Matthew Carwana, University of British Columbia

Research

Child Welfare Community Health Health Equity Indigenous Health Structural Determinants Of Health

Latest papers

Low‐value care and variation in practice in the care of children hospitalized with bronchiolitis in Canada (CareBEST): Protocol for a multi‐center prospective cohort study
Journal of Hospital Medicine · 2026
Paediatrician perspectives and experiences accessing language interpretation services in Paediatric healthcare settings: a POPCORN network qualitative descriptive study
Paediatrics and Child Health · 2026
Socioeconomic Status, Rurality, and Pediatric Critical Care Admission.
JAMA network open · 2026

All 19 publications

Latest funding

Adapting, Producing, and Testing a Youth Overdose Prevention Toolkit Through Community-Based Participatory Methods
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$405,449
Braiding Wisdoms: Coming Together to Co-Create Research Priorities and Research Capacity for Families Impacted by the Child Welfare System
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$149,630
Better Outcomes in Babies with Bacterial meningitis, a randomized controlled trial: BOBBie
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,534,598

All 7 grants and awards

19 publications.

01

Low‐value care and variation in practice in the care of children hospitalized with bronchiolitis in Canada (CareBEST): Protocol for a multi‐center prospective cohort study

Bonham B, Perez T, Bailey M, Barrowman N, Bonafide C, Boutin A, Buba M, Buchanan F, Carwana M, Chen BA

Journal of Hospital Medicine20261 citations

DOI: 10.1002/jhm.70219

02

Paediatrician perspectives and experiences accessing language interpretation services in Paediatric healthcare settings: a POPCORN network qualitative descriptive study

Guo H, Kim JY, Desai P, Saroufim M, Parvez M, Buchanan F, Carwana M, Costello C, Southward C, Suleman S

Paediatrics and Child Health2026

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxag019

03

Socioeconomic Status, Rurality, and Pediatric Critical Care Admission.

Bone JN, Shen Y, Harden S, Retallack J, Carwana M, Murthy S, Muttalib F

JAMA network open2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.3594 PMID: 41885861

04

Reimagining recovery: a commentary centering youth and caregiver voices on substance use recovery and healing from across British Columbia, Canada.

Eekhoudt CR, Henry KJ, Friesen D, Marchand K, Barbic S, Turuba R, Moore E, Ignaszewski MJ, Carwana M, Fast D

Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13011-025-00688-0 PMID: 41645225

05

Far from home: the impact of geographic distance from a tertiary paediatric hospital in Canada on family stress and financial expenses.

van Buuren AL, Best LM, Braschel M, Udall B, Sage A, Kim M, Sernoskie A, Seaton C, McLaughlin T, Carwana M

Paediatrics & child health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxag033 PMID: 42751356

06

Supporting Canadian youth in conflict with the law: a call to action for child health professionals.

Mooney J, Gafoor K, Gajaria A, Barnert ES, Carwana M

Paediatrics & child health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxag004 PMID: 42518636

07

Illicit drug toxicity from opioid, stimulant or sedative use in adolescents: results of a Canadian one-time cross-sectional study.

Carwana M, Moore E, Shariati H, Samji H, Chadi N

Paediatrics & child health2025First author

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxae104 PMID: 40756552

08

Mental Health Hospitalizations in Canadian Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Over the COVID-19 Pandemic

Roumeliotis N, Carwana M, Trudeau O, Charland K, Zinszer K, Benigeri M, Diop M, Papenburg J, Ali S, Yaskina M

JAMA Network Open202425 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.22833

09

Pandemic Stringency Measures and Hospital Admissions for Eating Disorders

Roumeliotis N, Carwana M, Charland K, Trudeau O, Benigeri M, Diop M, Agostino H, Zinszer K, Amsdr I, Forgeot d’Arc B

JAMA pediatrics202410 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.2044

10

Who is in Your Waiting Room? Social Determinants of Health and Adverse Childhood Experiences in Pediatric Surgery Clinics.

