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Phone: (905) 525-9140 ext: 27834
Fax: (905) 524-0069
Office: Rm.408K, IAHS
Email: rosenbau@mcmaster.ca
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Profile
Peter Rosenbaum is a Developmental Paediatrician, Professor of Paediatrics and clinical and health services researcher in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University, where he also holds a Canada Research Chair in Childhood Disability. He has extensive clinical experience working with children with a range of developmental disabilities and their families. After many years of clinical service and teaching, in the 1980s Peter became involved with colleagues doing clinical research in this broad field.
Having become seriously infected by the challenges and fun of clinical and health services research, he pursued formal academic course work in clinical epidemiology, and teamed up with like-minded colleagues to help create, in 1989, what is now CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research. This health system-linked research unit was funded by the Research Branch of the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care for 20 years. CanChild actively pursues research programs in collaboration with all 20 regional Ontario programs comprising the Ontario Association of Children's Rehabilitation Services (OACRS). CanChild also has productive links with the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services, with which it has undertaken policy-relevant research.
Peter's research foci include a wide range of issues concerning childhood disability: how to describe and measure it; what services ‘work'; how to support families; how to inform practitioners and policy people. Through his Canada Research Chair he has had the opportunity to work with graduate students both in Canada (at McMaster and the University of Toronto) and internationally (Universities of Oxford (UK), Witwatersrand (South Africa), Hahnemann (US), Utrecht (Netherlands) and Ljubljana (Slovenia) as well as to collaborate on research projects with colleagues in several countries. He has published almost 250 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, and is a regular keynote speaker at childhood disability conferences around the world.
Fun Fact
Peter's hobbies include cooking and reading novels – something that surprises him now, recalling how much he hated to read as a teenager!
Taking Graduate Students
I am currently working actively with 5 doctoral students and 1 master's student, as well as mentoring several colleagues in Canada and the US. I am open to discussing graduate possibilities with people.
Lab/Research Institute
McMaster Child Health Research Institute
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Courses Taught
Tutor in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics courses:
- MS 721 (Fundamentals of Clinical Epidemiology)
- MS 730 (Introduction to Research Methods)
- MS 744 (Measurement in Health Research)
Recent Research
Ronen, Gabriel, Boyle, Michael, Cunningham, Charlie, Lach, Lucy, Rosenbaum, Peter, & Streiner, David. Quality of life in children with epilepsy: What of factors is important? Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Research, $767,485, 2008-2013
Thomas-Stonell, Nancy L, Oddson, Bruce, Rosenbaum, Peter L. Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six(FOCUS): Evaluating Validity and Responsiveness to Change. CIHR January 2008-2010, $92,063 per year for 3 years.
Thomas-Stonell, N. Rosenbaum P., Oddson, B. CIHR Partnerships for Child and Youth Health Indicators. “Evaluating the Validity and Responsiveness of the FOCUS: Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six.” 2008-2010 $175,000.00
Wright, V., Wright, J., Fehlings, D., Ferguson, J, Goldsmith, C., Mclean, M., Rigby, P., Rosenbaum, P., Stratford, P. ‘Functional status indicators for young children with cerebral palsy: Evaluating ability to detect change and determining clinically important change.’ Funded by CIHR: $75,000, 2008-2011.
Missiuna, C.(PI), Rosenbaum, P., Law, M., Hanna, S., Walter, S., Pollock, N., Bartlett, D., Stewart, D., Kertoy, M., Russell, D., Petrenchik, T., Palisano, B., DeMatteo, C., Wright, V., Gaines, R., Klassen, A., Cairney, J., Gorter, J. W. CanChild, Centre for Childhood Disability Research. Ontario Ministry of Health. $526,500, 2008-2009.
Punthakee Z (PI), Gorter JW, Brill H, Don-Wauchope A, Grant C, Stewart D, Rosenbaum P. The utilization, utility and impact of a Transition Coordinator and the Youth Kit© among adolescents with chronic health conditions as they transition to adulthood. A pilot study. Innovation Fund – (awarded Feb) C$199,000
Rosenbaum PL, Lach L, (Co-PIs), Jamie Brehaut, Dafna Kohen, Rochelle Garner, Ted McNeill, David Nicholas, & Michael Saini Kohen D, CIHR Emerging Team Grant: Children with Disabilities [Application #194226], “PARENTING MATTERS! The biopsychosocial context of parenting children with neurodevelopmental disorders in Canada”. $790,000 March 2009- February 2012.
PIs: Jamie C. Brehaut and Dafna E. Kohen. Co-Applicants: Peter Rosenbaum, Anton Miller, Lucy Lach, Marni Brownell, Kim McGrail, Rochelle Garner, Rubab G. Arim, and Anne Guevremont (Collaborator) Title: The Health of Canadian Caregivers: Using administrative health services data to understand the determinants of the health of caregivers of children with chronic health problems Funding Source and Program name: CIHR-Operating Grant April 2010: $349, 699 for 3 years.
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Journal Articles
Thomas-Stonell N, Oddson B, Robertson B, Rosenbaum P. Predicted and Observed Outcomes in Preschool Children following Speech and Language Treatment: Parent and Clinician Perspectives. Journal of Communication Disorders 42 (2009) 29–42
King, G., Baxter, D., Rosenbaum, P., Zwaigenbaum, L., & Bates, A. Belief systems of families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders or Down syndrome. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities. Available Online January 7, 2009; DOI: 10.1177/1088357608329173.
