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Robert Bandsma

ResearcherPediatric Gastroenterology and NutritionUniversity of Toronto

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Robert Bandsma

Researcher

Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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16 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 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2017.

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Research

Malnutrition Microbiome Global Child Health Clinical Trial Global Health Adolescent Pregnancies Animal Models Bioinformatics

Latest papers

Commentary on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2026-2030.
Nutrition reviews · 2026
Phenotype and Long-Term Outcome in Recurrent Paediatric Acute Liver Failure: Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Analysis.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
The contribution of minimally invasive tissue sampling compared to antemortem-derived cause of death determination among inpatient child deaths: the minimally invasive tissue sampling in Malawi study.
Journal of global health · 2025

All 33 publications

Latest funding

Accelerating Advancements in Infant Probiotic Development and Clinical Trials
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Targeting the diet - gut microbiota - growth axis in adolescents: a study in Canadian children.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$956,250
Targeting the diet - gut microbiota - growth axis in adolescents: a study in Canadian children.
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 11 grants and awards

33 publications.

Commentary on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2026-2030.

Taren D, Bandsma R, Cantoral A, Chen C, Finck B, Hanson C, Hu G, Kellow N, Holton K, Luo H, Miller J, Muscaritoli M, Na M, Novotny R, Ramos-Lopez O, Ruz M, Varady K, Voruganti S, Woolf K

Nutrition reviews2026

DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuag046 PMID: 42083773

Phenotype and Long-Term Outcome in Recurrent Paediatric Acute Liver Failure: Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Analysis.

Sutton H, Saban OS, Cunningham J, Bandsma R, Sayed B, Ng V

Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver2025

DOI: 10.1111/liv.70412 PMID: 41159810

The contribution of minimally invasive tissue sampling compared to antemortem-derived cause of death determination among inpatient child deaths: the minimally invasive tissue sampling in Malawi study.

Voskuijl WP, Chasweka D, Lawrence S, Brals D, Kamiza S, Bandsma R, Berkley JA, Mbale E, Attipa C, Eneya C, Huwa C, Khoswe S, Moxon C, Potani I, Waller JL, Diaz MH, Walson J, Ordi J, Denno DM

Journal of global health2025

DOI: 10.7189/jogh.15.04210 PMID: 40755013

Aflatoxin exposure and mortality in acutely ill children: results from the CHAIN network cohort.

Xia L, Wu H, Saleem AF, Mupere E, Lancioni C, Diallo H, Potani I, Ali SA, Voskuijl W, Chisti MJ, Shahid ASMSB, Timbwa M, Mwaringa S, Tigoi C, Ngari M, Singa B, Tickell KD, Njunge J, Bandsma R, Ahmed T, Berkley J, Walson JL, Gong Y, Routledge MN

BMJ global health2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017375 PMID: 40675748

Understanding the association of longitudinal body mass index patterns in children and their parents: A data-driven study from the TARGet Kids! cohort.

Massara P, Keown-Stoneman CDG, Maguire JL, Bandsma R, Comelli EM, Birken CS

Obesity research & clinical practice2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2025.04.011 PMID: 40335421

FISPGHAN statement on the global public health impact of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.

Mitsinikos T, Aw MM, Bandsma R, Godoy M, Ibrahim SH, Mann JP, Memon I, Mohan N, Mouane N, Porta G, Verduci E, Xanthakos S

Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition2025

DOI: 10.1002/jpn3.12399 PMID: 39727048

Prediction of inpatient mortality in hospitalised children in low- and middle-income countries: An external validation of paediatric mortality risk scores.

Brals D, Pradhan A, Andre-von Arnim AVS, Oron AP, Ngari M, Ngao N, Mupere E, Chisti MJ, Lwanga C, Afroze F, Bandsma R, Walson JL, Berkley JA, Voskuijl W

Journal of global health2024

DOI: 10.7189/jogh.14.04235 PMID: 39886744

Nutrition in pediatric end-stage liver disease.

Desai TS, Hulst JM, Bandsma R, Mehta S

Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care2024

DOI: 10.1097/mco.0000000000001063 PMID: 39302271

Tribute to an outstanding scientist, caring clinician, and wonderful friend Pui-Ying Iroh Tam.

Bandsma R

Journal of tropical pediatrics2024First author

DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmae053 PMID: 39778206

Elucidating the dynamics and impact of the gut microbiome on maternal nutritional status during pregnancy, effect on pregnancy outcomes and infant health in rural Pakistan: study protocol for a prospective, longitudinal observational study.

Wasan Y, Baxter JB, Spiegel-Feld C, Begum K, Rizvi A, Iqbal J, Hulst J, Bandsma R, Suleman S, Soofi S, Parkinson J, Bhutta ZA

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081629 PMID: 39134435

Accelerating Advancements in Infant Probiotic Development and Clinical Trials

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grants - Institute/Initiative Community Support

Principal investigators: Roth, Daniel E; Bandsma, Robert; Bassani, Diego G; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Comelli, Elena M; Morris, Shaun K; Parkinson, John; Shah, Prakeshkumar

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Global Health; Infants; Interventions; Microbiome; Neonatal Diseases; Probiotics; Regulations

$20,000

Targeting the diet - gut microbiota - growth axis in adolescents: a study in Canadian children.

