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Zulfiqar Bhutta

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ProfessorDepartment of PaediatricsUniversity of Toronto

Zulfiqar Bhutta

Professor

Department of Paediatrics

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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34 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, 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 2020.

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214

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Education

PhD
MBBS

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Research

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Public and population health Maternal and newborn care Human nutrition and dietetics Global health Economics of health care Health care access, privilege or marginalization Pediatrics

Latest papers

Policy in practice: assessing Senegal's family planning progress using a mixed-methods approach.
BMJ global health · 2026 · senior author
Satellite-derived longitudinal evidence of flood effects on community water and sanitation resilience in coastal Kenya.
BMC global and public health · 2026
Combating converging crises: The role of universities in global health, climate, and equity.
The journal of climate change and health · 2026

All 68 publications

Latest funding

The response of the maternal and infant gut microbiome to extreme heat events
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,048,050
Accelerating Advancements in Infant Probiotic Development and Clinical Trials
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Promoting planetary health education, smoking-free home, and clean air community mobilization to prevent air pollution related non-communicable diseases in urban Pakistan
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 17 grants and awards

68 publications.

Policy in practice: assessing Senegal's family planning progress using a mixed-methods approach.

Faye SLB, Sow GHC, Faye RA, Ndong MG, Tine ME, Diagne NA, Doucoure A, Najmi H, Zulfiqar M, St-Onge Ahmad S, Memon ZA, Bhutta Z

BMJ global health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018774 PMID: 42264507

Satellite-derived longitudinal evidence of flood effects on community water and sanitation resilience in coastal Kenya.

Oluoch F, Ondiek RI, Gudda F, Keter A, Odhiambo R, Das J, Bhutta Z, Ngugi AK

BMC global and public health2026

DOI: 10.1186/s44263-026-00291-w PMID: 42343479

Combating converging crises: The role of universities in global health, climate, and equity.

Ratevosian J, Aikins AD, Bhutta Z, Bravo M, Dugas L, Fanzo J, Fornace K, Guinto R, Hernández D, Just A, Kapwata T, Koh LP, Korfmacher K, Luby S, Monteiro W, Nelson L, O'Meara W, Pan W, Tighe R, Beyrer C, Steelman T

The journal of climate change and health2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2026.100683 PMID: 42021850

An urgent need to build climate and health intervention trial capacity.

Haines A, Bonell A, Green R, Benton L, Bhutta Z

Nature medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-04192-7 PMID: 41652119

Women's health and well-being over the life course: conceptual framing supported by a scoping review.

Iyer A, Sen G, Rao Seshadri S, Snow R, Ataullahjan A, Liang M, Baird S, Drake JK, Sharafi L, Bhutta Z

BMJ open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107988 PMID: 41698726

Exploring perspectives of knowledge users about reporting on health equity in observational studies: a qualitative study informing the development of the STROBE-Equity reporting guideline

Simpson D, Dewidar O, Ghogomu E, Aliyeva K, Bhutta Z, Barker LC, Cuervo LG, Ellingwood HN, Faber S, Feng C

International Journal for Equity in Health2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12939-026-02876-1

The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown to 2030 for women's, children's, and adolescents' health: tracking progress on health and nutrition.

Amouzou A, Barros AJD, Requejo J, Faye C, Akseer N, Bendavid E, Blumenberg C, Borghi J, El Baz S, Federspiel F, Ferreira LZ, Hazel E, Heft-Neal S, Hellwig F, Liu L, Maïga A, Munos M, Pitt C, Shawar YR, Shiffman J, Tam Y, Walker N, Akilimali P, Alkema L, Behanzin P, Binyaruka P, Bhutta Z, Blanchard A, Blencowe H, Bradley E, Brikci N, Caicedo-Velásquez B, Costello A, Dotse-Gborgbortsi W, El Arifeen S, Ezzati M, Freedman LP, Guillot M, Hanson C, Heidkamp R, Huicho L, Izugbara C, Jiwani SS, Kabiru C, Kiarie H, Kinney M, Kirakoya-Samadoulougou F, Lawn J, Madise N, Mady GRM, Masquelier B, Melesse D, Nilsen K, Perin J, Ram U, Romanello M, Saad GE, Sharma S, Sidze EM, Spiegel P, Tappis H, Tatem AJ, Temmerman M, Victora CG, Villavicencio F, Wado Y, Waiswa P, Wakefield J, Walton S, You D, Chopra M, Black RE, Boerma T

Lancet (London, England)2025

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00151-5 PMID: 40222381

Postnatal growth of etiologically characterized preterm newborns according to gestational age at birth.

Roggero P, Ryumina I, Gunier RB, Winsey A, Rauch SA, Zarco IAC, Ariff S, Rego MAS, Conti CS, Ochieng R, Tuzun F, Asibey J, Giuliani F, Renau MI, Shekharappa CB, Lapillonne A, Tavcioska G, Ismail LC, Menis C, Markelova M, Nieto R, Duah JA, Deantoni S, Madrid BF, Mosca F, Eskenazi B, Lambert A, Bhutta Z, Papageorghiou A, Kennedy S, Villar J

Pediatric research2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-024-03735-x PMID: 39609613

Strengthening the paediatric clinical trial ecosystem to better inform policy and programmes.