Ponton E, Singh T, Carwana M, Duffy DJ, Courtemanche R, Courtemanche DJ, Loock CA, Baird R

Journal of pediatric surgery2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.04.001 PMID: 38744639

Adapting, Producing, and Testing a Youth Overdose Prevention Toolkit Through Community-Based Participatory Methods

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fast, Danya; Chadi, Nicholas; Hadland, Scott E

Keywords: Caregivers; Clinical Care Guidance; Clinicians; Community-Based Participatory Research; Harm Reduction; Implementation Science Research; Overdose Prevention; Qualitative Research Methods; Youth

$405,449

Braiding Wisdoms: Coming Together to Co-Create Research Priorities and Research Capacity for Families Impacted by the Child Welfare System

Nominated PICIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Carwana, Matthew; Norris, Candice R; Fast, Danya; Tait, Carmen

Keywords: Child Welfare; Community Health; Health Equity; Indigenous Health; Structural Determinants Of Health

$149,630

Better Outcomes in Babies with Bacterial meningitis, a randomized controlled trial: BOBBie

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sadarangani, Manish; Quach-Thanh, Caroline

Keywords: Meningitis

$1,534,598

Co-Creating a Learning Health System for Emergency Care in British Columbia to Strengthen Health Emergencies Preparedness

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Cat. Grant: Partnering for Impact - Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies

Principal investigators: Lau, Yuen Yan; Ferraro, Kimberly A; Korchinski, Lori; Ring, Todd; Bird, Marissa; Cassidy-Matthews, Chenoa M; Hohl, Corinne M; Kestler, Andrew; Pilarinos, Andreas; Vanderhout, Shelley; Whitmore, Carly

Keywords: Emergency Care; Governance; Knowledge Mobilization; Learning Health System

$141,610

Qualitative exploration of eating disorder trends in youth during Covid-19

SupervisorCIHR2024Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

Principal investigators: Mabadeje, Damilola

Keywords: Covid-19; Eating Disorder; Qualitative; Youth

$6,000

Getting upstream of youth overdose: A youth-engaged policy restructuring study

Co-investigatorCIHR2024CG: Moving Upstream - Structural Determinants of Health - Substance Use in Youth

Principal investigators: Goodyear, Trevor H; Sedgemore, Kali-olt; Fast, Danya; Jenkins, Emily K

Keywords: Health Equity; Overdose; Policy; Qualitative; Social Determinants Of Health; Structural Determinants Of Health; Substance Use; Youth

$124,981

Perinatal Opioid Exposures, Trajectories, Insights and Concentrations: The POETIC Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Research in First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis Health

Principal investigators: Patricelli, Charissa; Alcorn, Mary-Jane; Colantonio, David; Drogemoller, Britt I; Gartner, Kali; Kelly, Lauren; Kerpan, Serene T; Knight, Erin; Leong, Christine; Lyons, Laura M; Oberlander, Timothy F; Turner, Suzanne

Keywords: Biorepository; Feasibility; Health Outcomes; Infants; Neonatal Withdrawal; Opioids; Pharmacogenomics; Pregnancy; Women'S Health

