Dr. M. Karen Campbell

Professor & Chair

P: (519) 661-2162

F: (519) 661-3766

E-mail: karen.campbell@schulich.uwo.ca

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND AFFILIATIONS

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Lifestyle during pregnancy.

  • Risk factors for preterm birth.

  • Developmental outcomes for preterm children.

  • Prenatal and postnatal health services utilization.

  • Postnatal trajectories of maternal mental health status.

EDUCATION

  • BScffffff(Honours) Biophysics

  • MScffffBiomedical Engineering

  • PhDffffffEpidemiology & Biostatistics

RECENT RESEARCH GRANTS

  • Campbell MK, Speechley KN, Avison WR, daSilva O, Sorenson A, Bocking AD, Hoch J, Vlaicu S. Research Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Maternal and infant health, health services needs and utilization following term and preterm birth: outcomes in a cohort assembled antenatally.

  • Han et al. Research Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), RFA on Healthy Pregnancy “Fetal Growth Restriction: Mechanisms and Outcomes”.

  • Sharma, V, Campbell, MK, Bartha R, Hampson E, Khan, M. Research Grant from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation (OMHF), Heterogeneity of Postpartum Depression: Continuation of a Prospective Study of Nature, Prevalence, Course and Etiology.

  • Sarma S, Campbell MK, Choi YH, Zaric G, Gilliland JA. Research Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Econometric Analyses of Adult Obesity in Canada: Modifiable Risk Factors and Policy Implications.

PUBLICATIONS (Past Five Years)

  • Campbell MK, Wulf-Silver R, Hoch J, Østbye T, Stewart M, Barnsley J, Huchison B, Matthews M, Tyrrell C. Re-utilization outcomes and costs of minor acute illness treated at family physician offices, walk-in clinics, and emergency departments. Can Fam Phys, 51:83, Jan 2005.

  • Campbell MK, Challis JRG, daSilva O, Bocking AD. A cohort study found that white blood cell count and endocrine markers predicted preterm birth in symptomatic women. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 58(3): 304-310, 2005.

  • Greene-Finestone LS, Campbell MK (supervisor), Gutmanis IA, and Evers SE.  Dietary intake among young adolescents in Ontario: Associations with vegetarian status and attitude toward health. Preventative Medicine 40(1):105-111, Jan 2005.

  • Potter, BK, Manuel, D, Speechley, KN, Gutmanis, IA, Campbell, MK, Koval, JJ. Is there value in using physician billing claims along with other administrative health care data to document the burden of adolescent injury? An exploratory investigation with comparison to self-reports in Ontario, Canada. BMC Health Services Research 5:15, 2005.

  • Macnab JJ, Koval KN, Campbell MK (supervisor). Influential Observations in Weighted Analyses: Examples from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY). Chronic Diseases in Canada, 26(1):1-8, 2005.

  • Greene-Finestone L, Campbell MK (supervisor), Gutmanis I, Evers S. Adolescents’ low carbohydrate density diets are related to poorer dietary intakes. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 105(11):1783-8, 2005.

  • Potter B, Speechley K, Gutmanis I, Campbell MK, Koval J, and Manuel D. A comparison of measures of socioeconomic status for adolescents in a Canadian National Health Survey. Chronic Diseases in Canada (CDIC), 26(2-3):80-89, 2005.

  • Potter BK, Speechley KN, Koval JJ, Gutmanis IA, Campbell MK, Manuel D. "Socioeconomic status and non-fatal injuries among Canadian adolescents: Variations across SES and Injury Measures ". BMC Public Health, 5:132, 2005. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-5-132.

  • Sontrop JM, Campbell MK (supervisor). ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and depression: A review of the evidence and a methodological critique. Preventive Medicine, 42 (2006) 4-13. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.11.005.

  • Clifford TJ, Campbell MK (supervisor), Speechley KN, Gorodzinsky F. Factors Influencing Full Breastfeeding in a Southwestern Ontario Community: Assessments at 1 Week and at 6 Months Postpartum. J Hum Lact; 22 292-304, 2006. http://jhl.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/3/292?etoc

  • Martinuk A, Speechley KN, Campbell MK, Secco M, Donner A. Evaluation of an epilepsy education program for grade five students: a cluster randomized trial. Epilepsy and Behavior, 10(4):604-10. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.03.009, 2007.

  • Martiniuk A, Speechley KN, Secco M, Campbell MK. Development and psychometric properties of a questionnaire assessing children's knowledge and attitudes about epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior, 10(4):595-603, 2007.

  • Sontrop JM, Campbell MK (supervisor), Evers SE, Speechley KN, Avison WR. Fish Consumption among Canadian Pregnant Women: Associations with Sociodemographic and Health and Lifestyle Factors, Can J Pub Health, 98 (5): 389-394, 2007.

  • Hill J, Campbell MK (supervisor), Zou GY, Challis, JRG. Bocking AD. Prediction of Preterm Birth in Symptomatic Women Using Decision Tree Modeling for Biomarkers. Am J Obstet Gynecol., 198(4): 468.e1-7; discussion 468.e7-9, 2008.

  • Sontrop J, Speechley KN, Avison W, Evers S, Campbell MK (supervisor). Depressive symptoms during pregnancy in relation to fish consumption and intake of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 22(4): 389-99, 2008.

  • Greene-Finestone L, Campbell MK (supervisor), Gutmanis I, Evers S, and DeWitt D. Attitudes and health behaviours of young adolescent omnivores and vegetarians: A school-based study. Appetite, 51(1): 104-110, 2008.

  • Anderson L, daSilva O, Freeman T, Xie B, Campbell MK (supervisor). Maternal depression and anxiety were not found to influence infants’ health services utilization in a southwest Ontario cohort” Canadian Family Physician, 2008 54: 1718-1719.e5.

  • Ferro MA, Avison WR, Campbell MK, Speechley KN. Do depressive symptoms affect mothers’ reports of child outcomes in children with new-onset epilepsy? Qual Life Res. In press, 2010.

 

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