Rosenbaum P. Commentary: A randomized controlled trial of the impact of therapeutic horse riding on the quality of life, health, and function of children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 2009, 51: 88–91.
Hanna SE, Rosenbaum PL, Bartlett DJ, Palisano RJ, Walter SD, Avery L, Russell DJ. Stability and decline in gross motor function among children and youth with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 21 years. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2009 Apr;51(4):295-302.
Rosenbaum P. Childhood disability and social policies. Editorial. BMJ 2009;338:b1020
Palisano RJ, Hanna SE, Rosenbaum PL, Tieman B. Probability of walking, wheeled mobility, and assisted mobility for children and youth with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (in press)
Lach LM, Kohen DE, Garner RE, Brehaut JC, Miller AR, Klassen AF, Rosenbaum PL. The health and psychosocial functioning of caregivers of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Disabil Rehabil. 2009;31(9):741-52.
Rosenbaum P. Putting child development back into developmental disabilities. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2009 Apr;51(4):251.
Palisano RJ, Shimmell LJ, Stewart D, Lawless JJ, Rosenbaum PL, Russell DJ. (2009) Mobility Experiences of Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics, 29:2,133-153.
King G, Servais M, Forchuk C, Chalmers H, Currie M, Law M, Specht J, Rosenbaum P, Willoughby T, Kertoy M. Features and impacts of five multidisciplinary community–university research partnerships. Health and Social Care in the Community (2010) 18(1), 59–69
Majnemer A, Shikako-Thomas K, Chokron N, Law M, Shevell M, Chilingaryan G, Poulin C, Rosenbaum P. Leisure activity preferences for 6-12 year old children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (in press 2009)
Brehaut JC, Kohen DE, Garner RE, Miller AR, Lach LM, Klassen AF, Rosenbaum PL. Health among caregivers of children with health problems: findings from a Canadian population-based study. Am J Public Health. 2009 Jul;99(7):1254-62. Epub 2008 Dec 4.
Thomas-Stonell N, Oddson B, Robertson B, Rosenbaum P. Development of the FOCUS (Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six): A Communication Outcome Measure for Preschool Children. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 2010, 52:47-53
King, G., Servais, M., Kertoy, M., Specht, J., Currie, M., Rosenbaum, P., Law, M., Forchuk, C., Chalmers, H., & Willoughby, T. (2009). A measure of community members’ perceptions of the impacts of research partnerships in health and social services. Evaluation and Program Planning, 32, 289-299.
Mesterman R, Leitner Y, Yifat R, Gilutz G, Levi-Hakeini O, Bitchonsky O, Rosenbaum P, Harel S. Cerebral palsy – long-term medical, functional, educational and psychosocial outcomes. J Child Neurol. 2010; 25; 36.
Rosenbaum PL. Cerebral Palsy in the 21st Century: Is There Anything Left To Say? Neuropediatrics 2009 Apr;40(2):56-60
Waters E, Davis E, Ronen GM, Rosenbaum P, Livingston M, Saigal S. Quality of life instruments for children and adolescents with neurodisabilities: how to choose the appropriate instrument. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (August 2009), 51 (8), pg. 660-669.
Rosenbaum P. The quality of life for the young adult with neurodisability: overview and reprise. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (August 2009), 51 (8), pg. 679-682.
Rosenbaum P. The randomized controlled trial: an excellent design, but can it address the big questions in neurodisability? Dev Med Child Neurol. 2010; 52: 111.
McDougall J, Wright V, Rosenbaum P. The ICF Model of Functioning and Disability: Incorporating Quality of Life and Human Development. Developmental Neurorehabilitation (in press 2010).
Kertoy, M., Russell, D., Rosenbaum, P., Jaffer, S., Law, M., McCauley, D. & Gorter, J. W. Development of an outcome measurement system for service planning for children and youth with special needs. International Journal of Disability, Development, and Education. (under review 2010).
Rivard LM, Russell DJ, Roxborough L, Ketelaar M, Bartlett DJ, Rosenbaum P. Promoting the use of measurement tools in practice: A mixed methods study of the activities and experiences of physical therapist knowledge brokers. Physical Therapy (in press 2010)
Ronen GM, Streiner DL, Verhey LH, Lach L, Boyle MH, Cunningham CE, Rosenbaum PL, and The North American Pediatric Epilepsy QOL Research Group. Disease characteristics and psychosocial factors: Explaining the expression of quality of life in childhood epilepsy.. Epilepsy and Behavior 18 (2010) 88–93
Book Chapters
Fehlings D, Hunt C, Rosenbaum P: Cerebral Palsy. In: A comprehensive guide to intellectual & developmental disabilities (I. Brown, M. Percy, eds). Paul H. Brookes Publishing Inc., Baltimore 2007: pp 279-285.
Rosenbaum PL. Patterns of Motor Development In Children with Cerebral Palsy: What Do We Know, and How Can That Knowledge Help? In: Bower E (Ed.) Handling the Young Child with Cerebral Palsy at Home. Elsevier, 2008.
Rosenbaum P, Harvey A. Developmental Paediatrics: Perspectives on 25 years of development and scientific progress. Dutch Journal of Paediatric Physical Therapy (invited paper in press 2010).
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