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Hien Huynh

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Hien Huynh

Professor

Pediatrics Dept

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Latest papers

Ultrasound criteria for transmural healing and response in Crohn's disease: a systematic review of definitions and thresholds.
Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2026
Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio at Diagnosis Predicts Colonoscopic Activity in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2025
Rejection and graft vasculopathy secondary to effects of Crohn's disease in a heart-transplanted child.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2025

All 17 publications

Latest funding

Microbial and immune drivers of adverse intestinal responses to ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in paediatric Crohn disease.
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$10,000
Role of microbes in the pathogenesis of PIBD: From discovery, through causation, to novel treatments
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$2,000,000
Role of microbes in the pathogenesis of PIBD: From discovery, through causation, to novel treatments
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$25,000

All 5 grants and awards

17 publications.

Ultrasound criteria for transmural healing and response in Crohn's disease: a systematic review of definitions and thresholds.

St-Pierre J, Delisle M, Miyatani Y, Falloon K, Ernest-Suarez K, Pabla B, Huynh H, Maracle B, Kung JY, Cleveland N, Rubin DT, Dolinger M, Novak K, Damas O, Melmed GY, Lu C, Kellar A

Inflammatory bowel diseases2026

DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izag052 PMID: 42222916

Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio at Diagnosis Predicts Colonoscopic Activity in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

Aziz B, Belaghi R, Huynh H, Jacobson K, Mack DR, Deslandres C, Otley A, DeBruyn J, El-Matary W, Crowley E, Sherlock M, Critch J, Ahmed N, Griffiths A, Walters T, Wine E, Canadian Children IBD Network

Clinical and translational gastroenterology20253 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000824 PMID: 39835685

Rejection and graft vasculopathy secondary to effects of Crohn's disease in a heart-transplanted child.

Oliver S, Conway J, Freed D, Halpin A, Huynh H, Khoury M, Kluthe C, Dijke E, West L, Urschel S

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.04.020 PMID: 40306436

Gut Microbiome Composition Is Associated With Future Onset of Crohn’s Disease in Healthy First-Degree Relatives

Garay JAR, Turpin W, Lee S-H, Smith MI, Goethel A, Griffiths AM, Moayyedi P, Espin-Garcia O, Abreu M, Aumais GL

Gastroenterology2023209 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.05.032 PMID: W4379094559

Early Infliximab Clearance Predicts Remission in Children with Crohn's Disease.

Chung A, Carroll M, Almeida P, Petrova A, Isaac D, Mould D, Wine E, Huynh H

Digestive diseases and sciences202313 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10620-022-07783-3 PMID: 36562887

Intestinal Ultrasound for the Pediatric Gastroenterologist: A Guide for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Monitoring in Children: Expert Consensus on Behalf of the International Bowel Ultrasound Group (IBUS) Pediatric Committee.

Kellar A, Dolinger M, Novak KL, Chavannes M, Dubinsky M, Huynh H

Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0000000000003649 PMID: 36306530

Probiotic treatment vs empiric oral antibiotics for managing dysbiosis in short bowel syndrome: Impact on the mucosal and stool microbiota, short-chain fatty acids, and adaptation.

Pauline M, Fouhse J, Hinchliffe T, Wizzard P, Nation P, Huynh H, Wales P, Willing B, Turner J

JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition202222 citations

DOI: 10.1002/jpen.2377 PMID: 35383975

One-year outcomes with ustekinumab therapy in infliximab-refractory paediatric ulcerative colitis: a multicentre prospective study.

Dhaliwal J, McKay HE, Deslandres C, Debruyn J, Wine E, Wu A, Huynh H, Carman N, Crowley E, Church PC, Walters TD, Ricciuto A, Griffiths AM, Canadian Children IBD Network

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics202144 citations

DOI: 10.1111/apt.16388 PMID: 33909911

Increased Intestinal Permeability Is Associated With Later Development of Crohn’s Disease

Turpin W, Lee S-H, Garay JAR, Madsen KL, Meddings JB, Bedrani L, Power N, Espin-Garcia O, Xu W, Smith MI

Gastroenterology2020328 citations

DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.08.005

Associations of NOD2 polymorphisms with Erysipelotrichaceae in stool of in healthy first degree relatives of Crohn’s disease subjects

Turpin W, Bedrani L, Espin-Garcia O, Xu W, Silverberg MS, Smith MI, Garay JAR, Lee S-H, Guttman DS, Griffiths A

BMC Medical Genetics202037 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12881-020-01115-w PMID: W3093121240

Microbial and immune drivers of adverse intestinal responses to ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in paediatric Crohn disease.

