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Piush Mandhane

ResearcherPediatricsUniversity of Alberta

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Piush Mandhane

Researcher

Pediatrics

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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13 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 12 research grants (12 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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2,032

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Research

Biomarker Covid-19 Long Covid Neurocognitive Symptoms Platform Trial Post Covid Condition Taurine Pediatrics

Latest papers

Associations Between Dietary Patterns and Mental Health Symptoms in Early Childhood: Findings From the CHILD Cohort Study
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics · 2026
Protective effects of dog allergen and endotoxin for lung function and asthma
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2026
Early-Life DNA methylation at TRIM6 and TTC23 promoters associates with respiratory infections at one year
Pediatric Research · 2026

All 19 publications

Latest funding

Let's be precise: harnessing the diversity of the child study to improve asthma outcomes for all
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,999,593
Let's Be Precise: Harnessing the diversity of the CHILD study to improve asthma outcomes for all.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$19,995
Addressing a Global Public Health Concern: Investigating the Impact of Ultra-Processed Food on the Development of Multimorbidity during Adolescence
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$761,175

All 32 grants and awards

19 publications.

Associations Between Dietary Patterns and Mental Health Symptoms in Early Childhood: Findings From the CHILD Cohort Study

Campisi SC, Chen ZH, Simons E, Mandhane P, Moraes TJ, Turvey SE, Subbarao P, Miliku K, Korczak DJ

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics20261 citations

DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000001453

Protective effects of dog allergen and endotoxin for lung function and asthma

Nanishi M, Reyna ME, Pajdakovska M, Breton VL, Bédard M-A, Duan Q, George E, Khan MKA, Chowdhury B, Sharma BT

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2026.02.016

Early-Life DNA methylation at TRIM6 and TTC23 promoters associates with respiratory infections at one year

Edwards K, Merrill SM, Letourneau NL, Konwar C, Gladish N, MacIsaac JL, Giesbrecht GF, Mandhane P, Simons E, Moraes TJ

Pediatric Research2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-026-04986-6

Pets and related allergens modify the association between early life DEHP exposure and respiratory outcomes in children

Zhang L, Dai R, Lou W, Mandhane P, Moraes TJ, Simons E, Thorne PS, To T, Turvey S, Subbarao P

Environmental Research20257 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120664

Biological sex impacts immune cell proportions and epigenetic profiles in the developing pediatric immune system

Edwards K, Merrill SM, Konwar C, Jude MS, Zhuang BC, Meijer M, Navarro-Delgado E, MacIsaac JL, Mandhane P, Simons E

Communications Biology20254 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s42003-025-08844-9

RAMEN: Dissecting individual, additive and interactive gene-environment contributions to DNA methylome variability in cord blood

Navarro-Delgado EI, Czamara D, Edwards K, Fu MP, Merrill SM, Konwar C, MacIsaac JL, Lin DTS, Mandhane P, Simons E

Genome Biology20251 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s13059-025-03864-4

Comprehensive whole-genome sequence analyses provide insights into the genomic architecture of cerebral palsy

Fehlings DL, Zarrei M, Engchuan W, Sondheimer N, Thiruvahindrapuram B, MacDonald JR, Higginbotham EJ, Thapa R, Behlim T, Aimola S

Nature Genetics202450 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01686-x

Early prediction of pediatric asthma in the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) birth cohort using machine learning

He P, Moraes TJ, Dai D, Reyna-Vargas ME, Dai R, Mandhane P, Simons E, Azad MB, Hoskinson C, Petersen C

Pediatric Research202433 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02988-2

Maternal smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of gut microbiome-associated childhood overweight and obesity

Peng Y, Tun HM, Ng SC, Wai HK-F, Zhang X, Parks J, Field CJ, Mandhane P, Moraes TJ, Simons E

Gut Microbes202432 citations

DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2024.2323234

Stress and anxiety during pregnancy and length of gestation: a federated study using data from five Canadian and European birth cohorts

Bergeron J, Avraam D, Calas L, Fraser W, Harris JR, Heude B, Mandhane P, Moraes TJ, Muckle G, Nader J

European Journal of Epidemiology (EJE)202412 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s10654-024-01126-4

Let's be precise: harnessing the diversity of the child study to improve asthma outcomes for all

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.: Embr. Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Equity-Infection/Immunity

Principal investigators: Subbarao, Padmaja; Azad, Meghan; Gadermann, Anne M; Lu, Zihang; Turvey, Stuart E

Keywords: Childhood Asthma; Infection; Microbiome; Social Determinants Of Asthma; Youth Engagement

$1,999,593

Let's Be Precise: Harnessing the diversity of the CHILD study to improve asthma outcomes for all.

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.: Emb. Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Eq-Infection & Immunity-LOI

Principal investigators: Subbarao, Padmaja; Azad, Meghan; Gadermann, Anne M; Miliku, Kozeta; Turvey, Stuart E

Keywords: Childhood Asthma; Infection; Patient Engagement; Puberty; Social Determinants

$19,995

Addressing a Global Public Health Concern: Investigating the Impact of Ultra-Processed Food on the Development of Multimorbidity during Adolescence

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Miliku, Kozeta

Keywords: Adolescence; Diet Trajectories; Gut Microbiota; Multimorbidity; Ultra-Processed Food

$761,175

Harnessing early life developmental trajectories and the gut microbiota to identify new ways to predict and prevent asthma.

