Faculty profile

Professor EmeritusPediatricsMcMaster University

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

From the 150 most recent of 354 publications.

01

Meta-analysis of the efficacy of palivizumab versus nirsevimab at preventing medically attended respiratory syncytial virus infections in non-hospitalized preterm infants

Fullarton J, Paes B, Waghorne N, Keary I, Rodgers-Gray B, Carbonell-Estrany X

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics20261 citations
02

Palivizumab for respiratory syncytial virus immunoprophylaxis in high-risk populations in Qatar: a call for action

Al Maslamani M, Paes B, Janahi M, Al Maslamani E, Abushahin A, Almudeer A, Hassan M, Zeed MA, Alqubaisi M, Janahi I

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy2026
03

Clinical and economic evaluation of risk factor guided respiratory syncytial virus prophylaxis in Colombian preterm infants

Rodriguez-Martinez CE, Ordonez J, Carbonell-Estrany X, Fullarton J, Keary I, Rodgers-Gray B, D’Apremont I, Noyola DE, Ribeiro PA, Stein RT

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation2026
04

RSV Immunoprophylaxis in Infants and Children: Old Standards, New Agents and the Complexities Therein

Paes BA, Manzoni P, Fullarton JR, Rodgers-Gray BS, Carbonell-Estrany X

Vaccines2026First author
05

Twenty-five years of palivizumab: a global historic review of its impact on the burden of respiratory syncytial virus disease in children

Carbonell-Estrany X, Simões EAF, Bont L, Manzoni P, Zar HJ, Greenough A, Ramilo O, Stein R, Law B, Mejias A

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy202522 citations
06

Systematic Review and Expert Consensus on the Use of Long-acting Monoclonal Antibodies for Prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease: ARMADA (Advancing RSV Management And Disease Awareness) Taskforce

Manzoni P, Baraldi E, Midulla F, Claris O, Dessardo S, Heikkinen T, Thwaites R, Paes B, Carbonell-Estrany X, Dobryanskyy D

Open Forum Infectious Diseases20255 citations
07

Respiratory syncytial virus immunization in children: The old, the new and what’s just around the corner

Paes BA, Bacchini F, Bracht M, Rodgers-Gray B, Carbonell-Estrany X

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics20255 citationsFirst author
08

Parental Knowledge and Understanding of Respiratory Syncytial Virus and How to Decrease the Risk of Infection: The Canadian Premature Babies Foundation Survey 2023.

Bracht M, Bacchini F, Rodgers-Gray B, Edwards JO, Paes BA

Neonatal network : NN20254 citationsSenior author
09

Cost-effectiveness of wastewater and environmental monitoring of respiratory syncytial virus to guide universal infant immunoprophylaxis in Canada

Mercier É, Fullarton JR, Paes BA, Keary IP, Rodgers-Gray BS, Thampi N, Delatolla R

Journal of Medical Economics20252 citations
10

A prospective evaluation of tibial insertion sites for intraosseous needles to gain vascular access in Asian neonates

Sengasai C, Pacharn P, Paes B, Kitsommart R

Journal of Perinatology20252 citations

Roles and appointments

  • Professor, Pediatrics (Neonatal Division), McMaster University (1983 - 2006)
  • Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics (Neonatal Division), McMaster University
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