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Jehier Afifi

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of PediatricsDalhousie University

Jehier Afifi

Associate Professor

Department of Pediatrics

Faculty of Medicine

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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49 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Publications

1,342

Citations

155

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Research

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Cerebral Palsy Child Development Developmental Assessment Neonatal Follow-Up Neurological Examination Preterm Birth

Latest papers

Pharmacologic Therapies for Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Extremely Preterm Infants
JAMA Network Open · 2026
Protocol for developing a national approach to surveillance and prevention for neonatal ventilator-associated pneumonia
BMJ Paediatrics Open · 2026
Patterns of Neonatal and Neurodevelopmental Comorbidities in Neonates of <29 Weeks' Gestation.
Neonatology · 2026

All 85 publications

Latest funding

Single-dose Prophylactic INdomethacin in extremely preterm infants - A Multicenter Pilot Randomized Blinded Placebo-Controlled Trial (the SPIN Pilot RCT)
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$600,524
CHILD-BRIGHT: Child Health Initiatives Limiting Disability- Brain Research Improving Growth and Health Trajectories
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$2,000,000
The NECTAr platform: A pan-Canadian platform dedicated to Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy — For patient Care optimization, Training, and educAtion
BRAIN · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,710,000

All 7 grants and awards

85 publications.

Pharmacologic Therapies for Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Extremely Preterm Infants

Mitra S, Jain A, Ting JY, Ben Fadel N, Drolet C, Abou Mehrem A, Soraisham AS, Jasani B, Louis D, Lapointe A

JAMA Network Open20263 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.17477

Protocol for developing a national approach to surveillance and prevention for neonatal ventilator-associated pneumonia

Li CZ, Tse-Chang A, Yoon EW, Paquette V, Roberts A, Afifi J, Yang CL, Khurshid F, Augustine S, Choudhury J

BMJ Paediatrics Open20262 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2025-004234

Patterns of Neonatal and Neurodevelopmental Comorbidities in Neonates of <29 Weeks' Gestation.

Shah PS, Luu TM, Beltempo M, Zwicker JG, Afifi J, Soraisham AS, Shivananda S

Neonatology20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1159/000550616 PMID: 41569950

Umbilical cord management in extremely preterm infants born by cesarean delivery

Kashkari H, Shah PS, Afifi JK, Yoon E, Crane JM, McDonald SD, Beltempo M, El-Naggar WI, Beltempo M, Shah PS

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2025.09.036

Neurodevelopmental Outcome after Late-Onset Bacterial Sepsis in Infants Born before 29 Weeks' Gestation

Roychoudhury S, Lodha A, Synnes A, Ting J, Augustine S, Afifi J, Bizgu V, Ye XY, Shah PS, Soraisham A

American Journal of Perinatology2026

DOI: 10.1055/a-2779-7133

Expert Consensus Approach to Developing Inpatient Common Data Elements for Neonatal Encephalopathy Research.

Peeples ES, Mietzsch U, Molloy EJ, Pilon B, Guez-Barber D, Soul J, Mohammad K, deVeber G, Chau V, Bonifacio SL, Craig AK, Afifi J, Sabir H, Groenendaal F, Shany E, Dizon MLV, Iwata O, Okulu E, Jermendy A, Boo NY, El-Dib M, Wintermark P, Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee

Neurology2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000214658 PMID: 41662617

Effectiveness and Risks of Probiotics in Preterm Infants.