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant - PA: Genetics (Bridge Funding: Research Priorities)

Principal investigators: Turvey, Stuart E

Keywords: Asthma; Birth Cohort; Early Life Microbiota; Prediction; Prevention

$100,000

Taurine Supplementation as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Neurocognitive Symptoms in the REcovering From COVID-19 Lingering Symptoms Adaptive Integrative Medicine (RECLAIM) Platform Trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects - Indirect Costs

Principal investigators: Richer, Lawrence P; Cheung, Angela M; Lam, Grace Y; Mandhane, Piush; Oudit, Gavin Y

Keywords: Biomarker; Covid-19; Long Covid; Neurocognitive Symptoms; Platform Trial; Post Covid Condition; Taurine

$712,667

Taurine Supplementation as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Neurocognitive Symptoms in the REcovering From COVID-19 Lingering Symptoms Adaptive Integrative Medicine (RECLAIM) Platform Trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects

Principal investigators: Richer, Lawrence P; Cheung, Angela M; Lam, Grace Y; Mandhane, Piush; Oudit, Gavin Y

Keywords: Biomarker; Covid-19; Long Covid; Neurocognitive Symptoms; Platform Trial; Post Covid Condition; Taurine

$2,850,669

Harnessing early life developmental trajectories and the gut microbiota to identify new ways to prevent asthma and obesity.

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant - PA: Genetics (Bridge Funding: Research Priorities)

Principal investigators: Turvey, Stuart E

Keywords: Asthma; Early Life Microbiota; Epidemiology; Live Biotherapeutic Products; Mechanistic Models; Obesity; Prevention

$100,000

Long COVID Web: Pan-Canadian Post-COVID Condition Research Network

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Canadian Post COVID-19 Condition Research Network

Principal investigators: Cheung, Angela M; Goulding, Susie E; Graves, Donna Lorraine; Archambault, Patrick; Awadalla, Philip; Bakal, Jeffrey A; Bhéreur, Anne; Brotto, Lori Anne; Busse, Jason W; Cameron, Jill I; Churchill, Katie; Crawley, Angela M; Décary, Simon; Durand, Madeleine; Falcone, Emilia L; Fowler, Robert A; Gommerman, Jennifer L; Graham, Kathryn E; Graham, Simon J; Groot, Gary; Gross, Douglas P; Guyatt, Gordon H; Halas, Gayle; Ho, Chester; Hohl, Corinne M; Holroyd, Brian R; Janjua, Naveed Z; Johnson, Pauline; Juando Prats, Clara; Kashuba, Sherri; Katz, Alan; Kho, Michelle E; Lam, Grace Y; Lamontagne, Francois; Langlois, Marc-Andre; Lavis, John N; Law, Susan K; LeBlanc, Annie; Levin, Adeera; Liu-Ambrose, Teresa Y; Liu, Peter P; Lix, Lisa M; Mandhane, Piush; Mann, Balraj; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; McNagny, Kelly M; Miciak, Maxi A; Mishra, Sharmistha; Muhajarine, Nazeem; Mukherjee, Manali; Mushquash, Christopher J; Nacul, Luis; O'Brien, Kelly K; Osgood, Nathaniel D; Papathanasoglou, Elisavet; Penninger, Josef; Piche, Alain; Pinto, Andrew D; Quinn, Kieran L; Rafferty, Ellen; Raj, Satish R; Razak, Fahad; Russell, James A; Sander, Beate H; Sekuler, Allison B; Soares, Claudio D; Tailfeathers, Esther; Tomlinson, George A; Tricco, Andrea C; Valdez, Yanet; Verma, Amol; Vohra, Sunita; Walmsley, Sharon L; Walsh, Jillian; Weeks, Laura C; Williams, Kienan; Wu, Jianhong; Yeung, Rae S

Keywords: Biobanking; Knowledge Translation; Long Covid; Mechanism Of Disease; National Network; Patient Engagement; Patient Registries; Post-Covid Condition; Research Communications; Social Determinants Of Health

$19,999,614

Early Determinants of Lung Function and Asthma

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Duan, Qingling

Keywords: Asthma Risk; Case-Controls; Epigenomics; Family-Trios; Gene-Environment Interactions; Genomics; Lung Health

$906,526

Understanding the Common CHILDhood Inflammatory Origins of Asthma and Atherosclerosis

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Subbarao, Padmaja

Keywords: Asthma; Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors; Cohort Study; Developmental Origins; Immune Responses; Inflammation; Lung Function; Puberty

$1,262,288

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Piush Mandhane

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Associations Between Dietary Patterns and Mental Health Symptoms in Early Childhood: Findings From the CHILD Cohort Study

Protective effects of dog allergen and endotoxin for lung function and asthma

Early-Life DNA methylation at TRIM6 and TTC23 promoters associates with respiratory infections at one year

Pets and related allergens modify the association between early life DEHP exposure and respiratory outcomes in children

Biological sex impacts immune cell proportions and epigenetic profiles in the developing pediatric immune system

RAMEN: Dissecting individual, additive and interactive gene-environment contributions to DNA methylome variability in cord blood

Comprehensive whole-genome sequence analyses provide insights into the genomic architecture of cerebral palsy

Early prediction of pediatric asthma in the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) birth cohort using machine learning

Maternal smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of gut microbiome-associated childhood overweight and obesity

Stress and anxiety during pregnancy and length of gestation: a federated study using data from five Canadian and European birth cohorts

Frequent collaborators

Padmaja Subbarao

Malcolm Sears

Allan Becker

Wendy Lou

Sonia Anand

Teresa To

Katherine Morrison

Stephanie Atkinson

Zihang Lu

Gregory Costain

Keegan Korthauer

Kawsari Abdullah

Qingling Duan

John Wei

Ronit Mesterman

Sandi Azab

Jan Willem Gorter

Wei Deng

Kozeta Miliku

Denise Hemmings

Gina Muckle

Tobias Kollmann

Stuart Turvey

Anna Goldenberg

Adam Kirton

William Fraser

Suzanne Tough