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Valerie Waters

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of PaediatricsUniversity of Toronto

Valerie Waters

Associate Professor

Department of Paediatrics

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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20 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 2010.

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Latest papers

A 3-Year-Old Girl With a Chest Wall Mass.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026
Biomarkers associated with clinical response to cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation treatment and adjuvant prednisone therapy.
Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society · 2025 · senior author
Adverse Events of First-Line Therapy for Pediatric Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2025

All 58 publications

Latest funding

International Burkholderia Cepacia Working Group (IBCWG) 22nd Meeting
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$10,000
Next-Generation Antimicrobial Diagnostics: Speed and Precision via Whole Genome Sequencing
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$632,425
International Burkholderia Cepacia Working Group (IBCWG) 19th Meeting
CIHR · 2014 · Co-investigator
$10,000

All 5 grants and awards

58 publications.

A 3-Year-Old Girl With a Chest Wall Mass.

Gashgarey D, Waters V, Traubici J, Chiu P, Lam R, Richard-Greenblatt M, Kitai I

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2026

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciag028 PMID: 42414859

Biomarkers associated with clinical response to cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation treatment and adjuvant prednisone therapy.

Quon BS, Matta JK, Shaw M, Grasemann H, Ratjen F, Waters V

Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society20251 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2025.08.018 PMID: 40897595

Adverse Events of First-Line Therapy for Pediatric Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Michael Prodanuk, Sarah L. Silverberg, Pierre‐Philippe Piché‐Renaud, Daniel S. Farrar, Jessie Cunningham, Fiona E. Kritzinger, Valerie J. Waters, Ray E. Lam, Ian Kitai

Clinical Infectious Diseases20251 citations

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaf152 PMID: 40127187

Successful Management of Pediatric Endobronchial Tuberculosis With Endoscopic Cryotherapy: A Case Series.

Villarreal EG, Nagy A, Lam R, Waters V, Kitai I, Kritzinger F

Pediatric pulmonology2025

DOI: 10.1002/ppul.27444 PMID: 39723628

A randomised trial of oral prednisone for cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation treatment.

Waters V, Shaw M, Perrem L, Quon BS, Tullis E, Solomon M, Rayment JH, Lavoie A, Tse SM, Daigneault P, Bilodeau L, Price A, Nicholson M, Chin M, Parkins M, McKinney ML, Tam JS, Stanojevic S, Grasemann H, Ratjen F, (PIPE Study Investigators)

The European respiratory journal202416 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02278-2023 PMID: 38697648

Lung Function Recovery from Pulmonary Exacerbations Treated with Oral Antibiotics in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Dvir Gatt, Michelle Shaw, Valerie J. Waters, Fiona E. Kritzinger, Melinda P. Solomon, Sharon Dell, Felix A. Ratjen

Annals of the American Thoracic Society20247 citations

DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.202407-771oc PMID: 39700507

Genome-wide association study of susceptibility to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis.

Lin B, Gong J, Keenan K, Lin F, Lin YC, Mésinèle J, Calmel C, Mohand Oumoussa B, Boëlle PY, Guillot L, Corvol H, Waters V, Sun L, Strug LJ

The European respiratory journal20246 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00062-2024 PMID: 39117430

Travel-acquired paediatric tuberculosis in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, 2002-2018.

Ali M, El Hafid M, Farrar DS, Kourdi H, Rea E, Waters V, Lam R, Morris SK, Kitai I

The European respiratory journal2024

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01533-2023 PMID: 38212078

Reply to: Steroids in cystic fibrosis exacerbations: are we picking the right patients?

Waters V, Quon B, Ratjen F, PIPE Study investigators

The European respiratory journal2024First author

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01713-2024 PMID: 39362681

Reply to: Oral corticosteroids for cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation: seeking the future in the past.

Waters V, Ratjen F, PIPE Study investigators

The European respiratory journal2024First author

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01577-2024 PMID: 39362682

International Burkholderia Cepacia Working Group (IBCWG) 22nd Meeting

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Cardona, Silvia T

Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Burkholderia Cepacia Complex; Cystic Fibrosis; Hospital Infections; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Opportunistic Pathogens

$10,000

Next-Generation Antimicrobial Diagnostics: Speed and Precision via Whole Genome Sequencing

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Guttman, David S; Coburn, Bryan A; Hwang, David M; Shapiro, Jesse

Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Diagnostic Testing; Genome Analysis; Genome-Wide Association Study; Human Health; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Predictive Modeling; Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

$632,425

International Burkholderia Cepacia Working Group (IBCWG) 19th Meeting

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Cardona, Silvia T

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Burkholeria Cepacia Complex; Cystic Fibrosis; Poymicrobial Infection

$10,000

A Wireless CMOS Device for Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections and Antibiotic Susceptibility Profiling

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Gulak, Glenn; Navarre, William W

Keywords: Antibiotic Susceptibility; Bacterial Pathogens; Bacteriophage; Cmos Isfet; Low-Cost Mass-Producible Disposable; Lysins; Phage Panel; Rapid Point-Of-Care Diagnostics; Single-Chip With No Microfluidic Packaging; Wireless Power And Data Transfer

$677,527

Assessing the breadth and depth of cystic fibrosis-associated polymicrobial respiratory tract infections

Principal investigatorCIHR2010Emerging Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative - Full Application

Principal investigators: Guttman, David S; Cowen, Leah E; Davidson, Alan R; Hwang, David M; O'Doherty, Kieran C; Parkinson, John; Tullis, Diana E; Waters, Valerie J; Yau, Yvonne C

Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Bacteria; Bacteriophage; Community Structure; Cystic Fibrosis; Fungi; Lung Infections; Metagenomics; Next-Generation Genomics; Population Dynamics

$2,447,425

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Valerie Waters

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A 3-Year-Old Girl With a Chest Wall Mass.

Biomarkers associated with clinical response to cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation treatment and adjuvant prednisone therapy.

Adverse Events of First-Line Therapy for Pediatric Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Successful Management of Pediatric Endobronchial Tuberculosis With Endoscopic Cryotherapy: A Case Series.

A randomised trial of oral prednisone for cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation treatment.

Lung Function Recovery from Pulmonary Exacerbations Treated with Oral Antibiotics in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Genome-wide association study of susceptibility to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis.

Travel-acquired paediatric tuberculosis in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, 2002-2018.

Reply to: Steroids in cystic fibrosis exacerbations: are we picking the right patients?

Reply to: Oral corticosteroids for cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation: seeking the future in the past.

International Burkholderia Cepacia Working Group (IBCWG) 22nd Meeting

Next-Generation Antimicrobial Diagnostics: Speed and Precision via Whole Genome Sequencing

International Burkholderia Cepacia Working Group (IBCWG) 19th Meeting

A Wireless CMOS Device for Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections and Antibiotic Susceptibility Profiling

Assessing the breadth and depth of cystic fibrosis-associated polymicrobial respiratory tract infections

Frequent collaborators

Felix Ratjen

Elizabeth Tullis

Sanja Stanojevic

Yvonne Yau

Hartmut Grasemann

Ian Kitai

Melinda Solomon

Larissa Matukas

Annie Lu

Ranjani Somayaji

Neil Sweezey

Anne Stephenson

Bryan Coburn

David Guttman

A Guerguerian

Lianne Singer

Lisa Strug

Stanley Read

Michael Parkins

Dao Nguyen

Charles Deber

David Hwang

Sze Tse

Shaun Morris