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Comelli, Elena M

Keywords: Child Growth; Cohort Studies; Diet; Microbiota

$956,250

Targeting the diet - gut microbiota - growth axis in adolescents: a study in Canadian children.

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes

Principal investigators: Comelli, Elena M

Keywords: Child Growth; Cohort Studies; Diet; Microbiota

$100,000

Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) - India

Principal investigators: Matthews, Stephen G; Sellen, Daniel W; CHANDAK, GIRIRAJ R; Comelli, Elena M; Krishnaveni, Ghattu V; Kumaran, Kalyanaraman; Shah, Prakeshkumar; Suryanarayana, Kumar G; Wade, Mark

Keywords: Cardiometabolic Outcome; Child; Cohort Studies; Dohad; India; Intervention; Lifecourse; Mental Health Outcome; Preconception; Pregnancy

$2,190,000

Reduced caloric feeds in the early management of ill severely malnourished children

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bandsma, Robert

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Global Health; Malnutrition; Refeeding

$569,924

A mechanistic understanding of the impact of pathogen-microbiome dynamics on maternal nutrition during pregnancy in young women

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams

Principal investigators: Parkinson, John; Bandsma, Robert; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Hulst, Jessie; Mortha, Arthur; Suleman, Shazeen

Keywords: Adolescent Pregnancies; Animal Models; Bioinformatics; Global Child Health; Malnutrition; Maternal Nutrition; Metabolomics; Metagenomics/Metatranscriptomics; Microbiome; Parasites

$2,000,000

Programming the gut microbiome for child growth and development: a multi-national intervention study.

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams - LOI

Principal investigators: Comelli, Elena M; Connor, Kristin L

Keywords: Child Growth And Development; Cohort Studies; Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease; Intervention; Microbiome; Nutrition; Obesity; Pregnancy

$25,000

A mechanistic understanding of the impact of pathogen-microbiome dynamics on maternal nutrition in adolescent pregnancies

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams - LOI

Principal investigators: Parkinson, John; Bandsma, Robert; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Hulst, Jessie; Mortha, Arthur

Keywords: Adolescent Pregnancies; Animal Models; Bioinformatics; Global Child Health; Malnutrition; Maternal Nutrition; Metabolomics; Metagenomics/Metatranscriptomics; Microbiome; Parasites

$25,000

Early INterventions to Support Trajectories for healthy lifE in INdia (EINSTEIN)

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Team Grant - Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) - India

Principal investigators: Matthews, Stephen G; Kumaran, Kalyanaraman; Lye, Stephen J; Shah, Prakeshkumar; Suryanarayana, Kumar G; Yajnik, Chittaranjan

Keywords: Cardiometabolic Outcome; Child; Cohort Studies; Dohad; India; Infant; Intervention; Mental Health Outcome; Preconception; Pregnancy

$2,493,350

The role of organelle dysfunction in the pathophysiology of severe malnutrition.

Nominated PICIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bandsma, Robert

Keywords: Global Child Health; Liver; Malnutrition; Metabolism

$687,735

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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Robert Bandsma

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Commentary on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2026-2030.

Phenotype and Long-Term Outcome in Recurrent Paediatric Acute Liver Failure: Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Analysis.

The contribution of minimally invasive tissue sampling compared to antemortem-derived cause of death determination among inpatient child deaths: the minimally invasive tissue sampling in Malawi study.

Aflatoxin exposure and mortality in acutely ill children: results from the CHAIN network cohort.

Understanding the association of longitudinal body mass index patterns in children and their parents: A data-driven study from the TARGet Kids! cohort.

FISPGHAN statement on the global public health impact of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.

Prediction of inpatient mortality in hospitalised children in low- and middle-income countries: An external validation of paediatric mortality risk scores.

Nutrition in pediatric end-stage liver disease.

Tribute to an outstanding scientist, caring clinician, and wonderful friend Pui-Ying Iroh Tam.

Elucidating the dynamics and impact of the gut microbiome on maternal nutritional status during pregnancy, effect on pregnancy outcomes and infant health in rural Pakistan: study protocol for a prospective, longitudinal observational study.

Accelerating Advancements in Infant Probiotic Development and Clinical Trials

Targeting the diet - gut microbiota - growth axis in adolescents: a study in Canadian children.

Targeting the diet - gut microbiota - growth axis in adolescents: a study in Canadian children.

Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN)

Reduced caloric feeds in the early management of ill severely malnourished children

A mechanistic understanding of the impact of pathogen-microbiome dynamics on maternal nutrition during pregnancy in young women

Programming the gut microbiome for child growth and development: a multi-national intervention study.

A mechanistic understanding of the impact of pathogen-microbiome dynamics on maternal nutrition in adolescent pregnancies

Early INterventions to Support Trajectories for healthy lifE in INdia (EINSTEIN)

The role of organelle dysfunction in the pathophysiology of severe malnutrition.

Frequent collaborators

Jessie Hulst

Eytan Wine

David Wishart

David Chitayat

John Parkinson

Jill Hamilton

Catherine Birken

Johan Van Limbergen

Peter Kim

Leah Gramlich