Mary Dunbar, University of Calgary

Research

Co-Design Fetal Brain Disorders Neurodevelopment Patient Oriented Prognostication

Latest papers

Characteristics of unilateral cerebral palsy according to gestational age at birth: A retrospective study.
Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2026 · senior author
Preterm infants with PAIS and CSVT have unique risk factors and injury patterns.
Pediatric research · 2026 · first author
Toward Informed Choices in Pediatric Seizure Monitoring: Caregiver Experiences, Barriers and Preferences in Alberta, Canada.
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques · 2026

All 22 publications

Latest funding

Co-Design and Validation of a Neurodevelopmental Prognostication Framework in Fetal Brain Disorders
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$294,524

All 1 grants and awards

22 publications.

01

Characteristics of unilateral cerebral palsy according to gestational age at birth: A retrospective study.

Piché JV, Hussein N, Kirton A, Fehlings D, Oskoui M, Shevell M, Dunbar M

Developmental medicine and child neurology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.70177 PMID: 41670174

02

Preterm infants with PAIS and CSVT have unique risk factors and injury patterns.

Dunbar M

Pediatric research2026First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-026-04937-1 PMID: 41998334

03

Toward Informed Choices in Pediatric Seizure Monitoring: Caregiver Experiences, Barriers and Preferences in Alberta, Canada.

Maltseva M, Winterburn N, Wasserman R, Chabrotra R, Grote H, Meza Santoscoy P, Agnihotri Y, Dasgupta R, Murias K, Appendino JP, Orr S, Dunbar M, Klotz KA, Jacobs J

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques2026

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2026.10571 PMID: 41749457

04

Clinical Phenotype, Predictors and Early Biomarkers of Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy Prognosis.

D'Amours V, Husein N, Dunbar M, Fehlings D, Mishaal R, Shevell M, Canadian Cerebral Palsy Registry

Pediatric neurology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.08.008 PMID: 40913867

05

Fetal intracerebral hemorrhage: review of the literature and practice considerations.

Dunbar M, Agarwal S, Venkatesan C, Vollmer B, Scelsa B, Pardo AC, Tarui T, Hart AR, Mulkey SB, Lemmon ME, Gano D

Pediatric research2025First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-025-04000-5 PMID: 40097829

06

Perinatal Stroke: From Epidemiology to Optimized Outcomes.

Dunbar M, Kirton A

Pediatric clinics of North America2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2025.05.007 PMID: 41077468

07

Neuromodulation for Children With Hemiparesis and Perinatal Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Hilderley AJ, Dunbar M, Andersen J, Fehlings D, Metzler M, Carlson HL, Zewdie E, Hodge J, O'Grady K, Carsolio L, Dlamini N, Giuffre A, Cole L, Kuo HC, Bourgeois A, Hollis A, Maiani M, Ciechanski P, Jadavji Z, Craig B, Kelly D, Keough J, Wrightson J, Fay L, Switzer L, Pajevic M, Ramsey A, Sametz M, Brooks BL, Yaskina M, Batara J, Hill MD, Kirton A

JAMA neurology2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.4898 PMID: 39899326

08

Author Response: Risk Factors and Outcomes for Cerebral Palsy With Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury Patterns Without Documented Neonatal Encephalopathy.

Dunbar M

Neurology2024First author

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209557 PMID: 39083708

09

Association of Gestational Age at Birth and Changes on MRI With Prevalence and Spectrum of Comorbidities in Children With Cerebral Palsy.

Pekeles H, Husein N, Kirton A, Oskoui M, Fehlings DL, Dunbar M, Shevell MI, Canadian Cerebral Palsy Registry (CCPR)

Neurology2024

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209571 PMID: 38889390

10

Risk Factors for Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke: A Machine Learning Approach.

Srivastava R, Cole L, Amador K, Forkert ND, Dunbar M, Shevell MI, Oskoui M, Basu AP, Rivkin MJ, Shany E, de Vries LS, Dewey D, Letourneau N, Mouches P, Hill MD, Kirton A

Neurology2024

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209393 PMID: 38748936

Co-Design and Validation of a Neurodevelopmental Prognostication Framework in Fetal Brain Disorders

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dunbar, Mary; Chaput, Kathleen H

Keywords: Co-Design; Fetal Brain Disorders; Neurodevelopment; Patient Oriented; Prognostication

$294,524

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

Frequent collaborators

Pediatrics
Neurology and Neurosurgery
Medicine
Clinical Neurosciences
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Neurosciences and Mental Health
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Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2025

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Co-Design Dear Professor Dunbar, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Characteristics of unilateral cerebral palsy according to gestational age at birth: A retrospective study." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Co-Design and Validation of a Neurodevelopmental Prognostication Framework in Fetal Brain Disorders" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]