Featured Publications
1) Neonatal Infection & Antimicrobial Stewardship:
Ting JY, Gupta-Bhatnagar S, Choudhury J, Yoon EW, Ethier G, Sherlock R, Toye J, Beltempo M, Shah PS; Canadian Neonatal Network TM. “Antimicrobial utilisation patterns between 2013 and 2022 in Canadian neonates born at less than 33 weeks gestation: a retrospective cohort study.” Lancet Region Health America. 2024
Assen KH, Paquette V, Albert AY, Shi G, Srigley JA, Osiovich H, Roberts AD, Ting JY. “Effectiveness of a neonatal intensive care unit-specific antimicrobial stewardship program: A ten-year review.” Infect Control Hospital Epidemiology. 2023
Ting JY, Roberts A, Sherlock R, Ojah C, Cieslak Z, Dunn M, Barrington K, Yoon EW, Shah PS, on behalf of the Canadian Neonatal Network Investigators. “Duration of initial empirical antibiotic therapy and neonatal outcomes in very-low-birth-weight infants without culture-proven sepsis”. Pediatrics 2019
Ting JY, Synnes A, Roberts A, Despandey A, Dow K, Yoon E, Lee KS, Dobson S, Lee KS, Shah PS, for the Canadian Neonatal Network Investigators. “Association between antibiotic use and neonatal mortality and morbidities in very low-birth-weight infants without culture-proven sepsis or necrotizing enterocolitis.” JAMA Pediatrics. 2016
2) Neonatal Haemodynamics:
Baczynski M, Weisz D, Thomas L, Fevrier S, Castaldo M, Soraisham A, Hyderi A, Agarushi R, Bhattacharya S, Lalitha R, Sidhu A, Abdul Wahab MG, Altit G, Hébert A, Louis D, Elsayed Y, Mitra S, Deshpande P, Kharrat A, Zhu F, Ting J, Yoon E, Shah PS, Jain A; Canadian Neonatal Network Investigators. “Response to Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Mortality Among Very Preterm Neonates With Pulmonary Hypertension.” JAMA Network Open. 2025
Kuan MTY, Yadav K, Castaldo M, Tan J, Chan NH, Traynor M, Hosking M, Skarsgard E, Ting JY. “The impact of a care bundle with an emphasis on hemodynamic assessment on the short-term outcomes in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.” J Perinatology. 2024
Ting JY, Maura R, More K, Nicholls D, Jain A, Weisz D, McNamara PJ. “Predictors of respiratory instability in neonates undergoing patent ductus arteriosus ligation after the introduction of targeted milrinone treatment”. J Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery. 2016
3) Quality Improvement and Long-term Health outcomes of at-risk Infants:
Chan B, Ting JY, Yoon E, McDonald S, Orton M, Floyd I, Beltempo M, Mukerji A, Augustine S, Coughlin K, Shah PS., on behalf of the Canadian Neonatal Network (CNN) and Canadian Preterm Birth Network (CPTBN) investigators. “Factors Associated with Rates and Durations of Cord Clamping Practice Compliance in Preterm Neonates of 33 weeks’ Gestation”. J Perinatology. 2025
Gette F, Aziz S, Ho SP, Richter LL, Chan N, Yang C, Kieran E, Mammen C, Roberts A, Kang KT, Wong J, Rassekh R, Castaldo M, Harris K, Lee J, Lam CKL, Lisonkova S, Ting JY. “Long-term Health Outcomes of Preterm Birth: A Narrative Review”. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2025
Richter LL, Shen Y, Lisonkova S, Bone JN, Albert A, Ho SP, Kieran E, Chan ES, Mammen C, Lam CKL, Chan AKC, Roberts A, Kang KT, Castaldo M, Rumsey D, McGrath T, Harris KC, Yang CL, Wong J, Chan NH, Lee J, Rasseh SR, Hutcheon J, Ting JY. “Preterm Birth and Risk of Health Service Use, Morbidity, and Medications Needs at Five Years”. JAMA Pediatrics 2025 (accepted)
Current Funding
Research Grants:
- Medical and Allied Staff Engagement Society (MASES) Engagement Fund: Reducing contamination rates of catheterised urine samples in neonates admitted to NICU using team based quality improvement approach (2017-2019)
- Clinical Research Support Unit, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute: Oral Probiotic Supplementation in Pregnancy (OPSiP): Impact on Neonatal Group B Streptococcus Colonization (2019-2021)
- Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant: Using Antibiotics Wisely – Development of National Neonatal Intensive Care Unit-specific Antimicrobial Stewardship Plan (2019-2025)
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) – COVID-19 Research Response Fund: Study of early health outcomes in neonates exposed to COVID-19 in British Columbia (2020)
- Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) – Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts: Understanding childhood health outcomes among at-risk infants: identification of Canadian priorities and implications to improve clinical care (2022)
- Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) – Project Grant: Developing a national approach to surveillance and prevention for neonatal ventilator-associated pneumonia (2025-2029)