Berkley JA, Walson JL, Gray G, Russell F, Bhutta Z, Ashorn P, Norris SA, Adejuyigbe EA, Grais R, Ogutu B, Zhang J, Chantada GL, Nachman S, Kija E, Jehan F, Giaquinto C, Rollins NC, Penazzato M

The Lancet. Global health2025

DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00511-4 PMID: 40155110

Impact of household food insecurity and nutrition on depression and anxiety symptoms among adolescents living in rural Pakistan

Campisi S, Perquier F, Wasan Y, Soofi S, Korczak D, Monga S, Szatmari P, Bhutta Z

Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health20254 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2025.10006

The response of the maternal and infant gut microbiome to extreme heat events

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Parkinson, John; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A

Keywords: Birth Outcomes; Climate Change; Extreme Heat; Global Health; Maternal Health; Microbiome; Pregnancy

$1,048,050

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

Promoting planetary health education, smoking-free home, and clean air community mobilization to prevent air pollution related non-communicable diseases in urban Pakistan

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Global Health Research - IPPH

Principal investigators: Wei, Xiaolin; Abelsohn, Alan; Khan, Muhammad Amir

Keywords: Air Pollution; Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial; Community Based Interventions; Community Mobilization; Implementation Science; Non-Communicable Diseases; Pakistan; Planetary Health Education; Tobacco Cessation

$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

COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END) - Extension

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making Extension

Principal investigators: Lavis, John N; Grimshaw, Jeremy M; Santesso, Nancy A; Smith, Maureen M; Tricco, Andrea C

Keywords: Clinical Management Of Covid-19 & Pandemic-Related Decisions; Covid-19; Economic And Social Responses To Covid-19; Evidence Synthesis; Health-System Arrangements For Covid-19; Knowledge Translation; Public-Health Measures To Prevent Covid-19; Stakeholder Engagement

$1,100,000

Feasibility of implementing a mobile phone-based telemonitoring program to support pregnant individuals at high-risk for preeclampsia in Karachi, Pakistan

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Seto, Emily

Keywords: Blood Pressure; Clinical Decision Support; Eclampsia; Feasibility Study; High-Risk Pregnant Women; Mhealth; Pakistan; Pre-Eclampsia; Self-Care; Telemonitoring

$474,299

Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) - South Africa - Bukhali

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

Principal investigators: Lye, Stephen J; Clinton, Jean M; Lule, Elizabeth L; Connor, Kristin L; Draper, Catherine E; Hung, Rayjean; Norris, Shane A

Keywords: Child Health And Development Outcomes; Childhood Adiposity; Clinical Trial; Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease; Maternal-Child Health; Non-Communicable Disease; Preconception, Pregnancy And Infancy Intervention

$2,500,000

Identifying areas for quality improvement of pediatric emergency and critical care in Pakistan

SupervisorCIHR2020Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Muttalib, Fiona

Keywords: Child Mortality; International Health; Modified Delphi Method; Prognostic Model Performance; Prospective Cohort Study; Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis

$105,000

Improving social justice in observational studies

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Welch, Vivian A; Funnell, Sarah; Jull, Janet E; Mbuagbaw, Lawrence C

Keywords: Health Equity; Observational Studies; Population Health; Reporting Guidelines

$535,501

COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END)

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 Knowledge Synthesis Network

Principal investigators: Lavis, John N; Grimshaw, Jeremy M; Santesso, Nancy A; Tricco, Andrea C

$1,000,000

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Zulfiqar Bhutta

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Policy in practice: assessing Senegal's family planning progress using a mixed-methods approach.

Satellite-derived longitudinal evidence of flood effects on community water and sanitation resilience in coastal Kenya.

Combating converging crises: The role of universities in global health, climate, and equity.

An urgent need to build climate and health intervention trial capacity.

Women's health and well-being over the life course: conceptual framing supported by a scoping review.

Exploring perspectives of knowledge users about reporting on health equity in observational studies: a qualitative study informing the development of the STROBE-Equity reporting guideline

The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown to 2030 for women's, children's, and adolescents' health: tracking progress on health and nutrition.

Postnatal growth of etiologically characterized preterm newborns according to gestational age at birth.

Strengthening the paediatric clinical trial ecosystem to better inform policy and programmes.

Impact of household food insecurity and nutrition on depression and anxiety symptoms among adolescents living in rural Pakistan

Frequent collaborators

Marianne Vidler

Billie-Jo Hardy

Peter Tugwell

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Tanya Horsley

Sarah Funnell

Julian Little

Alison Krentel

Vivian Welch

Emily Seto

Elizabeth Kristjansson

Janet Jull

Beverley Shea

Sarah Funnell

Kevin Pottie

Peter Von Dadelszen

Kevin Pottie

Suneeta Monga

Clara Juando-Prats

Janet Jull

Zack Marshall

Anushka Ataullahjan

Suzanne Tough

Anushka Ataullahjan

Janet Jull

Philip Awadalla

Daniel Roth

Srinivas Murthy

Stuart Nicholls

Stephen Lye

Peter Szatmari

Jill Hamilton

Robin Urquhart

Michael Brauer

Jennifer Jenkins

Peter Szatmari

Deborah Sloboda

Harriet MacMillan

George Wells

Stephen Scherer