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Naveen Poonai

ResearcherWestern University

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Naveen Poonai

Researcher

Health Sciences

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
57 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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101

Publications

582

Citations

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Research

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Anxiolysis Laceration Repair Paediatrics Procedural Distress

Latest papers

Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) or Opioid Plus Ibuprofen for Children's Musculoskeletal Injury-Reply.
JAMA · 2026 · senior author
Relief and Prevention of Post-Traumatic Headache Using Intranasal Delivery of Lidocaine for Youth (RAPPIDLY): A Feasibility Study.
Neurotrauma reports · 2026
Development of a core outcome set for clinical trials of extended reality for pain.
Pain reports · 2026

All 101 publications

Latest funding

Anxiolysis for Laceration Repair in Children: Open-Label Multicentre Adaptive Trial
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$573,750

All 1 grants and awards

101 publications.

Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) or Opioid Plus Ibuprofen for Children's Musculoskeletal Injury-Reply.

Ali S, Drendel AL, Poonai N

JAMA2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2026.4220 PMID: 42160076

Relief and Prevention of Post-Traumatic Headache Using Intranasal Delivery of Lidocaine for Youth (RAPPIDLY): A Feasibility Study.

Griffiths V, Tsampalieros A, Cortel-LeBlanc A, Cortel-LeBlanc M, Greenough M, Webster RJ, Lamontagne C, Meckler G, Poonai N, Orr SL, Dodd AB, Zemek R, TRANSCENDENT Concussion Research Program

Neurotrauma reports2026

DOI: 10.1177/2689288x261470708 PMID: 42558705

Development of a core outcome set for clinical trials of extended reality for pain.

Mesaroli G, Hess CW, Alam F, Baker NA, Colloca L, Eccleston C, Harris L, King C, Linkiewich D, Olaizola S, Poonai N, Pope N, Rosenbloom BN, Stanton TR, Trost Z, Williams SE, Simons LE, Logan D, Stinson JN

Pain reports2026

DOI: 10.1097/pr9.0000000000001470 PMID: 42416554

Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) or Opioid Analgesia Added to Ibuprofen for Children's Musculoskeletal Injury: Two Randomized Clinical Trials.

Ali S, Klassen TP, Candelaria P, Bhatt M, Sawyer S, Stang A, Yaskina M, Heath A, Pechlivanoglou P, Offringa M, Drendel AL, Hickes S, Poonai N, KidsCAN PERC Innovative Pediatric Clinical Trials No OUCH Study Team

JAMA2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.25033 PMID: 41505155

Commentary: when less is more: reducing antibiotic overuse in immunocompetent children with febrile neutropenia.

Poonai N, Kissoon N

CJEM2026First author

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01147-w PMID: 41991807

Discharge Strategies Following Successful Ileocolic Intussusception Reduction: Hospitalization vs Emergency Department Observation.

Cohen DM, Helwig S, Poonai N, Mistry RD, Mintegi S, Craig S, Roland D, Shavit I, Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN) PAINT Study Group

The Journal of pediatrics2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114968 PMID: 41443568

Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Related Hospitalizations Among Infants Receiving Nirsevimab

Buchan SA, Xie J, Bhatt M, Papenburg J, Goldfarb DM, Pernica JM, Burstein B, Gravel J, Berthelot S, Kam AJ

JAMA Network Open2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.33621

Opioid Administration and Reduction of Pediatric Ileocolic Intussusception.

Burke K, Shavit I, Cohen DM, MacDowell D, Mistry RD, Mintegi S, Craig S, Roland D, Miller MR, Ali S, Poonai N, Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN) PAINT Study Group

JAMA network open2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.33584 PMID: 40991284

An Evaluation of Enteropathogen-Specific Disease Severity and Duration in Children With Acute Gastroenteritis.

Roskind CG, Schnadower D, Rogers AJ, Casper TC, Tarr PI, Levine AC, Bhatt SR, Gouin S, Mahajan P, Vance C, Hurley KF, Norris JG, Powell EC, Farion KJ, Sapien RE, O'Connell KJ, Poonai N, Schuh S, Freedman SB, Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC) and the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN)

Pediatric emergency care2025

DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000003459 PMID: 40762219

Anxiolysis for laceration repair in children: statistical analysis plan for an open-label multicenter adaptive trial (ALICE).

Jiang A, Poonai N, Arthur-Hayward V, Heath A

Trials2025

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-025-09009-z PMID: 40775649

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Naveen Poonai

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) or Opioid Plus Ibuprofen for Children's Musculoskeletal Injury-Reply.

Relief and Prevention of Post-Traumatic Headache Using Intranasal Delivery of Lidocaine for Youth (RAPPIDLY): A Feasibility Study.

Development of a core outcome set for clinical trials of extended reality for pain.

Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) or Opioid Analgesia Added to Ibuprofen for Children's Musculoskeletal Injury: Two Randomized Clinical Trials.

Commentary: when less is more: reducing antibiotic overuse in immunocompetent children with febrile neutropenia.

Discharge Strategies Following Successful Ileocolic Intussusception Reduction: Hospitalization vs Emergency Department Observation.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Related Hospitalizations Among Infants Receiving Nirsevimab

Opioid Administration and Reduction of Pediatric Ileocolic Intussusception.

An Evaluation of Enteropathogen-Specific Disease Severity and Duration in Children With Acute Gastroenteritis.

Anxiolysis for laceration repair in children: statistical analysis plan for an open-label multicenter adaptive trial (ALICE).

Anxiolysis for Laceration Repair in Children: Open-Label Multicentre Adaptive Trial

Frequent collaborators

Samina Ali

April Kam

Anna Heath

Roger Zemek

Suzanne Schuh

Anna Heath

Maryna Yaskina

Jocelyn Gravel

Yaron Finkelstein

Brett Burstein

Brett Burstein

Gabrielle Freire

Martin Offringa

Petros Pechlivanoglou

Simon Berthelot

Antonia Stang

Katrina Hurley

Lisa Hartling

Antonia Stang

Andy Willan

Mo Eltorki

Serena Hickes

Eleanor Pullenayegum

Samina Ali

Caroline Quach

John Hamilton

Rahim Moineddin

Doug Coyle

Christine Lamontagne