Xie B.  Influence of Health Information Levels on Postpartum Depression.  Archives of Women's Mental Health. 16(6): 489-98. doi: 10.1007/s00737-013-0368-5 Dec 2013.

Roy A, Campbell MK (supervisor).  A unifying framework for depression: bridging the major biological and psychosocial theories through stress.  Clinical and Investigative Medicine (CIM).  36(4): E170-E190, August 2013.

Hollands S,  Campbell MK, Gilliland J, Sarma S. A Spatial Analysis of the Association between Local Food Environment and BMI in Canadian Adults.  Preventative Medicine, 57, 258-264, epub July 2013, print Oct 2013.

SharmaV, Xie B, Campbell MK. Pharmacotherapy of bipolar II disorder during and after pregnancy. Current Drug Safety, 8(4): 246-52.  Sept 2013.

Sunderajan K, Campbell MK, Choi Y-H, Sarma S. The relationship between diet quality and adult obesity: Evidence from Canada. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 33(1): 1-17. doi10.1080/07315724.2013.848157,  January 2014.

Brown HK, Speechley KN, Macnab J, Renato N,Campbell MK (supervisor). Neonatal morbidity associated with later preterm and early term birth: The roles of gestational age and biological determinants of preterm birth. International Journal of Epidemiology. 43: 802-814. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyt251, [epub] Dec 27 2013, print June 2014.

Hollands S, Campbell MK, Gilliland J, Sarma S. Association between Fast-food and Full-service Restaurant Density and BMI: A Cross-sectional Study of Canadian Adults.  CJPH, accepted March 1 2014.

Sarma S, Zaric G, Campbell MK, Gilliland J. The Effect of Physical Activity on Adult Obesity: Evidence from Canadian NPHS Panel.  Economics and Human Biology, doi 10.1016/j.ehb.2014.03.002. epub Apr 7 2014.

Macdonald EM, Natale R, Regnault TR, Koval JJ, Campbell MK (supervisor).  Population-Based Placental Weight Ratio Distributions. International Journal of Paediatrics, Volume 2014, Article ID 291846.  doi: 10.1155/2014/291846. Epub May 6 2014.

Macdonald EM, Natale R, Regnault TR, Koval JJ, Campbell MK (supervisor). Obstetric Conditions and the Placental Weight Ratio.  Placenta doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2014.04.019. Epub   May 2014.

Holtz C, Gilliland J, Thind, A, Wilk P, Campbell MK (supervisor). Neighbourhood variation and inequity of primary health service use by mothers from London-Middlesex, Ontario. World Health and Population, accepted January 2014.

Brown HK, Speechley KN, Macnab J, Renato N, Campbell MK (supervisor). Mild Prematurity, Proximal Social Processes, and Development. Pediatrics accepted May 2014.

S. Sarma. R.A. Devlin, J. Gilliland, MK. Campbell, G. Zaric. The Effect of Leisure-time Physical Activity on Obesity, Diabetes, High BP and Heart Disease among Canadians: Evidence from 2000/01 to 2005/06. Health Economics; accepted June 26 2014.

 

Recent Graduate students (since 2007):

Sontrop, Jessica (2007) “Prenatal and Postnatal Depressive Symptoms in Relation to Fish Consumption and Intake of Omega 3 Fatty Acids”

Cartier, Shannon (2007) “Casual pathways for small for gestational age birth”

Switzer, Lauren (2007) “Maternal depression and breastfeeding: impact on infant development”

Roy, Amrita (2008) “Nutrition and stress as causes of prenatal depressive symptoms”

Graves, Erin (2009) “The Effects of Obesity, Gestational Diabetes, and Diet on Excess Fetal Growth”

Sharpe, Kristine (2009) “The Impact of Infant Admission to Specialized Care on the Trajectories of Maternal Depressive Symptoms”

Yama, Brie (2009) “Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Identification of a Subgroup Appropriate for Screening with the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT)”

Yuan, Su (2009) “Maternal Marital Status and Children’s Health Services Use”

Gordon-Roche, Hannah (2009, posthumous) “Excess Adiposity and Associated Covariates in Children Born Small for Gestational Age: A Research Proposal”

Youash, Sabrina (2011,co-supervision) “Pathways to women’s information levels regarding prenatal and postnatal health”

Akiki, Salwa (2011) “Feelings towards the pregnancy and maternal prenatal state anxiety”

Nash, Danielle (2011) “Individual and built environmental influences on prenatal dietary quality”

MacDonald, Erin (2012)  "Population-Based Placental Weight Ratio Distributions and Determinants of Placental Weight Ratios"

Holtz, Catherine (2014)  “Primary Health Service Use by Mothers and Children From London-Middlesex, Ontario”

 

Brown, Hilary (2014)     “Neonatal and developmental outcomes of late preterm and early term birth”

 

Chen, Yu-Hsiang (Jerry) (in progress) – “Differentiating the neonatal health effects of prenatal SSRI use from the effects of prenatal depressive symptoms” 

Meltzer, Nathalie (in progress, co-supervision with S. Sarma) “Childcare arrangements and child obesity”

Man, Rachel (in progress).  Provisional topic: maternal depression, obesity, diabetes and breastfeeding.