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Peter Wong

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Associate ProfessorClinical Public Health DivisionUniversity of Toronto

Peter Wong

Associate Professor

Clinical Public Health Division

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Research

Epidemiology Nutrition Obesity Pediatrics Vitamin D Breastfeeding Child Care Childhood Obesity

Latest papers

Connecting families-randomised controlled trial of poverty screening and financial support navigation for families of young children in primary care: an internal pilot study informed protocol.
BMJ open · 2026
Disproportionate Rates of COVID-19 Among Black Canadian Communities: Lessons from a Cross-Sectional Study in the First Year of the Pandemic.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025
Challenges implementing recent recommendations of daily formula supplementation for allergy prevention and practical real-world options.
Paediatrics & child health · 2023

All 14 publications

Latest funding

COVID-19 Vaccine Responses among African Canadian Children with and without Sickle Cell Disease
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$482,223
An internal pilot study for a randomized trial aimed at evaluating primary care poverty screening and financial support navigation for families of young children: CONNECTING FAMILES
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$100,000
COVID-19 Vaccine Responses among African Canadians: Sustainability of Immune Responses and Safety Profiles.
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$467,999

All 6 grants and awards

14 publications.

Connecting families-randomised controlled trial of poverty screening and financial support navigation for families of young children in primary care: an internal pilot study informed protocol.

Bayoumi I, Parkin PC, Tabassum F, Johnson C, Sherwood M, Mitchell M, Birken CS, Bloch G, Carsley S, Cole M, Green M, Keown-Stoneman CDG, Maguire JL, Purkey E, van den Heuvel M, Weir S, Wong P, Borkhoff CM

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-111158 PMID: 41651520

Disproportionate Rates of COVID-19 Among Black Canadian Communities: Lessons from a Cross-Sectional Study in the First Year of the Pandemic.

Allen UD, Barton M, Upton J, Bailey A, Campigotto A, Abdulnoor M, Julien JP, Gubbay J, Kissoon N, Litosh A, La Neve MR, Wong P, Allen A, Bailey R, Byrne W, Jagoowani R, Phillips C, Merreles-Pulcini M, Polack A, Prescod C, Siddiqi A, Summers A, Thompson K, Thompson S, James C, seroMARK Research Group

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities2025

DOI: 10.1007/s40615-023-01903-z PMID: 38253978

Challenges implementing recent recommendations of daily formula supplementation for allergy prevention and practical real-world options.

Ridley D, Abrams EM, Wong P, Chan ES

Paediatrics & child health2023

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxac121 PMID: 37287476

Hiding and seeking: Children's lived experiences during COVID-19.

Koller D, Grossi M, van den Heuvel M, Wong P

Children & society2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/chso.12590 PMID: 35942024

Family perspectives of COVID-19 research.

Vanderhout SM, Birken CS, Wong P, Kelleher S, Weir S, Maguire JL

Research involvement and engagement2020

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-020-00242-1 PMID: 33292759

Pediatric Lipid Screening and Treatment in Canada: Practices, Attitudes, and Barriers.

Khoury M, Rodday AM, Mackie AS, Gill P, McLaughlin T, Harris KC, Wong P, McCrindle BW, Birken CS, de Ferranti SD

The Canadian journal of cardiology2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.05.035 PMID: 32502521

Cow’s Milk Fat Obesity pRevention Trial (CoMFORT): a primary care embedded randomised controlled trial protocol to determine the effect of cow’s milk fat on child adiposity

Vanderhout SM, Aglipay M, Birken C, Li P, O'Connor DL, Thorpe K, Constantin E, Davis M-A, Feldman M, Ball GDC

BMJ Open20204 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035241

Addressing Challenges in Developing a Core Domain Set in Adherence Interventions in Rheumatology: A Report from the OMERACT-Adherence Group.

Kelly A, Bartlett SJ, de Wit MP, Beaton DE, Dawson T, Evans V, Gill M, Hassett G, March L, Scholte-Voshaar M, Singh JA, Tong A, Tugwell P, Wong P, Tymms K

The Journal of rheumatology2019

DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.181078 PMID: 30647162

Social determinants of health: integral to developmental risk assessment in congenital heart disease.

Wong P, Denburg A, Moore A, Ford-Jones E

The Journal of pediatrics2017First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.11.058 PMID: 27986271

Global functional atlas of Escherichia coli encompassing previously uncharacterized proteins.