Alshaikh BN, Ting J, Lee S, Lemyre B, Wong J, Afifi J, Beltempo M, Shah PS

Pediatrics202547 citations

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2024-069102

Outcomes of Preterm Infants Born at 22 to 23 Weeks’ Gestation in 11 International Neonatal Networks

Tetsuya Isayama, Mikael Norman, Satoshi Kusuda, Brian L. Reichman, Liisa Lehtonen, Kei Lui, Mark Adams, Michael Torres, Luca Filippi, Malcolm R. BATTIN, Ruth Guinsburg, Neena Modi, Stellan Håkansson, Gil Klinger, Maria Fernanda Branco de Almeida, Kjell K. Helenius, Dirk Bassler, Yichen Su, Prakesh S. Shah, International Network for Evaluation of Outcomes (iNeo) Investigators, Kei Lui, Scott J. Morris, Peter R. Schmidt, Manbir Chauhan, Anjali Dhawan, Larissa Korostenski, Mary Sharp, Tobias Strunk, JACQUELINE A. STACK, Pita Birch, et al. (688 authors)

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine202523 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.2958 PMID: 40853670

Response to Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Mortality Among Very Preterm Neonates With Pulmonary Hypertension

Baczynski M, Weisz D, Thomas L, Fevrier S, Castaldo M, Soraisham A, Hyderi A, Agarushi R, Bhattacharya S, Lalitha R

JAMA Network Open202511 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.58843

Can deep learning classify cerebral ultrasound images for the detection of brain injury in very preterm infants?

Ahmad T, Guida A, Stewart S, Barrett N, Jiang X, Vincer M, Afifi J

European radiology202510 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00330-024-11028-4 PMID: 39212671

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Jehier Afifi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Pharmacologic Therapies for Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Extremely Preterm Infants

Protocol for developing a national approach to surveillance and prevention for neonatal ventilator-associated pneumonia

Patterns of Neonatal and Neurodevelopmental Comorbidities in Neonates of &lt;29 Weeks' Gestation.

Umbilical cord management in extremely preterm infants born by cesarean delivery

Neurodevelopmental Outcome after Late-Onset Bacterial Sepsis in Infants Born before 29 Weeks' Gestation

Expert Consensus Approach to Developing Inpatient Common Data Elements for Neonatal Encephalopathy Research.

Effectiveness and Risks of Probiotics in Preterm Infants.

Outcomes of Preterm Infants Born at 22 to 23 Weeks’ Gestation in 11 International Neonatal Networks

Response to Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Mortality Among Very Preterm Neonates With Pulmonary Hypertension

Can deep learning classify cerebral ultrasound images for the detection of brain injury in very preterm infants?

Single-dose Prophylactic INdomethacin in extremely preterm infants - A Multicenter Pilot Randomized Blinded Placebo-Controlled Trial (the SPIN Pilot RCT)

CHILD-BRIGHT: Child Health Initiatives Limiting Disability- Brain Research Improving Growth and Health Trajectories

The NECTAr platform: A pan-Canadian platform dedicated to Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy — For patient Care optimization, Training, and educAtion

Developing a national approach to surveillance and prevention for neonatal ventilator-associated pneumonia

Implementation of best practices for earlier diagnosis of cerebral palsy in very preterm infants: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial

Connecting families to improve parental self-efficacy and parent psychosocial and infant health outcomes in the NICU using an eHealth solution: a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial (The CONNECT study)

Improving Outcomes for Preterm Infants and their Families: A Canadian Collaborative Network

Frequent collaborators

Prakeshkumar Shah

Prakesh Shah

Amit Mukerji

Brigitte Lemyre

Marc Beltempo

Kyong-Soon Lee

Orlando da Silva

Jennifer Toye

Eu-gene Ng

Deepak Louis

Khalid Aziz

Carlos Fajardo

Ayman Mehrem

Ayman Abou Mehrem

Anne Synnes

Thierry Daboval

Bruno Piedboeuf

Eugene Yoon

Sandesh Shivananda

Khorshid Mohammad

Jon Dorling

Thierry Lacaze-Masmonteil

Nils Chaillet

Sadrudin Premji

Vann Chau

Lannae Strueby

Adel Mohamed

Brianna Hughes

Edmond Kelly

Audrey Hébert

Paige Church

Nicole Fischer

Shoo Lee

Jessica Minion

Patterns of Neonatal and Neurodevelopmental Comorbidities in Neonates of <29 Weeks' Gestation.