$100,000

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

Jesse Papenburg and Jesse Papenburg: 123 shared papers
Hasina Samji and Hasina Samji: 60 shared papers
Manish Sadarangani and Jesse Papenburg: 25 shared papers
Manish Sadarangani and Jesse Papenburg: 24 shared papers
Jesse Papenburg and Caroline Quach: 22 shared papers
Jesse Papenburg and Caroline Quach: 21 shared papers
Jeffrey (Des) Pernica and Manish Sadarangani: 12 shared papers
Kate Zinszer and Caroline Quach: 12 shared papers
Ananya Banerjee and Ananya Banerjee: 11 shared papers
Jeffrey (Des) Pernica and Jesse Papenburg: 9 shared papers
Jeffrey (Des) Pernica and Jesse Papenburg: 9 shared papers
Patricia Li and Evelyn Constantin: 9 shared papers
Gita Wahi and Francine Buchanan: 8 shared papers
Kate Zinszer and Jesse Papenburg: 8 shared papers
Gita Wahi and Patricia Li: 6 shared papers
April Kam and Jeffrey (Des) Pernica: 6 shared papers
April Kam and Samina Ali: 6 shared papers
Kate Zinszer and Jesse Papenburg: 6 shared papers
April Kam and Quynh Doan: 4 shared papers
Gita Wahi and Jeffrey (Des) Pernica: 3 shared papers
Gita Wahi and Matthew Carwana: 3 shared papers
Samina Ali and Quynh Doan: 3 shared papers
Patricia Li and Francine Buchanan: 3 shared papers
Patricia Li and Ananya Banerjee: 3 shared papers
Patricia Li and Ananya Banerjee: 3 shared papers
Kate Zinszer and Soren Gantt: 3 shared papers
Manish Sadarangani and Francine Buchanan: 3 shared papers
Manish Sadarangani and Soren Gantt: 3 shared papers
Manish Sadarangani and Matthew Carwana: 3 shared papers
Matthew Carwana and Caroline Quach: 3 shared papers
Gita Wahi and Peter Szatmari: 2 shared papers
Gita Wahi and Samina Ali: 2 shared papers
Gita Wahi and Evelyn Constantin: 2 shared papers
Gita Wahi and Christine Fahim: 2 shared papers
Peter Szatmari and Samina Ali: 2 shared papers
Peter Szatmari and Quynh Doan: 2 shared papers
Peter Szatmari and Nadia Roumeliotis: 2 shared papers
Peter Szatmari and Soren Gantt: 2 shared papers
Peter Szatmari and Matthew Carwana: 2 shared papers
Peter Szatmari and Amy Gajaria: 2 shared papers
Samina Ali and Matthew Carwana: 2 shared papers
Patricia Li and Matthew Carwana: 2 shared papers
Quynh Doan and Nadia Roumeliotis: 2 shared papers
Quynh Doan and Hasina Samji: 2 shared papers
Quynh Doan and Matthew Carwana: 2 shared papers
Kate Zinszer and Nadia Roumeliotis: 2 shared papers
Kate Zinszer and Matthew Carwana: 2 shared papers
Evelyn Constantin and Francine Buchanan: 2 shared papers
Francine Buchanan and Christine Fahim: 2 shared papers
Francine Buchanan and Matthew Carwana: 2 shared papers
Jesse Papenburg and Ananya Banerjee: 2 shared papers
Jesse Papenburg and Ananya Banerjee: 2 shared papers
Nadia Roumeliotis and Matthew Carwana: 2 shared papers
Soren Gantt and Matthew Carwana: 2 shared papers
Nicholas Chadi and Matthew Carwana: 2 shared papers
April Kam and Matthew Carwana: 1 shared paper
Jeffrey (Des) Pernica and Matthew Carwana: 1 shared paper
Patricia Li and Christine Fahim: 1 shared paper
Danya Fast and Matthew Carwana: 1 shared paper
Quynh Doan and Hasina Samji: 1 shared paper
Evelyn Constantin and Matthew Carwana: 1 shared paper
Jesse Papenburg and Matthew Carwana: 1 shared paper
Christine Fahim and Matthew Carwana: 1 shared paper
Hasina Samji and Nicholas Chadi: 1 shared paper
Hasina Samji and Matthew Carwana: 1 shared paper
Ananya Banerjee and Matthew Carwana: 1 shared paper
Nicholas Chadi and Hasina Samji: 1 shared paper
Jesse Papenburg and Matthew Carwana: 1 shared paper
Hasina Samji and Matthew Carwana: 1 shared paper
Ananya Banerjee and Matthew Carwana: 1 shared paper
Matthew Carwana and Amy Gajaria: 1 shared paper

Pediatrics
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Département de santé buccale
Social and Preventive Medicine
Pédiatrie
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Patricia Li

Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Jesse Papenburg

Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Child Welfare Dear Professor Carwana, 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 "Low‐value care and variation in practice in the care of children hospitalized with bronchiolitis in Canada (CareBEST): Protocol for a multi‐center prospective cohort 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 "Braiding Wisdoms: Coming Together to Co-Create Research Priorities and Research Capacity for Families Impacted by the Child Welfare System" (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]