Hu P, Janga SC, Babu M, Díaz-Mejía JJ, Butland G, Yang W, Pogoutse O, Guo X, Phanse S, Wong P, Chandran S, Christopoulos C, Nazarians-Armavil A, Nasseri NK, Musso G, Ali M, Nazemof N, Eroukova V, Golshani A, Paccanaro A, Greenblatt JF, Moreno-Hagelsieb G, Emili A

PLoS biology2009

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000096 PMID: 19402753

COVID-19 Vaccine Responses among African Canadian Children with and without Sickle Cell Disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.:Emerging COVID-19 Res. Gaps & Priorities (July 2021) - Immune Responses

Principal investigators: Allen, Upton D

Keywords: African Canadians; Children; Immune Response; Sars-Cov-2; Sickle Cell Disease; Vaccines

$482,223

An internal pilot study for a randomized trial aimed at evaluating primary care poverty screening and financial support navigation for families of young children: CONNECTING FAMILES

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Catalyst Grant: Quadruple Aim and Equity

Principal investigators: Bayoumi, Imaan; Borkhoff, Cornelia M

Keywords: Children; Health Equity; Poverty; Primary Care; Social Services Navigation

$100,000

COVID-19 Vaccine Responses among African Canadians: Sustainability of Immune Responses and Safety Profiles.

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities - Vaccines

Principal investigators: Allen, Upton D

Keywords: African Canadians; Immune Response; Safety; Sars-Cov-2; Vaccines

$467,999

Nutrition Recommendation Intervention trialS in children's Healthcare

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Maguire, Jonathon L; Hwang, Stephen W; Weir-Seeley, Shannon; Wong, Peter D; Birken, Catherine S; Fuller, Anne E

Keywords: Breastfeeding; Child Care; Childhood Obesity; Cohort-Embedded Trial; Early Life Nutrition; Equity; Lactation Consultant; Longitudinal Factorial Design; Solid Food Introduction

$1,913,907

CoMFORT (Cow's Milk Fat Obesity pRevention Trial)

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Maguire, Jonathon L; Manson, Heather; Tavares, Erika S; Weir-Seeley, Shannon; Birken, Catherine S; Li, Patricia T; Wong, Peter D

Keywords: Epidemiology; Nutrition; Obesity; Pediatrics; Vitamin D

$867,349

Soy milk, grOwth and nutrition in Young children (SOY Trial): Vanguard Study of a Trials Within Cohorts Randomized Trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Catalyst Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trials (iCT)

Principal investigators: Maguire, Jonathon L; Parsons, Janet A; Weir-Seeley, Shannon; Wong, Peter D

Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness; Epidemiology; Growth; Nutrition; Obesity; Pediatrics; Vitamin D

$99,947

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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Peter Wong

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Connecting families-randomised controlled trial of poverty screening and financial support navigation for families of young children in primary care: an internal pilot study informed protocol.

Disproportionate Rates of COVID-19 Among Black Canadian Communities: Lessons from a Cross-Sectional Study in the First Year of the Pandemic.

Challenges implementing recent recommendations of daily formula supplementation for allergy prevention and practical real-world options.

Hiding and seeking: Children's lived experiences during COVID-19.

Family perspectives of COVID-19 research.

Pediatric Lipid Screening and Treatment in Canada: Practices, Attitudes, and Barriers.

Cow’s Milk Fat Obesity pRevention Trial (CoMFORT): a primary care embedded randomised controlled trial protocol to determine the effect of cow’s milk fat on child adiposity

Addressing Challenges in Developing a Core Domain Set in Adherence Interventions in Rheumatology: A Report from the OMERACT-Adherence Group.

Social determinants of health: integral to developmental risk assessment in congenital heart disease.

Global functional atlas of Escherichia coli encompassing previously uncharacterized proteins.

COVID-19 Vaccine Responses among African Canadian Children with and without Sickle Cell Disease

An internal pilot study for a randomized trial aimed at evaluating primary care poverty screening and financial support navigation for families of young children: CONNECTING FAMILES

COVID-19 Vaccine Responses among African Canadians: Sustainability of Immune Responses and Safety Profiles.

Nutrition Recommendation Intervention trialS in children's Healthcare

CoMFORT (Cow's Milk Fat Obesity pRevention Trial)

Soy milk, grOwth and nutrition in Young children (SOY Trial): Vanguard Study of a Trials Within Cohorts Randomized Trial

Frequent collaborators

Andrew Emili

Michael Gill

Evelyn Constantin

Peter Gill

Avram Denburg

Peter Tugwell

Aaron Campigotto

Sarah Carsley

Imaan Bayoumi

Evelyn Constantin

Patricia Li

Annette Bailey

Alexander Summers

Mary Aglipay

Eva Purkey

Pingzhao Hu

Andreas Laupacis

Peter Tugwell

Anne Junker

Patricia Li

Kevin Thorpe

Michael Green

John Parkinson

Donna Koller

Catherine Birken

Arjumand Siddiqi

Jean-Philippe Julien

Jonathan Gubbay

Magdalena Janus

Erika Tavares