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Team Grant: Health Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods - In HDCYH -LOI

Principal investigators: Wine, Eytan; Danska, Jayne S; Riggioni, Carmen; Vallance, Bruce A

Keywords: Crohn Disease; Gut Microbes; Host-Microbe Interactions; Immune Response; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Ibd); Nutrition; Paediatrics; Ultra Processed Foods

$10,000

Role of microbes in the pathogenesis of PIBD: From discovery, through causation, to novel treatments

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams - IHDCYH Pool

Principal investigators: Vallance, Bruce A; Griffiths, Anne Marie; Mack, David R; Muise, Aleixo M; Parkinson, John; Ricciuto, Amanda; Surette, Michael G; Tropini, Carolina; Wine, Eytan

Keywords: Children; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Microbiome; Mucus; Multi-Omics; Nutrition; Organoids; Pathobionts; Pediatrics; Therapeutic Interventions

$2,000,000

Role of microbes in the pathogenesis of PIBD: From discovery, through causation, to novel treatments

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams - LOI

Principal investigators: Vallance, Bruce A; Griffiths, Anne Marie; Mack, David R; Muise, Aleixo M; Parkinson, John; Tropini, Carolina; Wine, Eytan

Keywords: Children; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Mucus; Multiomics; Nutrition; Organoids; Pathobionts; Therapeutic Interventions

$25,000

Canadian Children Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2012CH.I.L.D.-CIHR Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network - LOI

Principal investigators: Griffiths, Anne Marie; Benchimol, Eric I; Jacobson, Kevan; Kaplan, Gilaad G; Mack, David R; Muise, Aleixo M; Otley, Anthony R; Seidman, Ernest G; Vallance, Bruce A; Walters, Thomas D; Waterhouse, Christopher C; Wine, Eytan

Keywords: Inception Cohort; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Longitudinal Prospective; Multicenter Network; Pediatrics

$15,000

Canadian Children Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network: A Joint Partnership of CIHR and the C.H.I.L.D. Foundation

Co-investigatorCIHR2012CH.I.L.D.-CIHR Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network

Keywords: Environment; Genetic Susceptibility; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Microbiome; Outcomes; Pediatrics

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Hien Huynh

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Ultrasound criteria for transmural healing and response in Crohn's disease: a systematic review of definitions and thresholds.

Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio at Diagnosis Predicts Colonoscopic Activity in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

Rejection and graft vasculopathy secondary to effects of Crohn's disease in a heart-transplanted child.

Gut Microbiome Composition Is Associated With Future Onset of Crohn’s Disease in Healthy First-Degree Relatives

Early Infliximab Clearance Predicts Remission in Children with Crohn's Disease.

Intestinal Ultrasound for the Pediatric Gastroenterologist: A Guide for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Monitoring in Children: Expert Consensus on Behalf of the International Bowel Ultrasound Group (IBUS) Pediatric Committee.

Probiotic treatment vs empiric oral antibiotics for managing dysbiosis in short bowel syndrome: Impact on the mucosal and stool microbiota, short-chain fatty acids, and adaptation.

One-year outcomes with ustekinumab therapy in infliximab-refractory paediatric ulcerative colitis: a multicentre prospective study.

Increased Intestinal Permeability Is Associated With Later Development of Crohn’s Disease

Associations of NOD2 polymorphisms with Erysipelotrichaceae in stool of in healthy first degree relatives of Crohn’s disease subjects

Microbial and immune drivers of adverse intestinal responses to ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in paediatric Crohn disease.

Role of microbes in the pathogenesis of PIBD: From discovery, through causation, to novel treatments

Role of microbes in the pathogenesis of PIBD: From discovery, through causation, to novel treatments

Canadian Children Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network

Canadian Children Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network: A Joint Partnership of CIHR and the C.H.I.L.D. Foundation

Frequent collaborators

Wael El-Matary

Anne Griffiths

Kevan Jacobson

Eytan Wine

Ken Croitoru

Wei Xu

Kenneth Croitoru

Remo Panaccione

Paul Moayyedi

Osvaldo Espin Garcia

David Guttman

Andrew Paterson

Sun-Ho Lee

Williams Turpin

Bruce Vallance

Michael Surette

Paul Beck

Ernest Seidman

Charles Bernstein

Levinus Dieleman

Gilaad Kaplan

Alain Bitton

John Marshall

Michael Khoury

Daniela Isaac

Maria Cino

Ben Vandermeer

Shannon Oliver

Simon Urschel